Annual Scholarly Convening

Scholarly Convening on Religious Pluralism

Once each year, the Boniuk Institute will host convenings of emerging and established scholars to energize the intellectual climate around issues of religious pluralism at Rice University and spur faculty from different disciplines to work together to study these issues.

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2024 Scholarly Convening on Religious Pluralism and Conflict

In May 2024, the Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance hosted its inaugural convening of global scholars on the subject of religious pluralism and violence at Rice University.

Past Scholarly Convenings

Communities of the Qur'an Conference

The Communities of the Qur’an conference brings together eminent scholars and practitioners of various Islamic traditions to discuss and deliberate each traditions' respective interpretations of Qur'anic verses. It comes in the wake of increased sectarian violence in the Middle East, renewed military intervention in the region and a rise in Islamophobia. This conference-–the first of its kind-– places rich, diverse and at times opposing interpretations of the Qur’an, in direct conversation with one another.

Toleration and Democracy

German philosopher and author Rainer Forst discussed the intersections of religious and racial tolerance and democracy at Rice University’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance.

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