Center on Religion & the Professions

Improving religious literacy among professionals.

Summit on immigration policy and assistance in Columbia

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Centro Latino will host the Central Missouri Immigration Summit from 8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, at Columbia Hope Church.

Attorneys, professionals and the public will discuss immigration and naturalization services for low-income immigrants, as well as hear a panel of migrants tell their stories. Other speakers include representatives from the Mexican Consulate, Mihaela Britt of MU’s International Center on visa statuses for international students and researchers, and Helene Fehlig Tatum of the Law Offices of Fehlig & Fehlig Tatum with an overview of employment visas and residency eligibility.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit centralmissouriimmigrationsummit.eventbrite.com.

Conference to explore civil dialogue among faiths

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The Faith and Education Collaborative, Friends of Peace Studies-UM, will convene a conference on “Civility in Faith and Family” on April 18, 2010, at the First Baptist Church, 1112 E. Broadway, in Columbia. The conference will focus on how to have open and honest personal communication with persons of other faiths and beliefs, as well as within one’s own family and faith community, without being judgmental.

Sarah Read, J.D., president of the Communications Center in Columbia, will provide the keynote speech on “Civility in Our Relationships.” After the keynote address, small groups will form to practice communication using the QFT technique from The Right Question Project, Inc.

All interested persons are welcome.

The conference will be from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Refreshments will be available. There is a registration fee of $5 per person or a block reservation fee of $25 for six persons. The registration deadline is April 12. Click here to download a registration form.

Checks are payable to MUMC and mailed to Otto Steinhaus, 904 Oak Lane, Columbia, MO 65203.

Contact Otto Steinhaus at 442-6886 or osteinhaus@gmail.com, Uel Blank at 442-0456, or Fran Reynolds at 443-4336 or freynolds@centurytel.net for more information and material about the conference.

IAHR Conference on “Religion: A Human Phenomenon”

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iahr“Religion: A Human Phenomenon” is the overarching theme for the Twentieth World Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR), which will be held at the University of Toronto from August 15-21, 2010. Normally persons attending the IAHR World Congress must be members of a national member association or society of the IAHR. For 2010, AAR members will be offered the courtesy of participating in this Congress without having to pay an IAHR membership fee (conference registration fees still apply). Any members of AAR who might be interested in this Congress are welcome to submit poposals to read papers and/or organize panels in order to share their research and scholarship.

The call for papers, as well as detailed information about the Congress venue, sponsors, and academic program can be found here: http://www.religion.utoronto.ca/resources/iahr

Deadline for submission of paper/panel proposal is April 30, 2010 (deadline for discounted early registration is January 31, 2010).me for the Twentieth World Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR), which will be held at the University of Toronto from August 15-21, 2010. Normally persons attending the IAHR World Congress must be members of a national member association or society of the IAHR. For 2010, AAR members will be offered the courtesy of participating in this Congress without having to pay an IAHR membership fee (conference registration fees still apply). Any members of AAR who might be interested in this Congress are welcome to submit poposals to read papers and/or organize panels in order to share their research and scholarship.