In an era of war, environmental crisis, and economic injustice can traditional religious values unite or merely further divide?

That’s one of the questions being addressed tonight at the 14th Annual Jewish-Christian-Muslim dialogue: Religion in an Age of Anxiety.

It’s an inter-faith discussion looking at ways in which religion is contributing to, or offering solutions for dealing with, the turbulent age in which we find ourselves.

Representatives from the three main Abrahamic traditions will be present, including Dr. Mahmoud Haddara, former Imam of the al-Noor Mosque, Dr. Steven Wollinetz, President of the Jewish Community Havura, and Reverend Robert Cooke of St. Mark’s Anglican Church in St. John’s.

Cooke says people are feeling anxious about the uncertainty of our age, as was evident in the recent federal election.

He says people coming to see the discussion can see how sometimes religion can be accused to contributing to the anxiety, but also how faith communities are trying to find solutions to these problems and work together to understand and even love each other.

VOCM’s own Andrew Hawthorn is moderating the discussion, it begins at 7:30 at the Med School auditorium in St. John’s.