Join Mark Alan Smith, Professor of Political Science and Adjunct Professor of Communication and Comparative Religion at the University of Washington, as he discusses his current book project: How Intellectual Dishonesty Has Improved Christianity and Islam  Friday, February 22, 2019 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Gowen 1A (Olson Room) To any person holding modern values, the Christian

Earlier this month, the Comparative Religion Program at the University of Washington Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies partnered with the Center for Religious Wisdom & World Affairs to sponsor a presentation and discussion entitled “Wounds of Love: Faith-Based Responses to Homelessness in Seattle.” The event was moderated by James Wellman, Chair of the Jackson School’s Comparative Religion

In her article “Reading the rabbis in the age of #MeToo,” Mika Ahuvia, Marsha and Jay Glazer Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies and Assistant Professor in the Jackson School of International Studies, offers an analysis of the treatment of women in the Talmud and four strategies for teachers and readers of difficult ancient text to consider in

What difference do housed Christians in Seattle make for people who are homeless? What difference does homelessness make in the spiritual lives of housed Christians? Can people of faith, some faith and no faith come together to end homelessness? Paul Houston Blankenship and others will discuss these questions and ways all of us can try

Please join us for a talk by Dr. John Rees next Tuesday, October 16th in Thomson Hall 317 at 4:45pm! The inclusion of religion as a factor in the making of foreign policy is now as contested as it was once ignored. John A. Rees (Notre Dame Australia) identifies important fault-lines in the debate and

Please join us for a talk by Dr. Robin Petersen next Tues, Oct. 2nd, in Thomson Hall 101 at 4:45pm! Dr. Petersen is coming to share with us on the ‘Politics of Grace’ of Nelson Mandela and his fight against apartheid and for democracy in South Africa. Robin was jailed resisting apartheid; he holds a

Professor Jim Wellman, head of the IPI-Religion Initiative, along with Chris Seiple and Randy Thompson, also both Sr. Fellows at the IPI, visited Hanoi and Ha Long Bay, Vietnam this past summer from June 23rd-29th, 2018. The three were invited by Vietnam National University-Hanoi to discuss a potential partnership to deliver Cross-Cultural Religious Literacy training, based

This 5-credit course covers global issues of religion, politics and internationals conflicts as they relate to question of fundamentalism, nationalism and terror. Fundamentalism as a response to globalization and modernization will be investigated. The course also reviews connections between religious violence and international relations, human security, and global security. The course will meet on Tuesdays

As the Secretary of State Mike Pompeo considers how to re-arrange his Department’s handling of religion, IPI-Religion Fellow Chris Seiple joined 11 other senior scholars and foreign policy practitioners in issuing a white paper with their recommendations on that process. The working group also included Katherine Marshall (Executive Director, Word Faiths Development Dialogue & Senior Fellow, Berkley

Comparative Religion M.A. alumnus Michael E. Hayes has an upcoming book (July 2018) “Holy Monsters, Sacred Grotesques – Monstrosity and Religion in Europe and the United States” published by Rowman and Littlefield. Holy Monsters, Sacred Grotesques examines the intersection of religion and monstrosity in a variety of different time periods in the hopes of addressing two