On October 15, 2003, the Pluralism Project and the Center for the Study of World Religions co-sponsored "Religious Pluralism in America: Pluralism Project Student Fall Research Conference."
Schedule4:00 PM Opening remarks by Dr. Diana Eck
4:15–5:15 PM Mapping a New Religious Landscape
The Religious Diversity of the Northern Plains: North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming - Scott Buquor
Mapping Religious Diversity in Idaho - Chelsea Hanson
"Women, Religion and Social Change II" is an international, interreligious conference was held at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA from April 30 - May 4, 2003. This meeting reunited a group of women who came together in 1983 for a groundbreaking interreligious conference on "Women, Religion and Social Change." This group, and their concerns, included the global and the local: participants came from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, North and South America, and Europe. The meeting drew together a diverse group of scholars and grass-roots activists for a week of...
On November 22-23, 2002, in conjunction with the American Academy of Religion Annual Conference in Toronto, Canada, the Pluralism Project hosted a gathering of scholars and teachers interested in the many issues of religion and immigration. The program was arranged in such a way as to facilitate discussion under several headings on the changing religious landscape of the U.S. and Canada. In addition to invited guests, other AAR attendees were welcomed.
On October 16, 2002, Pluralism Project staff, researchers, and friends gathered at the Barker Center for the 2002 student research conference, featuring presentations by Pluralism Project summer research interns.
Schedule
4:00 p.m. Opening remarks by Dr. Diana Eck
4:10–5:10 p.m. Muslim Communities in America
St. Louis and Kansas City Muslim Communities - Milia Islam
Muslim Communities in Rhode Island - Omar Haque
The Politics of Women's Worship: Space, Activism, and Interfaith Horizons in American Islam - Iza Hussin
In 2001, the Pluralism Project embarked on a new initiative to convene and cultivate Women’s Networks in Multireligious America. The first consultations of religious advocacy organizations, we recognized that women rarely held formal leadership positions, but played critical roles within the community. The common concerns of religious women represented important opportunities for collaboration, yet their voices were rarely heard within the public conversation, or the traditional structures of interfaith dialogue. We hosted the first in a series of multi-religious consultations...
In 2001, the Pluralism Project embarked on a new initiative to convene and cultivate Women’s Networks in Multireligious America. The first consultations brought together religious advocacy organizations, recognizing that women rarely held formal leadership positions, but played critical roles within the community. The first in a series of multi-religious consultations with women leaders, activists, and academics was held in April 2001 at Harvard University. "Women's Networks in Multireligious America: After September 11," held in November 2001, was second consultation, one that had... Read more about Women’s Networks in Multireligious America: After September 11
In 2001, the Pluralism Project embarked on a new initiative to convene and cultivate Women’s Networks in Multireligious America. This first consultation of religious advocacy organizations, recognized that women rarely held formal leadership positions, but played critical roles within the community. The common concerns of religious women represented important opportunities for collaboration, yet their voices were rarely heard within the public conversation, or the traditional structures of interfaith dialogue. This event was first in a series of multi-religious...
In 2001, the Pluralism Project embarked on a new initiative to convene and cultivate Women’s Networks in Multireligious America. This first consultation of religious advocacy organizations, recognized that women rarely held formal leadership positions, but played critical roles within the community. The common concerns of religious women represented important opportunities for collaboration, yet their voices were rarely heard within the public conversation, or the traditional structures of interfaith dialogue. This event was first in a series of multi-religious...
This interfaculty working group gathered together colleagues from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Law School, the Divinity School, the Medical School, the Business School, the Kennedy School of Government, and the Graduate School of Education, all of whom are interested in the changing religious, cultural, and ethnic landscape of the United States in the light of America's new immigration in the post-1965 period.
Our hope for this working group would be to engage people who are interested in thinking together about the questions raised by the new immigration --historians, sociologists... Read more about Interfaculty Working Group, 2000–2001