Events

2024 Senior Scholar Marla F. Frederick

In March 2024, Harvard Divinity School Dean Marla F. Frederick visited the Boniuk Institute to receive the inaugural Senior Scholar award. She was honored for her leadership in scholarship; her outstanding contributions to the public understanding of religion, pluralism, and religious tolerance; and her mentorship of the next generation of religion scholars.

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.