Boniuk Institute’s 2024 Summer Educator Professional Development: “World Religions and Culture”
June 11-13, 2024 —The Boniuk Institute’s Educator Professional Development program for secondary school educators, held each spring, offers instruction and training to deepen content knowledge of different religions and successfully incorporate it in their classrooms.
JLR Special Issue Call “Critical Religious Literacy”
There is a growing need for literacy scholars to examine how prejudices impact literacy practices in K-12 contexts and beyond. More broadly, the role of religion, religious literacy, and critical religious literacy cannot be underscored enough in how it shapes public and private discourses. In this special issue, we call on literacy scholars to submit Insights essays and/or empirical research that speak to the role of religion in literacy education “from the heroic to the heinous” and everything in between from a broad range of perspectives (i.e., non-Western, Western, Indigenous) and contexts (private religious to public secular schools, as well as out-of-school contexts).
Special Issue of The Lion and the Unicorn: Twenty-First-Century Religion and Culture in Youth Literature
This special issue aims to revive and expand long-standing conversations about the roots and continued presence of religion in children’s literature, beyond consideration of early Christian influences. With an eye towards interfaith dialogue and inclusion, we will feature a variety of perspectives on religion and culture in children’s and young adult literature.
Understanding Diversity & Inclusion: Exploring Indic Traditions
July 8-12: Join us for a free immersive workshop where you’ll dive deep into the teachings of Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism. Gain valuable insights and discover the best pedagogical strategies to effectively integrate these teachings into diverse educational settings.
Summer Institute for Educators: Imagining a Better World: Arts, Activism, and Social Justice
July 29 – Aug 1: Religion and Public Life is again partnering with Harvard’s Global Studies Outreach Committee to provide a four-day workshop for educators. The 2024 theme will be “Imagining a Better World: Arts, Activism, and Social Justice.”
Religious Worlds of New York Summer Institute
The Religious Worlds of New York summer institute is a project of the Interfaith Center of New York that helps K-12 teachers teach creatively and effectively about religious diversity. The next Religious Worlds institute will meet from July 8-26, 2024. Applications are due by March 5.
Applications Open: Civic Literacy Youth Network (CLYN)
The Centre for Civic Religious Literacy is currently accepting applications for the next cohort of the Civic Literacy Youth Network (CLYN).
Nominations Open for the “Outstanding Spiritual Initiative Award” (NASPA)
The Spirituality and Religion in Higher Education KC Outstanding Spirituality Initiative Award is given annually to recognize programming that promotes students’ worldview development on a college campus.
Special Issue: Integrating Technology in Religious and Moral Education
This Special Issue (SI) explores the theoretical and practical implications of integrating technology in religious and moral education, teaching about religion and ethics, and other initiatives for fostering religious literacy.
Special Issue: Religious Diversity and Social Studies Education
This issue will explore how and to what degree religious diversity is being taught in K-12 social studies classrooms and included in official school curricula and teacher education programs.