wfn.org | Eck to address RCC 2010

["Philip Jenks" <pjenks@ncccusa.org>]

>Diana Eck is slated
>to address RCC2010

Chicago, August 5, 2009 - Diana Eck, chair of the Interfaith Relations  Commission of the National Council of Churches and director of The  Pluralism Project at Harvard University, will be plenary speaker at  Religion Communication Congress 2010. 
                                                 Eck is the internationally known professor of Comparative Religion and  Indian Studies and Frederic Wertham Professor of Law and Psychiatry in  Society at Harvard University.

She is also Founder and Director of The Pluralism Project, a study on  the presence of Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu and other communities in the  U.S.  

RCCongress, which will be held in Chicago April 7-10, 2009, is a  once-a-decade event which brings together over 1000 religious  communication professionals representing a variety of faiths in a week  filled with continuing education, collaboration and fellowship. Eck's  discussion on pluralism will be on April 9. 
 
"As chair of the NCC Interfaith Relations Commission, Diana brings a  world of interfaith experience to our dialogues and doctoral  initiatives." said Dr. Antonios Kireopoulos, NCC Senior Program Director  for Faith & Order and Interfaith Relations. "This expertise will make  for quite interesting engagement at RCCongress."   

NCC News contact:  Philip E. Jenks, 212-870-2228 (office),  646-853-4212 (cell) , pjenks@ncccusa.org

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