Religion and the teaching of values in schools

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The Interface program invites you to a forum
with Professor Brian Hill, Murdoch University, WA, Federal Government Values Education Project Advisory Committee and international educational consultant
on

RELIGION AND THE TEACHING OF VALUES IN SCHOOLS
The priority and issues of teaching religion in general schools. Multi-cultural considerations. The search for common values.

Presenters:
Professor Brian Hill, Murdoch University, WA
Professor Ramon Lewis, Latrobe University
Rabbi Dr Shimon Cowen, Director, Institute for Judaism and Civilization

Thursday 28 June 2007 at 8 p.m.
New venue: Main Auditorium, Glen Eira City Hall, Cnr Hawthorn and Glen Eira Roads
Entry $10 Concession $5 Information 9527 5902, admin@ijc.com.au

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When I visited a senior academic seconded to a very high position in the Israeli Ministry of Education, Professor Yaakov Katz, from Bar Ilan, he told me that the authority of a person of the stature of Professor Brian Hill in Australia would be sufficient to get the Noahide laws serious consideration in his ministry. In 2006 Professor Hill was brought out (I think by the Ministry) to deliver a paper at an International Seminar on â€œOpening to the Educational Challenges of citizens for the 21st Centuryâ€, held at Bet Yatziv, Beer Sheva, Israel, May 2006. His paper was entitled â€œIs The Common Good a Universal Ethic?â€ For this forum I am bringing Professor Hill from Perth. He is an advisor to the Federal Government on its values education project in schools, and I can see many good ramifications coming from this forum. He has written explicitly "I warmly endorse what many Jewish philosophers call the Noahide Laws" I would be very grateful if you could bring this forum to the attention of your people. It is next Thursday night at 8 pm at the Glen Eira town hall. Attached is a word document for the body of an email and also a flyer. Kol tuv,

Posted by Shimon on 2007-06-24 09:42:12 GMT

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