The mission of the Multi-faith Council is to facilitate in the Dartmouth community opportunities for understanding, exploration, and discussion of the role that faith plays in the lives of students and the life of the world through weekly meetings of a religiously diverse group and events for the wider community.
We currently meet on Tuesdays at 6:15 for dinner in the Tucker Foundation’s Seminar Room. Blitz Kurt Nelson if you wish to join (we have a simple application). Students of any or no faith are welcome to join. All we ask for is an interest on issues of faith and spirituality as an important aspect of campus life and a willingness to share and listen.
Our meetings revolve around topics of members’ choosing or the sharing of a student ‘spiritual autobiography.’ That is, student members are given the opportunity to share how their faith has shaped them, important aspects of their particular set of beliefs, what they have struggled with, and what faith has meant to their Dartmouth experience. We also plan events for the broader Dartmouth community.
November 5th-9th: Islamo-Fashion Awareness WeekNovember 15th: VOices of Faith: Student Panel on Faith at Dartmouth, Collis Commonground, 6 PM
Coming Soon: See Photos, More Photos, and Even More Photos.February 4th-5th: Award-Winning Film-Maker Macky Alston Visits Campus. See the Dartmouth Event Calendar HERE
February 24, 2008, Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Our Savior Lutheran Church 5 Summer St. (just behind Leverone Field House)
Lunch and Discussion of: "A Common Word between Us and You"
A call to inter-faith discussion between Muslims and Christians. With Dave Coolidge, Muslim Advisor the Lutheran Congregation and students from around Dartmouth. On October 13th, 2007 a group of 138 Muslim scholars, clerics and intellectuals sent "A Common Word" to Christian leaders around the world declaring a common ground of love of God and love of neighbor between Christians and Muslims. (for details and access to the document, please visit www.acommonword.com) This letter is a call to meaningful engagement, a deepening of faith, serious conversation, and a peaceful future. This Sunday, we will reflect together on what this document means for us, locally and beyond.
FAITH AND SEXUALITY Panel and Discussion. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26th 8:00 to 9:30 PM
Fahey/McLane Commons, Ground Floor Lounge Dessert Provided
Featuring: Ryan Bouton, Campus Minister for Dartmouth's Christian Impact R. David Coolidge, Muslim Advisor at Dartmouth College; Dr. Ashmita Khasnabish, Women's Studies Research Center Brandeis University; The Rev. Nancy Vogele, Rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, White River Junction
Inter-Faith Nintendo Wii Fellowship! Bringing groups together to have a good time. Contact Kurt Nelson to set one up.
Kurt Nelson, Multi-Faith Program Advisor
Kurt Nelson holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in religion and history from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota and a Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School. He currently resides in Hanover, New Hampshire where he is the advisor to multi-faith programs at Dartmouth College. His interests include faith and sexuality, green theology, struggling with the Lutheran Church, being happily married, biking, frisbee and the Nintendo Wii.
Kurt.D.Nelson "at" dartmouth "dot" edu
(603) 646-9919
