Lecture: Abdulaziz Sachedina on Islam and the Challenge of Human Rights

The Department of Religion and Culture Invites you to a Public Lecture by Dr. Abdulaziz Sachedina titled “ISLAM AND THE CHALLENGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS”
Thursday, October 20, 7:00 pm
Physics Bldg. Room 103

Dr. Abdulaziz Sachedina is Frances Myers Ball Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, and currently he is a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Islamic Studies at Emmanuel College, Toronto.
He is author of:
Islam & and the Challenge of Human Rights (Oxford University Press, 2009)
The Role of Islam in the Public Sphere: Guidance or Governance? (Amsterdam University Press, 2006)
Islamic Roots of Democratic Pluralism (Oxford University Press, 2001)
Lewis E. Winkler: Contemporary Muslim and Christian Reponses to Religious Plurality: Wolfhart Pannenberg in Dialogue with Abdulaziz Sachedina (Pickwick Publications, 2011).