History Professor Charles Cohen, who is also the Director of the Lubar Institute for the Study of the Abrahamic Religions, has been invited to deliver a public lecture, “Jews and Muslims in Christian America,”on Thursday, January 20, 2011, 6:30pm, at the New York Public Library’s Mid-Manhattan Branch.
This lecture is associated with the New York Public Library's “Three Faiths,” program, which includes an exhibition of 200 rare and precious works of art, a range of children's programs and "The 411 on Faith: Communities in Dialogue", a series of moderated conversations, held in selected neighborhood branch libraries, about belief, worship, and religious practice in New York City.
LISAR is a partial sponsor of "The 411 on Faith.”
In his lecture, Cohen will discuss how the settlement of Anglo-America primarily by Protestants has meant that subsequent denizens of the United States have had to operate in a religious culture with Christian ground rules. Cohen will shed light on some of those rules, how Jews and Muslims have had to accommodate themselves, and the implications that the norms and accommodations have for American society.
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