How to Navigate Religious Differences in Our Divisive World

The topic of Religious Diversity is one of the most challenging on campus. This presentation provides strategies that help communicate effectively, make wise decisions, and avoid mistakes that can fester and divide. Those strategies include: 1) build awareness of trends regarding religion, faith, and spirituality, 2) develop a buffer of goodwill using Common Values to bridge religious differences, 3) Manage culture clash and unintentional mistakes 4) develop religious literacy, especially regarding sacred time, food and formality in order to show respect.

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Speaker: Deborah Levine began her religious studies at Harvard Divinity School, received her BS in Cultural Anthropology (NYU), MA in religion (Spertus Institute), and MA in urban planning (U. of Illinois at Chicago). She served as Interreligious Affairs Director for the American Jewish Committee/Chicago and has 30 years of experience creating interreligious projects including: DuPage Interfaith Resource Network (Chicago) and the Woman’s Council on Diversity (TN). An award-winning author, her work is featured in The Harvard Divinity School Bulletin, The Journal of Ecumenical Studies, and is recognized by the Religion Communicators Council. She has given religious diversity presentations to libraries, universities, healthcare organizations and corporations as well as interfaith conferences.