Name: (Inter)religious Literacy & Interfaith Leadership in Higher Education
Start: 2025-04-07T14:30:00-05:00
Location: University of St. Thomas

(Inter)religious Literacy & Interfaith Leadership in Higher Education

Produced by the Jay Phillips Center for Interreligious Studies, this event is part of the 2025 Culture of Encounter Ideas Festival (https://sites.google.com/view/encounter2025/home)

2:30pm - 2:50pm: Brief Presentation of Initiatives at St. Thomas to Establish a Climate of Belonging for Diverse Worldview Orientations supported by an Interfaith America-Inspires Index grant.
3:00pm - 4:15pm: (Inter)religious Literacy & Interfaith Leadership in Higher Education: A panel of higher education leaders discussing the future of (inter)religious studies and interfaith leadership in undergraduate education.
This panel brings together distinguished leaders in higher education to explore the current state and future directions of (inter)religious studies and interfaith leadership, particularly at the undergraduate level. The discussion will focus on how these disciplines can foster understanding and engagement across diverse religious traditions in academic settings that serve the traditional academic aims of advancing knowledge, promoting learning, and serving common public goods.
Panelists:
Matthew Maruggi, Ed.D., Professor and Chair of Religion, Augsburg University
Barbara McGraw, J.D., Ph.D., Professor of Religion and Leadership, School of Economics and Business Administration, and Founding Director of the Center for Engaged Pluralism, Saint Mary's College of California
Marianne Moyaert, Ph.D., Professor of Systematic Theology and the Study of Religions, KU Leuven (Belgium).
Deanna A. Thompson, Ph.D., Director of the Lutheran Center for Faith, Values, and Community and Martin E. Marty Regents Chair in Religion and the Academy, St. Olaf College
Moderator: Hans Gustafson, Ph.D., Director, Jay Phillips Center for Interreligious Studies, University of St. Thomas
Sponsored and organized by the Jay Phillips Center for Interreligious Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of St. Thomas. Co-sponsored by the Aquinas Scholars Honors Program.