Muslim comic Azhar Usman, the self-proclaimed "only practicing clergyman doing stand-up comedy ... intentionally," will perform as part of the Laugh in Peace Tour with Rabbi Bob Alper at 7 p.m. Thursday in the University of Michigan Union Ballroom. The event is free and open to the public.
Conservative estimates suggest that a fourth of the students at the University of Michigan are Roman Catholic. In terms of total numbers, that means there are as many or more Catholic students at U-M than at some of the well known, but much smaller Catholic universities, such as the University ...
Recently one of my housemates said to me, "Katherine, you are not religious. ... You never go to church." I was struck utterly speechless by her statement, very offended and did not know how to respond. I could have shot back at her with a hundred reasons why her weekly ...
Ann Arbor is known for its liberal attitude and progressive community, but what truly amazes me is its commitment and approach to interfaith activities — undoubtedly influenced by the University of Michigan. Not all liberal and progressive cities have as vigorous a level of interfaith activity as Ann Arbor. My hometown ...
As a Comparative Religion major at the University of Michigan, my studies often focus on sources of conflict between religions and resolution strategies. So it is rare and refreshing when I find an issue on which diverse faith-based organizations come together for a common purpose. I stumbled upon such an ...
Richard Elms poses for a photo after the Morman Institute class at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Tuesday night. As a Mormon, Richard Elms says he has never doubted or struggled with his faith. “I’ve known what I’ve known and believe what I believe for a ...
Donna Fay decided that she “mentally needed to take a stand” after a phone conversation with a Christian Science practitioner. Fay had decided that the pain of a recently broken foot was not something her God would allow her to suffer.As a lifelong Christian Scientist, “I had been studying and thinking ...
The Muslim and Baha’i faiths commemorate their founders today according to patheos.com and bahai.org.The Baha’is of Ann Arbor remember the Martydrom of the Bab with a program at the Baha’i Center of Washtenaw County at 11 a.m.
The University of Michigan's annual summer orientation started last week and will continue until August 3. There will be 34, three-day sessions offered for freshman and transfer students planning to attend U-M this fall. During the orientation, students are housed on campus in the East Quadrangle on East University Avenue. ...
On the full moon of the fourth month in the year 544 B.C., Siddhartha Gautama Buddha was born. According to the Mahayana Buddhist lunar calendar, this May marked his 2,554th birthday. The Zen Buddhist Temple at 1214 Packard St. celebrated the birth of Buddha this past weekend. Each year, the ...
Following a string of suspicious fires in the spring, the Washtenaw County Chapter of the American Red Cross and AmeriCorps have continued to focus some efforts on educating the University of Michigan's Greek system about fire preparedness. On Tuesday, Jordan O’Neil, the AmeriCorps program director of the Red Cross in ...
It’s been half a century since the female Alva Gordon Sink Alumnae group first formed to give out scholarships to create more opportunities for women to attend University of Michigan - and on Monday, about 50 members gathered to celebrate the 50th anniversary. The Ann Arbor Alumnae Club - Alva ...
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