Events

Building on more than a decade of musical collaboration, Harris and Rajasekar weave music, poetry, and folktales into a concert. […]

Drawing on his lifelong commitment to interfaith dialogue – and his close friendship and theological partnership with Pope Francis – Rabbi Skorka traces the progress made since the publication of Nostra Aetate, including significant achievements and ongoing efforts. […]

Acclaimed cross-cultural concert blends Black gospel-style music and Somali blues featuring JD Steele leading the youth choir and Ahmed Yusuf presenting pre-civil war Somali music and poetry. […]

What can a movement rooted in Islamic values teach us about service, dialogue, and building bridges across faiths and cultures? Hizmet, a transnational initiative inspired by Islamic teachings, emphasizes education, humanitarian service, and interfaith cooperation […]

This talk will not only draw on Dr. Goldberg’s forthcoming Oxford University Press book,The Bible’s Gods: The Nonexistent One True God of Scripture, it will also make use of his earlier work, Jews and Christians, Getting Our Stories Straight:The Exodus and the Passion-Resurrection. […]

Concert and conversation with Amy Grinsteiner (piano), Stephanie Arado (violin),and David Jordan Harris (narrator) Music can be a potent meeting place between religious traditions, offering a portal for audiences and musicians into another culture. […]

Concert and conversation with Amy Grinsteiner (piano), Stephanie Arado (violin),and David Jordan Harris (narrator) Music can be a potent meeting place between religious traditions, offering a portal for audiences and musicians into another culture. […]

In this presentation, Dr. Rita George-Tvrtković will draw on her historical scholarship and her contemporary work in Christian-Muslim relations in post 9/11 America, including on the campus of the Catholic university where she teaches, which has a 25% Muslim student body. […]

Concert and conversation with Amy Grinsteiner (piano), Stephanie Arado (violin),Chris Kachian (guitar) and David Jordan Harris (narrator) Music can be a potent meeting place between religious traditions, offering a portal for audiences and musicians into another culture. […]

From early on Christians have defined Christianity in relation to the Jewish tradition from which it emerged. But when articulating Christian faith vis-à-vis Judaism, most Christian teachers and preachers down through the centuries have misrepresented Judaism, expressing anti-Jewish perspectives that often have fanned the flames of antisemitic attitudes and behaviors. […]

The recent open-access volume Complexities of Spiritual Care in Plural Societies: Education, Praxis and Concepts (De Gruyter, 2022) contributes to an emerging field that could be referred to as “plural spiritual care and chaplaincy,” by innovatively bringing together contributions from a broad range of contexts and religious traditions. […]

This year’s conference is in honor of the late Fr. Rene McGraw Conference Schedule 1:00-1:55 p.m.Opening words by CSB/SJU President Brian BreussWelcome and introduction by Dr. Jeff Anderson, Chair, CSB/SJU Department of Peace StudiesKeynote address by Dr. Ken Conca, American University: Environmental Peacebuilding:Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow 2:10-3:05 p.m. […]

Music can be a potent meeting place between religious cultures, both as a fertile crossroad for the musicians and as an instructive and emotionally compelling bridge for audiences to experience another culture. Echoes of the Divine features pianist Amy Grinsteiner, cellist Thomas Schönberg, and moderator David Jordan Harris in these concerts of music and conversation. […]

Music can be a potent meeting place between religious cultures, both as a fertile crossroad for the musicians and as an instructive and emotionally compelling bridge for audiences to experience another culture. Echoes of the Divine features pianist Amy Grinsteiner, cellist Thomas Schönberg, and moderator David Jordan Harris in these concerts of music and conversation. […]

An accomplished scientist and professor, Robin Wall Kimmerer earned a wide following of readers with her best-selling book Braiding Sweetgrass: Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (2013). In this program, Kimmerer will discuss experiences and ideas that are at the heart of that book. […]

In his recent and widely acclaimed book Nazis of Copley Square: The Forgotten History of the Christian Front, Charles Gallagher tells the story  of a group of American terrorists who, in the name of God, conspired to overthrow the United States government and form an alliance with Hitler. […]

