Finding Our Common Humanity: Building Bridges Between Atheists and Theists with Chris Stedman

Finding Our Common Humanity: Building Bridges Between Atheists and Theists with Chris Stedman Welcome address by President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Elizabeth Cannon. Join us for a very special evening address by renowned activist Chris Stedman as he shares his personal journey towards inclusion and social justice. In his book Faitheist, Chris Stedman makes a passionate argument that atheists should engage religious diversity respectfully. Becoming aware of injustice, and craving community, Stedman became a “born-again” Christian only to encounter staunch homophobia at a time when he was slowly coming to realize that he was gay. The great suffering he experienced might have turned Stedman into a life-long “New Atheist.” But over time he came to know more open-minded Christians, and found that his disdain and hostility toward religion was holding him back from engaging in meaningful work with people of faith. As someone who has stood on both sides of the divide, Stedman is uniquely positioned to present a way for atheists and the religious to find common ground and work together to make this world—the one world we can all agree on—a better place. Date: Wed. May 7, 2014 Time: 7:00pm – 10:00 pm Location: MacEwan Hall A&B Early Bird tickets available until March 31, 2014: $10 Students $20 Public $120 for a table of seven After April 1, 2014: $15 Students $25 Public Evening will include a lecture, Q&A, table discussion and book signing. Light refreshments and appetizers will be served. Purchase tickets here: https://netcommunity.ucalgary.ca/alumni/FindingOurCommonHumanity Part of Religious Literacy, Diversity and Transformation Week at the University of Calgary, http://www.ucalgary.ca/rels/crc Brought to you in partnership between the Faith & Spirituality Centre, the Department of Religious Studies and the University of Calgary Alumni Association.

Location:

MacEwan Hall A&B

Speaker:

Chris Stedman

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/finding-our-common-humanity-building-bridges-between-atheists-and-theists-chris-stedman