Miller is a former Jesuit priest who has studied in Germany and Israel and holds degrees in classics, philosophy, theology and comparative religions. He has served on the faculty of the religion department at Lake Forest College in Chicago, Ill. and is currently chair of that department. Or and director of the Simply Jewish Foundation and Wayne Teasdale, a monk who lives at the Chicago Theological Union at the University of Chicago. Teasdale is a friend of the Dalai Lama and often is involved in interfaith dialogue between Christians and Buddhists. Lectures are for two hours with a 30-minute break and workshops are for five hours with an hour lunch break.
Lunch is included in workshop price.
Lectures are for two hours with a 30-minute break. Group discussion and interaction are part of both workshops and lectures. Jim Kenney Kenney is co-founder and Executive Director of Common Ground. He did doctoral study in comparative religions at Northwestern University and served as chair of religion departments at two Chicago-area universities. Since 1995, he has served as International Director of the Council of a Parliament of World Religions, Madison, Wis. and the International Interfaith Centre, Oxford, England.