Rev. Gerhard B枚wering, S.J., professor of Islamic studies at Yale University, will give the first three of this years Erasmus Lectures in the University of 91吃瓜s Hesburgh Center auditorium later this month.p. Father B枚werings lectures have the collective title 鈥淚slam and Christianity: The Inner Dynamics of Two Cultures of Belief.鈥� He will speak on 鈥淥rigins and Common Roots鈥� at 5 p.m. Oct. 25 (Monday), on 鈥淥ne God with Many Faces鈥� at 5 p.m. Oct. 27 (Wednesday), and on 鈥淪cripture and Tradition鈥� at 4 p.m. Oct. 29 (Friday). The series will be continued in the spring semester.p. A scholar of world religions, Father B枚wering has taught at Yale since 1984 and chaired its Council on Middle East Studies from 1985 to 1995. He also has taught at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Innsbruck and Princeton University. He is the author of a leading work in Sufi studies, 鈥淢ystical Vision of Existence in Classical Islam: The Qur鈥檃nic Hermeneutics of the Sufi Sahl at-Tustari鈥�, and has contributed articles to the 鈥淓ncyclopaedia Iranica.鈥� He also has published the Arabic edition of 鈥淎s-Sulami鈥檚 Minor Qur鈥檃n Commentary: Ziyadat al-haqa鈥檌q.鈥� His current work concerns the Islamic conception of time.p. The Erasmus Lectures are sponsored annually by 91吃瓜s Erasmus Institute. The lectures are free and open to the public.p. _Contact: Kathleen L. Sobieralski at 574-631-3433 or sobieralski.6@nd.edu _ p. __
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