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The Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life was established in 1996 to examine the influence of religion on politics, civic culture, family life, gender roles, and other issues in the United States and elsewhere.
We are excited to announce a partnership with The Official Royal House of Sori and the Root Nine Foundation to engage students in the archival research of the path of Prince Abdulrahman Ibrahima ibn Sori in Connecticut. You can read more about it below.
We are grateful for the support of the @trinitycollege.bsky.social community during Chana Joffe-Walt's visit. You can read more about her visit and receiving the Berkman Award below.
Anna Szesnat '26 created a beautiful digital archive of Religion in the News, the Greenberg Center's longtime publication under director emeritus Mark Silk. Check it out below. Many thanks to the Watkinson Library for their help digitizing and adding Religion in the News to the digital repository!
And this one from @ctpublic.bsky.social! You can still view the exhibit through next Friday, October 24.
We've been gotten some great press about Urban Devotions! Check out this article from @trinitycollege.bsky.social
Shout-out to Prof. Ribovich for being a FINALIST in the Best First Book in the History of Religions category of @aarweb.bsky.social's Book Awards!
Religious Studies Review published a symposium on Prof. Ribovich's book. You can read the essays and her response below.
Thank you to everyone who joined us on Friday for the opening of Urban Devotions! We enjoyed hearing from photographer David Gonzalez, as well as academics Efrain Agosto, Pablo Delano, and Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada.
The display will remain up in the Poon Family Gallery (70 Crescent St.) until 10/24!
In our current issue, Leslie Ribovich and Cara Rock-Singer stage a conversation with 20th century cultural critics James Baldwin and Rabbi Louis Finkelstein.
Learn more on the blog!
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Urban Devotions: Images of Faith in the City on display Sept. 26 - Oct. 24, Poon Family Gallery at Crescent Street Center for the Arts and Neuroscience.
Opening Panel and Reception: Sept. 26 at 4:30 p.m. with David González, Efrain Agosto, Pablo Delano, and Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada.
We had a wonderful first meeting of the year with our fellows on Friday!
In July, Prof. Ribovich's co-authored piece with Dr. Charles McCrary was featured in Slate magazine. You can read it below.
Co-authored with Cara Rock-Singer, Prof. Ribovich's peer-reviewed essay,"Educating for the New Jerusalem to Deliver the Messianic Age: A Fabulative Friendship with Louis Finkelstein and James Baldwin" was published in the Jewish Quarterly Review! Check it out below.
On May 6, Greenberg Fellows Surya Rai ’25 and Grace Sullivan ’25 presented to the members of Asylum Hill Congregational Church. With GHIAA, they researched the intersections between interfaith grassroots organizing and different religious groups responses to the environmentalism.
On Wednesday, April 30, we heard from our Greenberg Fellows about the research they have been conducting all year. It was a great way to celebrate a year of hard work and innovative thinking. We are so proud of you!
Join us on Wed, Apr 30 at noon in McCook 201 for our Greenberg Fellows' end-of-year presentations. From environmental activism as a form of interfaith cooperation to a user-friendly digital display of the Greenberg Religion in the News archives, our fellows have undertaken a variety of topics.
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom in Higher Education panel. We appreciate the expertise of Profs. Koertner, Carbonetti, and Kamola. The Greenberg Center is also looking forward to further thoughtful conversations and collaborations around this topic.
We had a great visit with @tazeenmali.bsky.social! We discussed her chapter on "Ramy", Islamophobia, and masculinity, featuring thoughtful responding remarks from Greenberg Fellow Alexander Cacciato '25.
Dr. Ali also visited Prof. Ribovich's class to talk about television as pedagogy on religion.
Greenberg Fellow Daniyah Ali '25 wrote an op-ed about starting a Hindu Student Association was published in Trinity Tripod. You can read it here.
Excited to welcome @tazeenmali.bsky.social to campus on Wed. April 16. Dr. Ali will be participating in our Works-in-Progress lunch series, sharing a chapter from her upcoming book. Alexander Cacciato '25 will be her respondent. All are welcome to join us on Wed. April 16, 12-1:15 p.m. McCook 201.
We had so much fun dissecting "The White Lotus" yesterday afternoon. Thank you to Prof. Susanne Kerekes for sharing your expertise about Buddhism and Thai Culture.
As a part of his Greenberg Project, Alexander Cacciato '25 joined Maggie Ondrey '25 on Jake Loor '25's "The Podcast of Things." You can listen at the link below.
Our Greenberg Fellows will be presenting their research at our End-of-Year Presentation Session on Wed., April 30 at noon in McCook 201.
On Tuesday, April 8, at 4:30 p.m. in the 1823 Room, join us as Prof. Susanne Kerekes as she dissects The White Lotus, sharing what the show demonstrates correctly about Buddhism and Thai culture. No preregistration needed.
The Public Policy & Law program @TrinityCollege
is hiring a Visiting Assistant Professor, with a preference for teaching intro law classes for liberal arts undergrads. Review is rolling with a deadline of 3/26. trincoll.peopleadmin.com/postings/3482 #PolSciJobs #PoliSciJobs #PoliSciJobMarket.
On Friday, March 7, Dr. Johnson spent the final day of his visit meeting with members of student groups, including Men of Color Alliance (MOCA), Greenberg Fellows, Trinity Hillel, and Interfaith Fellows.
On Thursday afternoon, Dr. Johnson gave his public lecture, "'Finite Disappointment, Infinite Hope': Why Blacks and Jews Matter in a Time of Moral Decadence" in the 1823 Room, followed by a dinner in Hamlin Hall.
Photos by @trinitycollege.bsky.social's Nick Caito!
On Thurs, Mar 6, we started off the day with Dr. Johnson's Works-in-Progress Lunch, where he presented a chapter of his upcoming book, The Law of Race and Public Religions: Talking Book Traditions and the Limits of Originalism. His respondent was Cheryl Greenberg.