The Interreligious Center on Public Life (ICPL)

The Interreligious Center on Public Life (ICPL) is a joint venture of Hebrew College and Andover Newton Theological School. The Center, through its deliberations, colloquia, workshops, publications and research, conveys shared values and policy positions to those entrusted with the resolution of public policy concerns. The ICPL dedicates its efforts to the fulfillment of the prophetic vision of justice, mercy and humility for the sake of the betterment of the human condition. ICPL, established in 1999, is a forum for the dissemination of principles and ideas of the Abrahamic traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam as they relate to the great domestic and international issues of the day. Among the topics are Islam, Bioethics, Holocaust, Women in Traditional Religions, Stem Cell Research, etc. ICPL has a summer International Peacemaking School dealing directly with issues of religious freedom in national disputes. In 2005 it was held in Bosnia and Jerusalem. The Center is the only entity of its kind to be created by a distinguished Protestant seminary and a leading academic institution of advanced Jewish study. Its governing board is drawn from a cross section of lay leaders, academicians and clergy from Judaism, Christianity and Islam. ICPL dedicates its efforts to the enrichment of public life and discourse and the furtherance of interreligious understanding.