Dialogue Institute

ECA/A/E/USS ACADEMIC EXCHANGE PROGRAMS: STUDY OF THE US PROGRAMS PROJECT: GLOBAL

FY 2017 STUDY OF THE U.S. INSTITUTE FOR SCHOLARS - RELIGIOUS PLURALISM IN THE UNITED STATES

STUDY OF THE U.S. INSTITUTE FOR STUDENT LEADERS ON RELIGIOUS PLURALISM IN THE UNITED STATES

STUDENT LEADERS ON RELIGIOUS PLURALISM

JOURNAL OF EXUMENICAL STUDENTS (TEMPLE UNIVERSITY)

INST. FOR STUDENT LEADERS ON RELIGIOUS PLURALISM

US INSTITUTE ON RELIGIOUS PLURALISM IN THE UNITED STATES

THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE: RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY, FREEDOM, AND THE FOUNDING OF THE NATION IN PHILADELPHIA [THIS INSTITUTE WILL EXPLORE THE LIVED HISTORY OF DIVERSE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES OF EARLY PHILADELPHIA AND ITS IMPACT ON NATIONAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DEMOCRACY AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. BY THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, PHILADELPHIA HAD MORE RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE NEW NATION. THAT DIVERSITY EXTENDED BEYOND THE VARIETIES OF PROTESTANTISM THAT ARE TYPICALLY HIGHLIGHTED IN THE PERIOD. PHILADELPHIA HAD JEWS, CATHOLICS, FREETHINKERS, MUSLIMS AND PRACTITIONERS OF TRADITIONAL AFRICAN RELIGIONS. THE PROMISES OF RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL FREEDOM WERE EXPERIENCED DIFFERENTLY, AND THE LEGACY OF RACE, CLASS, AND SETTLER COLONIALISM CONTINUED TO SHAPE SOCIETY?S POWER DYNAMICS. THIS TWO-WEEK, IN-PERSON INSTITUTE WILL EQUIP 25 K-12 EDUCATORS (PRIMARILY GRADES 9-12) IN AREAS OF SOCIAL STUDIES, HISTORY, OR RELATED FIELDS TO DEVELOP CLASSROOM CURRICULA RELATED TO THE ROLE OF RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY IN SOCIAL / POLITICAL LIFE IN THE U.S THROUGH THE LENS OF PHILLY]

DIVERSITY IN EARLY AMERICA TOUR APP [THE DIALOGUE INSTITUTE IS REQUESTING A $30,000 DIGITAL PROJECTS FOR THE HUMANITIES DISCOVERY GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES FOR THE RESEARCH PHASE OF THE ?DIVERSITY IN EARLY AMERICA TOUR APP? THAT WILL GUIDE VISITORS THROUGH UNIQUELY HISTORIC RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES THAT ARE CONNECTED TO INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK AND THE BROADER HISTORIC DISTRICT IN PHILADELPHIA. THE COMPLETED APP WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD ONTO A USER?S PHONE OR OTHER MOBILE DEVICE. THE CONTENT WILL TELL THE STORY OF THE UNIQUE RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY FOUND IN PHILADELPHIA DURING THE COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY ERAS AND HOW IT IS TIED TOGETHER WITH THE MORE FAMOUS SITES OF EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY FOUND IN AND AROUND THE PARK. THE PROJECT AIMS TO PROMOTE THE VIRTUES OF RELIGIOUSLY-DIVERSE DEMOCRACIES AND USE HISTORY TO STIMULATE DIALOGUE ABOUT THE CHALLENGES OF MAJORITY-MINORITY RELATIONS, RACIAL JUSTICE, AND THE RISE OF CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM IN THE CONTEMPORARY U.S.]