Please note that changes may be made to this list as necessary.

Dr. Zain Abdullah
Assistant Professor of Religion, Race, and Ethnicity, Department of Religion, Temple University

Imam Shamsi Ali
Islamic Cultural Center of New York; Director, Jamaica Muslim Center, Queens, New York 

Majid Alsayegh
Chairman of the Board, Intercultural Journeys 

Dr. Elnura Azizova |
Chair, Eastern Languages and Religious Studies Department, Khazar University, Baku, Azerbaijan

Grant Calder
Teacher of American History and Government, Friends Central School, Wynnewood, PA

Rabbi Dr. Nancy Fuchs-Kreimer
Director, Department of Multifaith Studies and Initiatives and Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College 

Rev. Albert E. Gabbai
Rabbi, Congregation Mikveh Israel

Nancy Gibbs
Director, Arch Street Meeting House

Dr. David Grafton
Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, PA

Dr. Scott Hanson
Assistant Professor of Intellectual Heritage, Temple University

Mary James-Edwards, M.A.
Consultant

Manar Fawakhry
Director, Face to Face/Faith to Faith program, Auburn Theological Seminary

Rev. Dr. Bokin Kim
Academic Dean, Won Institute of Graduate Studies

Mark C. Rahdert, J.D.
Charles Klein Professor of Law & Government
Beasley School of Law, Temple University

Dr. John Raines
Professor of Religion, Temple University

Dr. Terry Rey
Associate Professor and Department Chair, Department of Religion, Temple University

Fred Rowland
Reference Librarian for Classics, Economics, Philosophy, and Religion, Paley Library, Temple University

Rabbi Marc Schneier
President and Chairman, The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding

Mark Weitzman
Director, Simon Wiesenthal Center's Task Force on Hate & Terrorism

Rodney Whittenberg
Musician, composer and filmmaker

Dr. Marsha Zibaleze Crawford
Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Temple University

Adnan Zulfiqar, J.D.
Law & Public Policy Fellow, Annenberg Center for Global Communication Studies, University of Pennsylvania

 

In addition to the presenters listed above, representatives of a number of different religious communities and nonprofit organizations will also address participants of the program.