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Mission
 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.
Our Meetings
 We currently
meet on Mondays at 5 PM for dinner in the Tucker Foundation’s Seminar Room.
Blitz Kurt Nelson if you wish to join. Students of any or no faith are always
welcome. 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 the planning of future events (and reflection on
past events) and 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.
Our Events:
 - November 5th-9th: Islamo-Fashion Awareness Week
- November 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
- Friday Afternoons 2-4 PM, Tucker Foundation Seminar Room.
Inter-Faith Nintendo Wii Fellowship! Bringing groups together to have a good
time. Contact Kurt Nelson to set one up.
Our Advisor
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
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