Intercultural-Interfaith Leadership Minor

Intercultural-Interfaith Leadership Minor

BECOME A CROSS-CULTURAL, CROSS-RELIGION BRIDGE BUILDER WITH THE INTERCULTURAL-INTERFAITH LEADERSHIP MINOR

Today professionals in various sectors–healthcare, law, business, education, NGO's, government service, public policy, and beyond –are beginning to recognize the need to address the religious/spiritual dimensions of their work. As an Interfaith Leadership Minor, you’ll learn how to serve more compassionately and effectively, contributing to the evolution of a more inclusive and just society.

Our interdisciplinary program will provide you with a set of competencies and perspectives to begin understanding the stakes of our religiously diverse world. In small, discussion-based classes, guided by our world-renowned faculty, you learn how to be a force for cooperation in our polarized world. 

You will graduate well-equipped to make an impact in whatever career you pursue.

 

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Students who complete this program will be able to:

  • IDENTITY/BIAS: Reflect on students' own and others' identity formation and perspective; articulate how religious and other identities and worldviews affect perceptions of issues that arise in various environments and situations; and articulate how such perceptions can result in bias.
  • COMMUNICATION/DIALOGUE: Demonstrate effective communication and dialogue facilitation skills that can be used to address interreligious conflict and promote interfaith cooperation, engagement, and understanding.
  • RELIGIOUS LITERACY: Demonstrate an understanding of what it means to be religiously literate; articulate ways that religions differ in thought, practice, and organization; and articulate the meaning of "pluralism" in this context.
  • LEADERSHIP: Identify interfaith challenges and opportunities; propose inclusive methods for addressing them; and articulate how to lead implementation of those inclusive methods.
  • APPLICATION: Demonstrate interfaith leadership (as defined above) in a collaborative community-based project.

Center for Engaged Religious Pluralism

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Interfaith Opportunities

Founded 2008, the center regularly hosts events and guest speakers, engaging religiously diverse and non-faith perspectives to foster interreligious understanding and leadership.

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