Perspectives on the Land: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Understandings [ZOOM ONLY]

For Jews, it’s the Promised Land of Zion. For Christians, it’s the Holy Land of Jesus. For Muslims, it’s the land of the prophets preceding Muhammad and the home of Al-Aqsa Mosque. In this talk, Dr. Derek A. Michaud (University of Maine) will guide us through the rich history, ideology, and theology that fuel these sometimes competing interpretations of the same land. By drawing on historical evidence, as well as story and myth, we will contextualize the rhetoric of each community to understand how these perspectives developed and continue to inform contemporary identity. In the process, we will see how one land at the crossroads of three continents came to have (at least) three different stories and interpretations.

Dr. Derek Michaud is Senior Lecturer and Chair of Philosophy, Religious, and Judaic Studies at the University of Maine. He specializes in the philosophy of religion, the history of philosophy, and philosophical theology, and returned to join the faculty at his alma mater (’99) in 2015 after teaching at Middlesex Community College and the University of Southern Maine. At UMaine, he teaches courses in ethics, religious studies, critical thinking, and the history of philosophy. His first book, Reason Turned into Sense: John Smith on Spiritual Sensation, was published by Peeters in 2017.

Please Note: This is a ZOOM only event.

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Questions for the presenter? Please email [email protected] with questions for Professor Michaud by January 20th at 12:00p.

Contact: Amanda Johnson, York Public Library, [email protected], 207-363-2818