#  Initiatives 

 



##  Initiatives 

 

 

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Religion and Public Life rests on two central initiatives: Religious Literacy and the Professions, and Religion, Conflict, and Peace. These pillars offer distinctive programming within a wider canopy of offerings designed to support dynamic communities of scholars, teachers, practitioners, and students committed to deepening the public understanding of religion to build a just world at peace.



 

  [### Religious Literacy and the Professions

 ](/programs/religious-literacy-professions)Religious Literacy and the Professions collaborates with professionals working in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors to advance a deeper understanding of the complex influences of religions in modern human affairs.



 

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  [### Religion, Conflict, and Peace

 ](/programs/religion-conflict-peace)This program is currently on pause.



 

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