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Spread Your Cloak over Me
The story of Ruth, grandmother of King David, is told in the Old Testament. She arrives in Bethlehem—a widow and a foreigner—and, one night, seeks protection from her kinsman. She makes a simple request, “Spread your cloak over me.” Even today, many widows and orphans face a similar desperate plight. They embody for us the disenfranchised and neglected. How is care for them a matter of faith? How might we advance the protection of the vulnerable as a matter of moral responsibility and civic responsibility? Come hear Dr. Hibba Abugidieri, the Rev. Katherine Grieb and Rabbi Nancy Fuchs Kreimer uncover what the three Abrahamic traditions teach about our care of these outcasts who shoulder the burden of survival. Judaism, Islam and Christianity envision very different worlds. But is there a common passion for compassion? Learn where these teachings converge and diverge on the care of the widow and the orphan. DR. HIBBA ABUGIDIERI is assistant professor of history at Villanova University. THE REV DR. A. KATHERINE GRIEB is associate professor of New Testament at Virginia Theological Seminary. RABBI NANCY FUCHS KREIMER is director of the religious studies program at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.
For information please call (202) 537-2221 or e-mail programs@cathedral.org.
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