Past Events
Better Religion with John D. Barton
On March 5, 2024, the Boniuk Institute’s Religion and Public Life Program hosted a Religious and Civic Leader Gathering featuring religion scholar John D. Barton, author of Better Religion: A Primer for Interreligious Peacebuilding.
The Israel-Palestine Conflict: A History with James L. Gelvin
On February 22, 2024, the Boniuk Institute’s Reading Religion Graduate Salon spoke with historian James L. Gelvin about his book The Israel-Palestine Conflict: A History.
When God Stops Fighting: How Religious Violence Ends
On February 8, 2024, the Boniuk Institute's Reading Religion Salon welcomed nearly 40 members of the Rice campus community to a special open salon session to discuss religious violence, both past and present, with Mark Juergensmeyer, a sociologist of religion and author of When God Stops Fighting: How Religious Violence Ends.
The Clergy Health Crisis, Burnout, and Mental Health
On February 7, 2024, the Boniuk Institute’s Religion and Public Life Program (RPLP) hosted a Religious and Civic Leader Gathering featuring Todd Ferguson, a sociologist and co-author of Stuck: Why Clergy Are Alienated from Their Calling, Congregation, and Career…and What to Do about It, in dialogue with RPLP Director Rachel Schneider.
Latino Religious Politics in a Moment of Danger
On November 2, 2023, the Boniuk Institute’s Religion and Public Life Program welcomed Felipe Hinojosa, a professor of history at Baylor University, to a Religious and Civic Leaders Gathering to discuss his work on Latino religious politics.
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