Past Scholars

The Fresno Interfaith Scholar Weekend has had an impressive list of scholars as presenters over the years. 

Here is a list of past scholars

• 2022: Elaine Enns & Ched Meyers, Sabbath Economics: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Crises
• 2021: Dr. Malik Simba, Dr. Nathan Hensley, and Uziel Jimenez: “Bearing Witness from Fresno’s Mason-Dixon Line” 
• 2020: Dr. Rajmohan Gandhi: “Truth in an Age of Untruth”
• 2019: Rev. Dr. Thandeka: “Liberal Faith’s Death and Resurrection in 21st Century America”
• 2018: Dr. Christiana Zenner: “Just Sustainability: Religion, Pluralism, and Care for Our Common Home”
• 2017: Dr. Abdulaziz Sachedina: “Islam, Human Rights and Interfaith Dialogue”
• 2016: Dr. Nikky-Guninder K. Singh: “Navigating Religious Identity in Our New World”
• 2015: Dr. Miguel A. De La Torre: “Our Immigration Dilemma”
• 2014: Dr. Shai Cherry: “Religion and Science in our Neo-Medieval Age”
• 2013: Fr. Laurence Freeman: “The Art of Meditation: Sustaining the Compassionate Life”
• 2012: Dr. Rita Nakashima Brock: “Saving Paradise in This World”
• 2011:  Dr. Elliot Dorff: “Matters of Life and Death: Jewish, Christian, and Secular Approaches to Modern Medical Ethics”
• 2010:  Dr. Yahya Michot: “Islam: A Faith for the 21st Century”
• 2009:  Dr. Carol Newsom: “Imagining Good and Evil: The Bible Debates Three Different Models”
• 2008  Dr. John Collins, Dr. Barbara Rossing, and Dr. Shahzad Bashir: “The End of Time: Apocalyptic Visions in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam”
• 2007  Dr. Jay McDaniel: Living from the Center: “Ecological Theology, Buddhism, and Prospects for the World’s Religions”
• 2006  Dr. Mary Boys: “The Death and Resurrection of Jesus: Perspectives for a Pluralistic World”
• 2005  Dr. Amy-Jill Levine: “Who Is My Neighbor? A Biblical Perspective”
• 2004  Dr. Muzammil Siddiqi: Salaam: “The Concept of Peace in Islam”
• 2003  Bishop John Shelby Spong: “Moving beyond Tribal Religions into a Spiritual Future”
• 2002  Dr. Amy-Jill Levine: “The Bible and Sexuality: Women’s Roles in the Biblical Tradition”
• 2001  Dr. Walter Brueggemann: “Promises, Promises: Biblical Covenant in Conversation with Today”
• 2000  Dr. Marjorie Hewittt Suchocki: “Meaning and Community: Religious Identity in a Pluralistic World”
• 1999  Dr. Reuven Firestone: “Chosenness in Three Traditions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam”
• 1998  Dr. Alan Segal: A Common Quest: “Development of Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism in the Roman World”