Worldviews Seminar illuminates the human face, voice and passion of Metro Detroit’s many faith traditions
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 9:04AM The 2011 University of Michigan-Dearborn’s Worldviews Seminar far exceeded the expectations of the Rev. Bruce Campbell, a retired Episcopal priest and Interfaith Leadership Council (IFLC) scholarship recipient.
“It was beyond interesting and informative,” Campbell said in his report to the IFLC Education Committee. The seminar provided a deeply moving, “real life opportunity to enter the sacred spaces of a wide range of religious faiths.” While Campbell initially had an idea or impression of what others believe, the seminar illuminated “the immediacy of the face, voice and passion of another human being.”
The IFLC provides annual scholarships to the six-day Worldviews Seminar hosted by the University of Michigan-Dearborn’s Center for the Study of Religion and Society. Created in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, the seminar is designed to acquaint participants with the perspectives and cultural identities of many world religious through presentations, community visits, personal dialogue and discovery.