Winona LaDuke is a Native American activist, economist, and author. An Anishinaabekwe (Ojibwe) enrolled member of the Mississippi Band Anishinaabeg, she has devoted her life to advocating for Indigenous control of their homelands, natural resources, and cultural practices. […]

A Hybrid Conference based at the University of Notre DameOctober 2 – October 4, 2022  The branch of philosophy known as “Perennial Philosophy” teaches that there is one transcendent Mystery, one supreme and eternal Truth that has manifested itself throughout history as a primordial wisdom accessible to all people and in various ways in their… […]

A Perspective on How Spain’s Diverse Religious Past Influences the Present While studying abroad in Spain this semester, and as a participant in the Jay Phillips Center’s Student Interfaith Research and Leadership Program, Maddie Anderson has been conducting a deep exploration of existing interfaith relationships and how they have evolved since a period often referred… […]

Multifaith Perspectives As a participant in the Jay Phillips Center’s Student Interfaith Research and Leadership Program, Brianna Kreft created a film series in which she interviews Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and Buddhist women about the sources of and challenges to women’s empowerment in their religious traditions. […]

Video recording The Turkish Muslim scholar and preacher Fethullah Gülen was one of Time Magazine’s Top 100 People in the World in 2013, mostly for inspiring the global Hizmet (service) movement, through which Turks built schools (especially science academies) in 130 different countries, organized interreligious events, and sponsored a wide range of social enterprises such as newspapers, relief agencies,… […]

Video recording Focusing on the traditional practices of one Ojibwe family, carried out through the seasons of the year and across the seasons of life, celebrated Ojibwe scholar Anton Treuer will discuss the enduring power of Ojibwe culture and identity. […]

Multifaith Prayer Service Students from multiple faith traditions — Buddhism, Christianity, Indigenous, Islam, and Judaism — will share in a time of prayer and reflection as a community. […]

Directions to Adath Jeshurun Free admission — registration required Religious ideas have inspired people to live virtuous lives and foster healthy relationships within and among diverse communities. But religious ideas — and not only those generally described as extremist — have also been employed in dangerous and even devastating ways. […]

A conversation between the AFL-CIO’s Damon Silversand Jubilee USA Network’s Eric LeCompte Click here for recorded video “Our elected officials and world leaders make decisions that impact our lives every day,” said Eric LeCompte. “If we want to influence those decisions, we need to engage with decision-makers. […]

Religion was fundamental to the development of both slavery and race in the Protestant Atlantic world. In this webinar, Katharine Gerbner will give a brief presentation on the origins of modern racial categories, the role of missionaries in creating American slave societies, and the integration of African religious practices into Christianity. […]

The Deep Roots of Self-Critical Faith in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam The recently published book Dangerous Religious ideas: The Deep Roots of Self-Critical Faith in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (Beacon, 2020) by Rabbi Rachel Mikva will be the subject of this webinar. […]

A conversation with artists from the Interfaith Artists Circle This program, a part of the Sacred Arts Festival at the University of St. Thomas, is relatedto the online exhibit Visual Prayer, which draws together the artistic and spiritual practiceof the Interfaith Artists Circle, a group of nineteen Twin Cities-based artists who understandand experience prayer through multiple paths. […]

An international online conference organized by Haigazian University in Lebanonand the Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning at Saint John’s University Co-sponsored by the CSB/SJU Peace Studies Department […]

An international online conference organized by Haigazian University in Lebanonand the Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning at Saint John’s University Co-sponsored by the CSB/SJU Peace Studies Department […]

Click here to join webinar In recent years many Christians have been giving new or renewed attention to religious insights and traditions of Indigenous peoples in the Americas. […]

Click here to join webinar Few Native American elders have achieved the iconic status of Nicholas Black Elk. Many know his early life through the 1932 classic Black Elk Speaks: Crazy Horse’s cousin, raised on the plains hunting buffalo, and fought at the Battle of Little Bighorn and at Wounded Knee. […]

Collectively, we face a moment of divisions in our society. Whether religious, political, racial, generational, economic, or in other areas, we find our communities, institutions, families, and society fracturing. Together, we can improve. […]

