Ep. 191: BYU IFSA. What is the point of interfaith work?
In Good Faith - Season 2024, Episode 191
- Mar 13, 2024 6:00 am
- 27:17 mins
BYU's IFSA came to the In Good Faith studios to talk to Steve about their community projects and motivations. Dr. Andrew Reed teaches comparative religion courses and church history. He is the Chair of the BYU Council for Interfaith Engagement and an organizer and participant for the Jewish - Latter-day Saint academic dialogue or read the latest piece written for the Religious Education Review (Fall 2017). He founded the BYU Interfaith Student Association in 2018. Dr. Mike McKay is an associate professor of religion in the Department of Church History and Doctrine. He is a former historian/writer for the Joseph Smith Papers Project. He teaches World Religions, History of Joseph Smith, Doctrine and Covenants, and Foundations of the Restoration. Grace Chipman, from Canada, is a History major and Global Women’s Studies minor. Janai Wright, from Texas, is Philosophy Major and and was the 2023 BYU Intern at the Woolf Institute. Katelyn Boyer, from Massachusetts, is an International Relations, co-president of the IFSA, and participant in the Boise Interfaith Seminar 2023: Alleviating Poverty Through Service and Scholarship trip.