The Saint and the Sultan:
Religion, Conflict and the Search for Peace
Public Lecture by Prof. Paul Moses with response by Prof. Nevin Reda of Emmanuel College.
In The Saint and the Sultan: The Crusades, Islam and Francis of Assisi’s
Mission of Peace, Paul Moses writes of the meeting of St. Francis of
Assisi with Egypt’s Sultan Malik al-Kamil. Moses will speak about this
peaceful encounter and its relevance for Christian-Muslim relations today.
Paul Moses is professor of journalism at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York.
His book, The Saint and the Sultan: The Crusades, Islam and Francis of Assisi’s Mission of Peace
(Doubleday, 2009), won the 2010 Catholic Press Association award for best history book.
Saturday, March 9, 2013, 7PM
at Noor Cultural Centre
Program offered in collaboration with the Intercultural Dialogue Institute, Eucharistic Catholic Church, and the Centre for the Study of Religion and Peace at Conrad Grebel University College.
