Venue

Wednesday, April 24
7-10 p.m.
WSU Vancouver campus
Dengerink Administration building, room 110

FREE and open to the public For more information, visit vancouver.wsu.edu

Theme of Discussion

Moderated by Wendy Dasler Johnson, associate professor of English at WSU Vancouver, the panel will discuss a series of questions such as:

Are moral codes and morality faith-dependent?

Is morality a product of nature or nurture?

Is there a difference between morality and spirituality?

Panelists:

REVEREND DOMYO BURK -A Soto zen Buddhist priest and spiritual director of the Bright Way Zen Community in Portland, Ore., Burk trained at Dharma Rain zen Center with Rev. Gyokuko Car1son, and is a graduate of Oregon State University and Reed College.

DR. SHANAZ TEJANI-BUTT -Tejani-Butt takes an active role in humanitarian activities and in correcting misconceptions about the Muslim women. She serves on advisory boards for Humanity First, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Pathways Pennsylvania. Tejani-Butt is a professor of pharmacology and toxicology, and associate dean for the College of Graduate Studies and Research at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.

REVEREND BARBARA CARNEGIE CAMPBELL -Campbell envisions a future when communities of faith will gather around diverse new and old traditions and openly welcome questions about spiritual belief and practice. She is pastor at St. Mark Presbyterian Church in Portland, Ore and a member of the Interfaith Council of Greater Portland. She has supported interfaith work for years and recently started Abraham’s Tent day camp for Christian, Jewish and Muslim children.

RABBI ELIZABETH DUNSKER -Dunsker serves at Congregation KOLAMI in Vancouver, Wash. She earned undergraduate degrees  in sociology and women’s studies from Simmons College and earned her Master’s in Hebrew Literature and Ordination from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. She was raised in a Reform Jewish home in Rochester, NY.