Do Virtue Ethics Facilitate or Hinder Economic Justice?
Keynote Lecture with Dr. Ingrid Mattson | Islamic Moral Theology and the Future (IMTF) Conference
Thursday, October 20, 2022 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Fenwick Library, Main Reading Room 2001
Dr. Mattson’s lecture will serve as the opening keynote address for a scholarly workshop on Islamic moral theology and virtue ethics as they relate to global ethical challenges in the contemporary world. We invite you to be part of this conversation by joining us for this important opening event.
Dr. Ingrid Mattson is a Canadian scholar of Islamic Studies and a Muslim community leader. She earned a PhD in Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations from the University of Chicago in 1999. From 1998 to 2012 she was Professor of Islamic Studies at Hartford Seminary (CT) where she developed and directed the first accredited program for Muslim chaplains in North America. Since 2012, she has been the London & Windsor Community Chair in Islamic Studies in the Faculty of Theology at Huron University College in London, Canada. Her writings focus primarily Qur’an Studies, Islamic theological ethics and interfaith relations. From 2001-2010 Dr. Mattson served as Vice-President, then as President of the Islamic Society of North America (USA). In 2018, Dr. Mattson founded the research and educational initiative, the Hurma Project, to prevent and respond to violations of trust and spiritual abuse in Muslim Spaces: https://hurmaproject.com.
Lecture will start at 4:30 and reception will be at 6:00 pm.
