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Article of Faith

The Inclusive America Project explores how religion affects political polarization in the United States, with Tom Gjelten, Asma Uddin, Sheila Katz, Justin Giboney, and Paul D. Miller.

BY Institute Staff

Longform

06.01.2020
Free Speech and Religion

Everyone Belongs in This New American Story

For too many children, the story of who can and can’t be American begins with fables about the men who made this country.

BY Samia Khan

Blog Post

05.28.2020
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The Covid-19 Interfaith Call to Leadership

Moments of crisis can highlight our interconnectedness, but they can also illuminate and reinforce exis ...

BY Religion & Society Program

Video

05.14.2020
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The COVID Interfaith Call

Interfaith institutional relationships offer a mechanism for collective action. We lead collections of the exact people who are the joiners, donors, leaders and volunteers that make local communities function. This moment calls upon us to bring our flocks together virtually, to create solidarity online and to shape narratives of communal hope

BY Rabbi Michael G. Holzman

Blog Post

05.07.2020
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Religion as Private and Public Good

This pandemic makes us think more about what faith communities offer to their congregants and their neighbors.

BY Religion & Society Program

Blog Post

04.14.2020
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How to Celebrate Holy Days While Socially Distant

While there is no denying that Passover, Easter, and Ramadan will look different this year, the power of dreaming and imagining offers hope for individuals and communities that we may meet again with renewed faith and reimagined rituals for a brighter future.

BY Abigale Haug

Blog Post

04.07.2020
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Reimagining Rituals

This April, our Christian, Muslim, and Jewish neighbors celebrated important holidays: Easter, Ramadan, and Passo ...

BY Religion & Society Program

Video

04.02.2020
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Civil Society and Religious Pluralism in a Polarized Nation

Are those of us interested in promoting a thriving pluralism best served to lean into those centers of power, come what may of the backlash? OR, are we best served to do some kind of end run around the polarization by focusing on other connection points?

BY Religion & Society Program

Blog Post

02.07.2020
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These Colleges Want to Make Their Campuses Laboratories for Bridging Divides

Convened by Interfaith Youth Core and the Inclusive America Project, representatives from 14 campuses launched an 18-month program titled Courageous Pluralism, designed to leverage religious identity as a strength to combat polarization.

BY Mary Ellen Giess

Blog Post

02.07.2020
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