Global Religion & Public Life
The 2025 Boniuk Institute Religious Literacy Series:Global Religion and Public Life 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.). Participants will deepen content knowledge of different religious traditions, receive tools for the successful incorporation of the role of religion in the classroom subject matter, and explore 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: Registration and breakfast will be in 130 Kraft Hall; The series content will take place in 110 Kraft Hall, Rice University (#80 on the Campus Map)
Cost: $20 (breakfast, lunch, and parking are included)
Registration Deadline: June 3, 2025
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
9:00-9:20am: Coffee and Pastries
9:20-9:30am: Welcome and Overview (Aishwarya Lakshmi)
9:30-10:10am: "Faith in the Workplace" (Elaine Howard Ecklund)
10:10-10:40am: "Religious Literacy: Information, Experience, Formation" (Gregory Han)
10:40-11:00am: BREAK
11:00-11:30am: "Entangled Otherings: Rethinking Antisemitism and Islamophobia, 1492 to today" (Mendel Kranz)
11:30-12:00pm: "Hinduism: A Global Religion" (Brenton Kalinowski)
12:00-12:30pm: "Vodun and African Indigenous Religion in Everyday Life" (Sarah Reynolds)
12:30-1:20pm: LUNCH
1:20-1:50pm: "Religious Worldviews and the Environment" (Judith Brunton)
1:50-2:20pm: "Framing Belonging: African Immigrants and Religion in Public Life" (Akpan Ubong-Abasi)
2:20-2:30pm: BREAK
2:30-3:00pm: "African Indigenous Religion and Public Life in Zimbabwe" (Josiah Taru)
3:00-3:30pm: "Islam in the Digital World" (Sana Patel)
3:30-4:00pm: REVIEW