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Chautauqua 2012Interfaith Lecture SpeakersFROM PAGE 42vides innovative solutions to those areas where conflictbetween Islamic and Western communities undermineslocal and global security.Daisy Khan is executive director of the American Societyfor Muslim Advancement, a non-profit organizationdedicated to developing an American Muslim identitywhile building bridges between the Muslim communityand general public through dialogues in faith, identity,culture, and arts. Ms. Khan mentors young Muslims onchallenges of assimilation, gender, religion and modernity,and intergenerational differences.Wednesday, July 4Yehezkel LandauYehezkel Landau is a faculty associate in InterfaithRelations at Hartford Seminary, where he serves as directorof the Building Abrahamic Partnerships interfaithtraining program for Jews, Christians, and Muslims, andfocuses on Jewish spirituality, Hebrew Bible, interfaithdialogue, and religion and peacemaking.Thursday, July 5Richard MouwRichard J. Mouw has served as president of Fuller TheologicalSeminary since 1993, after havingserved the seminary for fouryears as provost and senior vicepresident. A philosopher, scholar,and author, he joined thefaculty of Fuller TheologicalSeminary as professor ofChristian philosophy andethics in 1985. A graduate ofHoughton College, he studiedat Western Theological Seminaryand earned a master’sdegree in philosophy at the Universityof Alberta. His Ph.D. in philosophyis from the University of Chicago.Friday, July 6John BuchananThe Rev. Dr. John M. Buchanan is pastor of The FourthPresbyterian Church of Chicago and editor/publisher ofThe Christian Century magazine. He has held a variety ofleadership positions in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.);has served as moderator of the 208th General Assemblyof the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.); and has representedthe Presbyterian Church as a member of the GoverningBoard of the National Council of Churches. He hasreceived numerous doctorates and honors, has held severalBoard memberships, and has written three books. He hasserved pastorates in Columbus, Ohio, Lafayette, Ind., andDyer, Ind.WEEK THREEJuly 8–14Krista Tippett and Friends WhoInspire, Commit, Act.Each day Krista Tippett, ahost of American PublicMedia, will conduct interviewsat 2 p.m. in the Hall of Philosophyfor her nationally syndicatedradio program “OnBeing,” a program designed to“draw out the intellectual andspiritual content of religion.”The five distinguished friends withwhom Tippet will converse are exemplars of those who“inspire, commit, and act” in ways that are making a differencein the human experience.SEE PAGE 44PAGE 43