CENTER FOR ENGAGED RELIGIOUS PLURALISM
“Religious Pluralism Engaging Political Culture and Public Policy”
The Center for Engaged Religious Pluralism addresses specific issues in the public square (for example, religious accommodation in prisons; K-12 educational issues involving religion; the globalization of business and its religio-cultural discontents) and tracks and reports incidences of religious cooperation and incidences of non-cooperation, discrimination, and conflict in the United States. The Center’s first “Issue-Specific Project” is The Prison Religion Project.
As the Center develops, it will disseminate material for public consumption via the Center’s website and other publications, as well as provide a venue for collaboration via academic and professional conferences, other projects, and scholarship.
A major focus of the Center’s work will be bringing together representatives of various religious perspectives (academics, activists, and practitioners; liberals, conservatives, and moderates) in an effort to bridge boundaries of difference on the topics of the Issue-Specific Projects. The hope is that participants will move toward mutual understanding and beyond – toward suggested solutions to issues in public policy and political culture.
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