A roundtable discussion featuring scholars and practitioners, as well as members of the clergy, exploring Protestant and Catholic theological, pastoral and community responses to the pandemic. 

Featuring:

• Rev. Dr. Saïd Ailabouni, Director for Middle East and North Africa for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)

• Fr. David Neushaus S.J. of the Jesuit community of the Holy Land, superior of the Jesuit community, former Patriarchal Vicar of the Hebrew speaking and migrant communities in the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem

• Heather Miller Rubens, Ph.D, Executive Director and Roman Catholic Scholar at The Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies (ICJS)

• Minister Attorney Renita Ward, Associate Minister at Church of the Good Shepherd, a United Church of Christ congregation works.

and, serving as moderator:

• Cynthia Gano Lindner, Director of Ministry Studies and Clinical Faculty for Preaching and Pastoral Care at the University of Chicago Divinity School

Rev. Dr. Saïd Ailabouni

Cynthia Gano Lindner

Fr. David NEUHAUS S.J.

Minister Renita Ward, Esq.

Heather Miller Rubens, Ph.D