Westminster Presbyterian Church, Alexandria Va

[Navigating the Seas of Change] Christian-Muslim Engagement: Challenges and Opportunities

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In an engaging forum, Salih Sayilgan and Dodd Sims will present their work on Christian-Muslim engagement in a world of difference. Bringing Muslim and Christian perspectives into discussion, they will offer new insights for a more fruitful cooperation between the two faiths based on the modern Muslim theologian Said Nursi (d. 1960) and his work the Risale-i Nur. Dodd Sims, MD practices internal medicine in Alexandria. For more than twenty years he has worked with the immigrant community of Northern Virginia. He has a masters in theology from Wesley Seminary. Salih Sayilgan is a teaching fellow at the Catholic University of America where he teaches courses on Islam and World Religions.