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Dialogues In Faith and Study An Interdisciplinary Academic Conference Exploring Faith in the Sciences, the Humanities, and the Professions Sunday, October 22, 2006 Water Tower Campus of Loyola University Chicago Hosted by Loyola University Chicago, the conference includes presentations on research related to faith and study and opportunities to network with others interested in this area. “Dialogues” is open to people of all faith backgrounds. While Loyola is not providing lunch or dinner, we will be providing snacks, including kosher and halal refreshments. Keynote Speaker: Billy Lombardo Billy Lombardo directs the Community Service Program and teaches fiction at The Latin School of Chicago. He has had stories recently published, or forthcoming, in Story Quarterly, Cicada, and the Bryant Literary Review. His collection of short fiction, "The Logic of a Rose, Chicago Stories," was the winner of the G.S. Sharat Chandra Prize for Short Fiction, and is now available through BkMk Press. Billy is currently working on a baseball novel. www.billylombardo.com Presentations: The Lived Experience of Having Faith: A Perspective for Health Professionals J. Thomas Doucet Teaching the Bible as Literature in Public Schools: A Practical Lesson in Theoretics Adam Reinherz The Makings of a Spiritual Leader: Catholicism, Judaism, and the Illegality of Women Priests and Rabbis Adam Reinherz Nel Nodding’s and Paulo Freire’s Pedagogies of the Heart for Social Justice Eleni Vryza Application of Morita Therapy Principles into Pastoral Care and Palliative Care: Lessons from Zen-Buddhism in the Health Care Setting Masafumi Nakata The Role of Faith in Multicultural-Individualism: Implications for Education Ngozi T. Udoye Sponsored by the Center for Ethics and Social Justice, the Center for Urban Research and Learning, the College of Arts and Sciences, EVOKE, the Graduate School, the Graduate School of Business, the Institute for Pastoral Studies, Magis, the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics & Health Policy, the Niehoff School of Nursing, the School for Professional Studies, the School of Education, the School of Law, the School of Social Work, the Stritch School of Medicine, the Unity in Diversity Fund, the University Libraries, and University Ministry. RSVP to Michael Maher at MMAHER@LUC.EDU by Oct. 16. 
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