Sunday, June 14, 2009

Ewart Cousins, PhD, Dies on May 30


Dr. Ewert Cousins was a presenter at the October 2001
Casagrande Institute for Interfaith Conversation
on the theme of "Violence and Faith: Hard to Believe."

Ewert Cousins, PhD, theologian and pioneer in interreligious dialogue, died on May 30, 2009. Dr Cousins was a presenter of programs at Wisdom House. His presentations on Teillard de Chardin and on his book, Christ of the 21st Century, were always moments of theological exploration.

In 1999, Dr. Cousins was integral to the development of the Casagrande Interfaith Institute which is held yearly at Wisdom House. A full obituary for Dr Cousins can be read here.