What Do You Need to Know About Modern Islamic and Jewish Theology to Understand the World Today: Studying with JIMES Helps!

Many people think theology is completely irrelevant. But in this brief 30-minute presentation (with 15 minutes for questions), Prof. Pamela Barmash, chair of the department of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies, will help you look beyond headlines and stereotypes to examine the debates within Islamic and Jewish traditions: How should religious communities respond to secularism, science, nationalism, other religions, and changing ideas about identity? How do classical teachings get interpreted in radically different contemporary contexts? And what can theology reveal about the ways people understand themselves, their communities, and the world around them?