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As artificial intelligence becomes a growing part of how people seek information about religion, ICJS is asking a new question: How well does AI answer interfaith questions? ICJS is developing the Interfaith Benchmark 1.0 to evaluate how generative AI responds to questions involving religious traditions, beliefs, and differences. In developing the project, ICJS is consulting…

Each year, diverse religious scholars and academics from across the country convene at ICJS to participate in Faculty Seminar—an intensive weeklong gathering designed to foster creative scholarly collaboration and generate provocative questions that advance the field of Interfaith/Interreligious Studies. This year’s gathering was a little different. Ten board members from the Association for Interreligious/Interfaith Studies…

For most of my adult life I felt little need to have conversations about religion or politics outside of places designed for those investigations. Dialogue in the secular world always seemed to lead to uncomfortable conversations and create division amongst people who would otherwise be amicable.  My own theology is an inclusive form of Christian…

As a religious studies teacher at an independent school in Baltimore County, for the last 13 years it has been my professional joy to discuss religion and faith with high school students. Through world religions and a series of religious studies electives, I have explored religious practices, ethics, faith, and purpose with my students. As…