Global Religion & Public Life
The 2025 Boniuk Institute Religious Literacy Series provides foundational courses on religious literacy, various religious traditions, and includes special segments on religion and faith in the workplace.
This one-day conference is aimed towards both educators (secondary school teachers) and professionals in other industries (including nonprofit, health, technology, energy, etc.), deepening content knowledge of different religious traditions, providing tools for the successful incorporation of the role of religion in the classroom subject matter, and exploring different faith traditions and religious literacy in the context of the workplace.
Participants will earn 7 hours of continuing education credit at the end of this course.
Details
Date: June 10, 2025
Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Location: Rice University
Cost: $20 (breakfast, lunch, and parking are included)
Registration Deadline: June 3, 2025
Register HERE to attend Global Religion & Public Life
Scholars and Topics
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Aishwarya Lakshmi, Facilitator |
Religious Worldviews and the Environment |
Faith in the Workplace |
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Religious Literacy: Understanding and Application |
Hinduism: A Global Religion |
Entangled Otherings: Rethinking Antisemitism and Islamophobia, 1492-Today |
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Islam in the Digital World |
Vodun and African Indigenous Religion in Everyday Life |
Indigenous African Religion and Public Life in Zimbabwe |
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Framing Belonging: African Immigrants and Religion in Public Life |
Schedule
Stay tuned, the schedule will be posted soon.