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A New Agenda for Black Religion and Black Resistance

Rev. Billy Honor believes that Black religious communities should move more toward the work of structural change and power building.

BY Billy Honor

Blog Post

02.18.2021
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The Future of Religious Freedom

Recent data shows that while 8 in 10 Americans see religious freedom as an important issue, it’s understood ...

BY Religion & Society Program

Video

01.14.2021
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Celebrating in 2020: Multi-Faith Reflections on Winter Holidays

Although these holidays couldn’t be celebrated this year in their normal ways, they still represented important values and traditions for many communities.

BY Religion & Society Program

Blog Post

12.18.2020
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Why Crisis Response Efforts Need Religious Literacy

The pandemic has revealed the importance of government agencies partnering with faith organizations on the frontlines.

BY Brie Loskota

Blog Post

12.02.2020
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The Politics of Vulnerability: Can Muslims and Evangelicals Find Common Cause in Religious Freedom?

The Inclusive America Project (IAP) is pleased to publish our new report, “The Politics of Vulnerability: Can Muslims and Evangelicals Find Common Cause in Religious Freedom?”

BY Religion & Society Program

Publication

10.29.2020
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Religious freedom means standing up for another person's beliefs

Today is National Religious Freedom Day, the anniversary of the passage of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, a statute written by Thomas Jefferson disestablishing the Church of England in Virginia, and an important precursor to the Establishment and Free Exercise clauses of the First Amendment.

BY Zeenat Rahman

Blog Post

10.13.2020
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Is Anyone Actually Being Canceled? Examining the Boundaries of Free Speech in Civil Society

John McWhorter and Michelle Goldberg explore the current debates around so-called cancel culture, including whether it truly exists, and if so, how pervasive and threatening it is to free speech.

BY Aspen Society

Video

09.30.2020
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Community and Solidarity on the Frontlines

This year has presented extraordinary challenges and possibilities, from a pandemic to a mass movement against anti-Black racism and police violence. In order to move forward, each of us must have the skills to build solidarity and community with others without dismissing our important differences.

BY Religion & Society Program

Video

09.30.2020
Free Speech and Religion

Lessons from a Digital Interfaith Youth Leadership Camp

We were surprised to discover new ways to engage with one another that will benefit the camp for years to come.

BY Rev. Sarah Trone Garriott

Blog Post

09.21.2020
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