Politics and Religion

Pamela Ayo Yetunde

Video: Call, Respond, and Serve: The Role of Spirituality in Public Theology and Politics

November 15, 2023

Major religious traditions call on their adherents to respond to the causes of suffering, those who suffer, and the prevention of suffering. The ways we respond and serve can take many forms including activism and holding political office. How does spiritual practice support the difficult work of speaking truth to power as well as being in positions of power without losing focus on the relief of suffering?... Read more about Video: Call, Respond, and Serve: The Role of Spirituality in Public Theology and Politics

Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart

A Slippery Slope: What the Supreme Court's Recent Rulings Mean for Religion in the U.S.

July 21, 2023

This summer, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued two major decisions with religion at the center of the cases. In Groff v. DeJoy, the court bolstered protections for workers asking for religious accommodations, and in 303 Creative v. Elenis, SCOTUS sided with a Colorado web designer who did not want to provide services to same-sex couples.... Read more about A Slippery Slope: What the Supreme Court's Recent Rulings Mean for Religion in the U.S.

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US Official Calls Religious Intolerance in India 'Frightening'

July 18, 2023

"U.S. advocacy for religious freedom must be conflict-sensitive, so as not to render already vulnerable communities more vulnerable nor exacerbate religious dimensions of conflict," Susan Hayward, associate director of the Religious Literacy and the Professions Initiative, said while testifying before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations.

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What the Epiphany Teaches Us About Political Hatred

January 6, 2023
"What’s indisputable is that, in the ancient story, the holy is made manifest in openness to others. Hospitality is how epiphany happens. Hostility to ethnic and religious outsiders, meanwhile, leads to the massacre of one’s innocent own," writes Matthew Ichihashi Potts, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church.
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Religious Literacy in International Affairs

November 16, 2022
Susan Hayward, associate director of the Religious Literacy and the Professions Initiative at HDS, leads a conversation on religious literacy in international affairs for the Council on Foreign Relations.

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