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President Donald Trump’s public threat against Iran that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again” is dangerous and immoral. The destruction of an entire people is genocide. Collective punishment and the targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure violate international law. Calls for the destruction of civilizations stand in direct opposition…
For years, ICJS has worked with middle and high school teachers from public, independent, and religious schools navigating one of the most complicated realities of American education: Religion is present in the classroom, even when no one names it. Students bring religious identities, assumptions, histories, holidays, and inherited narratives with them every day. Teachers do…
There was a moment during the ICJS Fellowship for Teachers when something finally clicked for me. For years, I had understood the role of public schools as firmly secular spaces. Religion, I believed, was something to be handled carefully, and many of my colleagues would often avoid it altogether. I would teach some Bible stories…
Some people balk at the idea of “no stupid questions.” I have had students cringe or call out their friends when a classmate brashly asks a question that seems insensitive or reveals cultural ignorance. Like when a student asked me this year around the winter holidays how it was possible that I had Christian and…
Join us for a conversation with Rebecca Carter-Chand, Ph.D., author of Christian Internationalism and German Belonging: The Salvation Army from Imperial Germany to Nazism, her groundbreaking study of the Salvation Army in Nazi Germany. Tracing the organization’s shifting identity across political regimes, Carter-Chand reveals how a minority religious group navigated pressure, accommodation, and survival within the Nazi state. Challenging assumptions about solidarity among marginalized communities, Carter-Chand explores how religious groups sought acceptance—and what that meant for inclusion, exclusion, and moral responsibility in one of history’s darkest periods.
The Hebrew prophets challenged injustice and called communities to renewal. This course explores how their words—rooted in Jewish scripture yet resonant across traditions—can guide public life in multi-religious democracies. Together we will consider how prophetic wisdom speaks to nationalism, inequality, and climate change, while cultivating virtues like humility, justice, and hope for a more pluralistic and democratic society.
Watch this online conversation with filmmaker Elinor (Ellie) Pierce about her short documentary Abraham’s Bridge, a hopeful and thought-provoking portrait of the Tri-Faith Initiative in Omaha, Nebraska. The film traces the project from its early vision in 2005 to its physical realization as a shared campus where a mosque, synagogue, church, and interfaith center stand side by side, connected by a circular wooden bridge and a common garden. Anchored in the shared figure of Abraham, the film explores what it looks like to build coexistence across religious difference in real time.
This minicourse explores Qur’anic virtues including dignity, courage, compassion, humility, and forgiveness through scripture, prophetic examples, and ethical reflection, examining how these teachings shape moral character and foster just, respectful, and pluralistic civic life today.
Explore our curated resources, assembled with the assistance of ICJS scholars, to help you explore Judaism, Christianity, and Islam from both vantage points. This list is not meant to be exhaustive. We hope this serves as a launching pad to your own learning.
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