The Future of Religious Studies and the Public Understanding of Religion in a Global Age

• published: 19 May 2014
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For more on this event, visit: http://bit.ly/1k9qBVV For more on the Berkley Center, visit: http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu May 9, 2014 | This conversation addressed how theological and religious education should be transformed under the array of challenges we face in a global era. Specifically, it addressed the pressures on theological and religious education and ways that these disciplines can adapt to a changing landscape; ways that professors of undergraduates in non-religious studies departments can teach students about religion across academic disciplines; and how these various modes of religious and theological education can rise to the challenges of deep misunderstanding about religious peoples, traditions, and norms. Participants: Ayesha Chaudhry, Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies and Gender Studies at the University of British Columbia David Hempton, Dean of Harvard Divinity School Serene Jones, President of the faculty and Johnston Family Professor for Religion and Democracy at Union Theological Seminary Michael Kessler, Managing Director of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs Erik Owens, Associate Director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life