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Kessler-Keener series brings Bruce Feiler to Boise
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The Kessler-Keener “Extraordinary Witness Lecture
Series” is sponsoring Bruce Feiler, author of “Abraham:
A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths,” as well as five
other critically acclaimed books.
Feiler is a Yale graduate and award-winning journalist and
speaker. He has written for The New York Times Magazine, the New
Yorker, The Washington Post, Conde Nast Traveler and Gourmet, in
addition to his six books.
Feiler has traveled to places such as the American south, Japan
and England. He has visited more than sixty countries on five
continents, immersing himself in new cultures and experiences.
He spent a year retracing the steps of Moses through the desert
in the mid-’90s as if the Bible were a subculture and still
alive.
“Walking the Bible” was the bestseller that came out
of this experience in the spring of 2001. The success of this book
led Feiler to work on a follow-up.
Feiler was working on a follow-up on the morning of Sept. 11
when he got a call from his brother telling him to look outside his
window. A few weeks after Sept. 11, Feiler went on a search back to
the Middle East in the middle of a war, trying to determine if
Abraham could save three religions.
Abraham is the great patriarch of the Hebrew Bible and is a
shared figure of reverence in Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Feiler talked to several religious leaders to gain knowledge and
experience.
“Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths” is
the first-ever interfaith portrait of a biblical figure and has
inspired hundreds of grassroots interfaith discussions around the
world.
Perhaps Abraham, the common thread, can be a building block for
Christians, Jews and Muslims to work with in an attempt to reach an
understanding with each other and put an end to interfaith
conflict.
Feiler’s address is sponsored by The Kessler-Keener series
as well as the Idaho Human Rights Education Center and Boise State
University’s Center for Multicultural and Educational
Opportunities. This series is devoted to bringing individuals to
Boise whose work in human rights has impacted the live of
others.
Bruce Feiler will speak in the Student Union Building in the
Jordan Ballroom at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 10. Tickets are
available for $8 at Select-a-Seat locations.
Tammy Sands, The Arbiter