Events Sponsored by the Center

“Holding On. . .Letting Go. . .”

The Practical, Ethical & Theological
Issues at the End of Life

Saturday , November 3, 2007
6:45 p.m. TO 9:00 p.m.

Long Administrative Building: John Knox Room
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
616 N. Highland Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206

Panel Presentation and Open Discussion with:
John W. Hoyt, M.D., St. Francis Medical Center, Critical Care Dept.
FR. John C. Obasi, Staff Chaplain, UPMC Presbyterian, Oakland
Kathy Purcell, Medical Social Worker, UPMC

Co-sponsored with East Liberty Presbyterian Church and Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church.

"Issues on Reconciliation: South Africa and the World"

Dr. Piet Meiring
of the University of Pretoria, South Africa
Tuesday, November 6th
4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
Room 2, Long Hall
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

Dr. Meiring was asked by Nelson Mandela to serve on the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), and has had a long term commitment to racial reconciliation and to care for the poor. He has been an advisor helping in similar processes in Indonesia, Israel, Palestine, Ireland, Fiji, Rwanda, India and Sri Lanka. Dr. Meiring has been the Chair of Science of Religion and Science of Mission at the University of Pretoria since 1988. He is the author/co-author of 57 books, and his most recent book is a commemoration for Desmond Tutu entitled Tutu as I Know Him.

Co-sponsored with World Mission Initiative, PTS.
 

Contact Information

Center for Business, Religion and Public Life, CBRPL@pts.edu 

Dr. Deirdre King Hainsworth, director, dhainsworth@pts.edu  412-441-3304, ext. 2152
 
Fax number 412-363-3260

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