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RPL Alumnx Profile: Phillip Picardi, MRPL '22

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Phillip Picardi, MRPL '22, was not a stranger to the notion of religious literacy when he joined the inaugural cohort of master of religion and public life (MRPL) degree candidates in the fall of 2021. During his tenure as the chief content officer at...

MRPL Internal Report Summary and Student Highlights

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Reflections on the Inaugural Year At the start of the fall 2021 semester, Harvard Divinity School welcomed its first class of candidates for the one-year Master of Religion and Public Life (MRPL), the School’s first new degree program since the Master of...

"Everyday you have less reason not to give yourself away"

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John Camardella, MRPL '22 Offers Morning Prayers at Memorial Church John Camardella, a public educator who was a Fellow in the Religious Literacy Project from 2018-2021 and now a candidate in the inaugural Master of Religion and Public Life (MRPL) cohort...

RLPI Internal Report Summary

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The Religious Literacy and the Professions Initiative (RLPI) works collaboratively with 12 experienced professionals who represent expertise across a range of vocations and issues related to just peace. These fellows co-teach the course “Religious...

Living Up to the Cultural Studies Method: John Camardella, MRPL '22

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“My job in the classroom is to bring in a wide variety of voices to give the students an understanding that religions are internally diverse, changing all the time, and embedded differently in the cultures in which they are practiced.”

Gaining My Humanity Back so I Can Go and Serve: Erica Williams, MRPL ′22

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I am here to gain my humanity back, so that I can go and serve humanity. It’s time for me to turn my face to the divine and say, ‘What is it that you have for me? Who am I? Shine the light on me so I can really know who you created me to be.’”

RPL in the News: "District 214 hosts World Religions Summit, explores religious diversity in a multicultural society"

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The Daily Herald covered District 214's World Religions Summit, which featured Dr. Hussein Rashid, assistant dean of Religion and Public Life, as the keynote speaker. The article also included long-time RPL collaborators and teachers John Camardella, MRPL...

RPL in the News 2022-23

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“Student Profile: Phillip Picardi, MRPL ’22,” hds.harvard.edu, November 3, 2022. Former chief content officer at Teen Vogue, Phillip Picardi is one of the inaugural MRPL graduates. “Meet Jews for Liberation, the HDS Student Group Bringing Politics and...

HDS Alumnx Share Insights from the Intersections of Religion, Ethics, and Community Organizing

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On February 10th, 2023, Harvard Divinity School alumnx working as community organizers came together to discuss their insights from their work on the ground and how their time studying religion has influenced their work with communities in pursuit of...

PLL Internal Report Summary

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Recognizing Professional and Lifelong Learning (PLL) as essential to our theory of change and 10-year vision, RPL Forward envisions a robust role in the delivery of PLL. We committed to a learning agenda to further deepen our offerings to educators and to...

RPL in the News: Maggie Rogers’s Journey from Viral Fame to Religious Studies

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On April 15, 2024, Maggie Rogers's journey from singer-songwriter to sudden celebrity to masters student, MRPL '22, and RPL Fellow 2023-24 was covered by Amanda Petrusich, staff writer at The New Yorker. In the fall of 2021, the singer and songwriter...

Video: Leading Toward Justice: Intersections of Religion, Ethics, and Community Organizing

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On February 10, 2023, The Leading Toward Justice webinar series featured a discussion of the critical importance of ethical practices and religious literacy in community organizing and advocacy fields. The Leading Toward Justice webinar series panel...