2008 Woodie Awards
Ron Miller speaks to Center for Catholic Jewish Understanding
Shanna L. Rasmussen
Issue date: 12/8/05 Section: News
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The Center for Christian Jewish Understanding (CCJU) hosted speaker Ron Miller at the Pitt Center boardroom on Friday.
About 30 people, including students and faculty, attended the discussion about Miller's book.
"I was surprised at the turnout for a Friday," said Michael Smith, senior, Canton, Mass.
The CCJU, established in 1992, is a division of Sacred Heart that works to create "understanding and harmony between religions," according to Sacred Heart's web site.
Ron Miller, a professor at Lake Forest College near Chicago, is the co-author with Laura Bernstein of the book "Healing the Jewish-Christian Rift: Growing Beyond Our Wounded History".
He discussed his background for the book in his lecture.
Miller is also a co-founder of an organization called "Common Ground" that, like CCJU, encourages inter-religious understanding.
"Dialogue is really what I'm all about," said Miller.
Miller believes that in order for problems, especially in religion, to be solved people, everyone must understand how the problems came to be, and in order to accept them, people must have dialogue.
"Hans Ucko said, 'There will be no peace among the nations of the world until there is peace among the religions of the world and there will be no peace among the religions of the world until there is dialogue among the religions of the world and there will be no dialogue among the religions of the world until there is correct understanding'," said Miller.
"Dialogues take a willingness to listen - and a willingness to be open to change," said Karen Scialabba, Coordinator of Programs and Publications for CCJU, in an e-mail interview.
Miller explained that there is a rift, not only between Jews and Christians, but also between Muslims and Jews, as well as between Muslims and Christians.
He hopes books about the other rifts will be written by his colleagues.
"Maybe someday we'll have three volumes," said Miller.
About 30 people, including students and faculty, attended the discussion about Miller's book.
"I was surprised at the turnout for a Friday," said Michael Smith, senior, Canton, Mass.
The CCJU, established in 1992, is a division of Sacred Heart that works to create "understanding and harmony between religions," according to Sacred Heart's web site.
Ron Miller, a professor at Lake Forest College near Chicago, is the co-author with Laura Bernstein of the book "Healing the Jewish-Christian Rift: Growing Beyond Our Wounded History".
He discussed his background for the book in his lecture.
Miller is also a co-founder of an organization called "Common Ground" that, like CCJU, encourages inter-religious understanding.
"Dialogue is really what I'm all about," said Miller.
Miller believes that in order for problems, especially in religion, to be solved people, everyone must understand how the problems came to be, and in order to accept them, people must have dialogue.
"Hans Ucko said, 'There will be no peace among the nations of the world until there is peace among the religions of the world and there will be no peace among the religions of the world until there is dialogue among the religions of the world and there will be no dialogue among the religions of the world until there is correct understanding'," said Miller.
"Dialogues take a willingness to listen - and a willingness to be open to change," said Karen Scialabba, Coordinator of Programs and Publications for CCJU, in an e-mail interview.
Miller explained that there is a rift, not only between Jews and Christians, but also between Muslims and Jews, as well as between Muslims and Christians.
He hopes books about the other rifts will be written by his colleagues.
"Maybe someday we'll have three volumes," said Miller.