Events

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.

Religious Leaders Gather to Learn from Current Research

On October 20, 2023, scholars from the Boniuk Institute partnered with the Religious Research Association (RRA) to present the Religious Leader Track at the annual RRA + SSSR (Society for the Scientific Study of Religion) annual meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The Future of Religious Pluralism

On the evening of October 4, 2023, the Boniuk Institute hosted a special event: The Future of Religious Pluralism: Setting an agenda for the next 10 years of research. This event was a celebration of the Institute’s past decade of work and the launch of our 10-year vision to understand the conditions that lead to religious discrimination and conflict and to promote religious tolerance both locally and globally.