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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.
Brothers John and Samuel Munayer, co-editors of The Cross and the Olive Tree, join Benjamin E. Sax to explore Palestinian Christian experience, emerging theology after Gaza, and why humility, listening, and neighbor-blessing matter amid Israel-Palestine’s competing narratives.
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.