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Religion & Cultural Activism: Disrupting Peace and Pursuing Justice in Palestine/ Israel

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Religion & Cultural Activism: Disrupting Peace and Pursuing Justice in Palestine/ Israel Thursday, December 10, 2020 11:00 AM–1:00 PM EST Join Diane L. Moore, the founding faculty director of Religion and Public Life at Harvard Divinity School (HDS) and...

Education Blog: Buddhism(s), Meditation(s), and Colonialism in Burma

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This lesson illustrates the key principles of internal diversity, historical change, and cultural embeddedness using Erik Braun’s article about Burmese meditation vis-à-vis British colonialism. The story of how British colonialism in Burma shaped the way...

Education Blog: Using Art to Make the Invisible Visible

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This lesson uses two different images of Christopher Columbus to challenge students to move beyond how they may have been taught to think about violence and peace. It asks them to identify cultural violence and cultural peace in images that may challenge...

Education Blog: #ScholarStrike: James Baldwin and Educating Against Society

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On September 8-9, 2020, academics across the country, including faculty and staff at the Religious Literacy Project, are participating in teach-ins for racial justice known as the #ScholarStrike. Lauren R. Kerby assigned these readings from James Baldwin...

CRPL Internal Report Summary

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In 2023 our first cohort of MTS and MDiv students completed the two-year process of earning the Certificate in Religion and Public Life (CRPL). These 18 students completed their CRPL internships during the summer and fall of 2022. Among these students are...

Education Blog: #ScholarStrike: Anti-Black Racism and Internal Diversity in American Christianity

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On September 8-9, 2020, academics across the country, including faculty and staff at the Religious Literacy Project, are participating in teach-ins for racial justice known as the #ScholarStrike. As part of our contribution, Lauren R. Kerby offers this...

Education Blog: Amy Coney Barrett and the Internal Diversity of American Catholic Women

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When Amy Coney Barrett was nominated to the Supreme Court, her religious identity as a conservative, charismatic Catholic immediately became a subject of intense scrutiny. On one level, the American public and their representatives in Congress were...

Unlearning in Education: A Deeper Dive with Jonah Canner

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A Deeper Dive blog entry with Jonah Canner on unlearning in education

Video: The 'Not So Nice' Passover Haggadah

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Fifty years after Prime Minister Golda Meir referred to the Israeli Black Panthers as "not so nice," a new generation of Mizrahi Panthers republish the Passover Haggadah the early generation wrote to express their struggle, connect their marginalization...

Video: Reimagining and Rewriting Jewish Liturgy

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This conversation featured RCPI Topol Fellow Rabbi Brant Rosen and Professor Susannah Heschel, and was moderated by RCPI Senior Fellow Professor Atalia Omer. Rabbi Brant Rosen of Tzedek Chicago, a non-Zionist congregation, discussed with Professor...

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Academics Meets Storytelling: A Critical Conversation with Chloë-Arizona Fodor and Deborah Jian Lee

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Chloë-Arizona Fodor, MTS '25, sat down with Deborah Jian Lee, RPL Journalism Fellow 2024-25 to discuss religion and journalism. Deborah is an award-winning journalist, radio producer, and senior editor at the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. She is...