Due to technical difficulties experienced, we are attempting to reschedule this event According to Dr. Beverly E. Mitchell, “it is a critical moment in the history of our country as we reckon with the threat of white supremacy becoming more mainstream.” In this webinar, Dr. […]

Native American Religious Freedom beyond the First Amendment From North Dakota’s Standing Rock encampments to Arizona’s San Francisco Peaks, Native Americans have repeatedly asserted legal rights to religious freedom to protect their sacred places, practices, objects, knowledge, and ancestral remains. […]

The recently published book Shia Islam and Politics: Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon by Jon Armajani will be the subject of this event. […]

How They Influence My Approach to Psychology and Sustainability How do we determine our purpose? What guides us in how we fulfill it? Dr. Pettitt will explore teachings and practices from the Benedictine and Buddhist traditions, the paths they offer us, and how they can help us live authentic lives of meaning and service. […]

An Exploration in Muslim-Christian Comparative Theology of Sainthood Today’s multi-religious world demands different approaches in theological discourses. Comparative theology has emerged as a field that focuses on the ways in which learning from non-Christian religions can enrich Christian theology. […]

Interfaith Reflections with Emphasis on U.S. Catholicism  Dr. Daniel DiLeo will explore climate change as a religious, moral, and political issue with focus on the Catholic tradition. He will begin by describing how Judeo-Christian ethics generally and Catholic social teaching specifically are responses to relationship with God and thus essential to the fullness of faith. […]

Ayan Omar will discuss the vital importance of face-to-face communication in this age of social media that so often fosters a distorted sense of human interaction and community. […]

Insights Drawn from Buddhist and Benedictine Practices Ajahn Jotipālo is a Theravada Buddhist monk of Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery in Redwood Valley, California, with which he became affiliated in 1998. Since then he has also stayed at Theravada Buddhist monasteries in Thailand, Canada, and New Zealand. […]

Keynote Speakers  Paul Haidostian is president of Haigazian University, a position he has held since 2002. He earned an M.Div. at the Near East School of Theology in Beirut and a Ph.D. in pastoral theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. […]

Choreographer Ronald K. Brown and fiber artist Laurie Wohl will explore the role of spirituality and hope in their work as artists. […]

What Those Myths Reveal About the (Mis)Shaping of Identityin the Face of the Religious and Racial Other  In 1898, a Swedish immigrant farmer claimed to have discovered a large rock with writing carved into its surface in a Minnesota field. […]

Opening of the art exhibit “Birds of Longing: Exile and Memory” by Laurie Wohl  This exhibit of Laurie Wohl’s stunningly beautiful “Unweavings,” as she calls her fiber art pieces, interweaves Christian, Jewish and Muslim spiritual writings from the Convivencia in Spain (8th-15th centuries) with contemporary Middle Eastern poetry, particularly Palestinian and Israeli. […]

In December 2014, an Indian parliamentary minister raised a storm of controversy when he proposed a ban on all religious conversions throughout India. This event represented merely the most recent moment in an ongoing “conversion controversy” which has hung over Hindu-Christian relations for over two centuries. In his lecture, Dr. […]

In December 2014, an Indian parliamentary minister raised a storm of controversy when he proposed a ban on all religious conversions throughout India. This event represented merely the most recent moment in an ongoing “conversion controversy” which has hung over Hindu-Christian relations for over two centuries. In his lecture, Dr. […]

Insights Drawn from Muslim and Christian Practices Ayan Omar and Father Michael will share practices from their respective religious traditions that they have found helpful for cultivating inclusive and thriving communities. They are convinced that these practices can be helpful to students and others who want to help foster and live in such communities. […]

The award-winning documentary film Love Is a Verb, narrated by Ashley Judd, examines the life and teaching of the renowned Turkish Muslim scholar, poet, and humanitarian activist Fethullah Gülen and the social movement that he inspired. […]

Religious communities have long used words like “stewardship” and “creation care” (among others) to describe attitudes and practices of concern for nature. More recently, the language of “sustainability” has become the norm in secular environmental advocacy and activism, particularly on college campuses. […]