{"id":32763,"date":"2016-02-25T15:06:37","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T21:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=32763"},"modified":"2016-02-25T16:02:56","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T22:02:56","slug":"former-wheaton-college-professor-talks-about-same-god-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/former-wheaton-college-professor-talks-about-same-god-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Wheaton College professor talks about &#8216;same God&#8217; controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> By Bian Elkhatib <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">T<\/p>\n<p>he controversy started when then Wheaton College professor Larycia Hawkins wore a hijab during advent two months ago and said Muslims and Christians worship the same God. Her actions made national headlines after Wheaton &#8212; an Evangelical Christian college &#8212; chose to suspend Hawkins. In early February, Hawkins and Wheaton parted ways.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday night, Hawkins spoke at First United Methodist Church at Chicago Temple at an event hosted by the Chicago Sunday Evening Club. She talked about her \u201csame God\u201d statement with Ahmed Rehab, the executive director of the Chicago chapter of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cair.com\/\">Council on American-Islamic Relations<\/a>. When she made the \u201csame God\u201d statement, and attributed it to\u00a0Pope Francis, it triggered a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2015\/12\/20\/460480698\/do-christians-and-muslims-worship-the-same-god\">rich theological debate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[vimeo 156730868 w=474]<\/p>\n<p>Hawkins, a Christian, also spoke about her act of wearing the hijab, something she said is \u201cembodied solidarity.\u201d Tabassum Haleem, the executive director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ciogc.org\/\">Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago (CIOGC)<\/a>, was in the audience. She wears the hijab and said Hawkins\u2019 act was \u201cvery touching.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Haleem said she appreciates that Hawkins didn\u2019t just \u201cwalk the walk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are very few people who rise up to that level of practicing what they preach,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Former Wheaton College professor Larycia Hawkins wipes a tear when discussing anti-Muslim comments made by Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. (Bian Elkhatib\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Bian Elkhatib T he controversy started when then Wheaton College professor Larycia Hawkins wore a hijab during advent two months ago and said Muslims and Christians worship the same God. Her actions made national headlines after Wheaton &#8212; an Evangelical Christian college &#8212; chose to suspend Hawkins. 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