Archbishop of Canterbury chairs ninth annual Building Bridges Seminar in D.C.

May 25, 2010 [Lambeth Palace] Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is chairing the ninth annual Building Bridges Seminar in Washington D.C. from May 25-27.

Since 2002, Williams has chaired the annual seminar, which brings together leading Muslim and Christian scholars from around the world to explore issues at the heart of the two traditions.

The ninth annual Building Bridges Seminar is titled "Christian and Muslim Perspectives on Tradition and Modernity." As in previous Building Bridges seminars, a number of texts from the Christian and Islamic traditions will be used as the basis for discussion in a program that includes public lectures and private sessions.

This year's event has been organized in partnership with Georgetown University, which hosted the Building Bridges Seminar in 2004 and 2006. Previous seminars have been held in Istanbul, Doha, Sarajevo and Singapore, details of which can be found here.