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Contributed by Erika Davis / Creekside Books & Coffee
Saturday October 4, 2008 at 1PM, Creekside Books & Coffee, an independent bookstore and coffeehouse in Skaneateles, welcomes Gustav Niebuhr author of Beyond Tolerance Searching for Interfaith Understanding in America
“After reading Beyond Tolerance you will feel as honored as I do to welcome Gustav Niebuhr to Creekside. He wraps up a six city tour before stopping in Skaneateles,” says Erika Davis, owner of Creekside Books and Coffee. “His thoughts are provoking and insightful, and I am certain his discussion will leave his audience changed and charged with an energized outlook on tomorrow.”
From the SU website http://thecollege.syr.edu/pressrelease/niebuhrRC.htm: “Using reporting skills he honed during his 20-year career as a journalist, Niebuhr takes readers on a cross-country journey to meet groups who are building bridges to better religious understanding.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Gustav Niebuhr—grandson of renowned religious thinker Reinhold Niebuhr, and grandnephew of renowned ethicist Helmut Reinhold Niebuhr—a former New York Times Religion reporter takes the reader on a hopeful journey through America’s religious heartland, shining a light on the multitude of congregations that are reaching across theological boundaries not with tolerance, but with respect.
