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ICJS in the News
View a comprehensive list of ICJS Protestant Scholar Matthew D. Taylor’s news clips on Christian nationalism.
What Catholics can learn from Islam about the pursuit of happiness, US Catholic, May 22, 2025, article by ICJS Muslim Scholar Zeyneb Sayilgan.
Religious scholars from across faiths discuss the figure of Jesus Christ amid holy days, WYPR, April 17, 2025, ICJS scholars featured in joint interview.
A Televangelist Finds Herself at Home in Trump’s White House, The Wall Street Journal, April 16, 2025, article quotes ICJS Christian Scholar Matthew D. Taylor.
Ramadan 2025: More than fasting—A month of mercy and meaning, TRT World, Feb. 28, 2025, article by ICJS Muslim Scholar Zeyneb Sayilgan.
How Vance and ‘TheoBros’ are pushing their vision for Christian society,The Times (UK), Feb. 12, 2025, Article quotes ICJS Christian Scholar Matthew D. Taylor.
Trump signs executive order targeting “anti-Christian bias.” CNN, Feb. 9, 2025, interview with ICJS Protestant Scholar Matthew D. Taylor, commenting on Trump Administration task force on “anti-Christian bias.”
Hegseth defends tattoos with alleged connection to extremist groups in confirmation hearing. NBC News, Jan. 14, 2025, interview with ICJS Protestant Scholar Matthew D. Taylor.
The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows, January 9, 2025, The Atlantic magazine, quotes ICJS Protestant Scholar Matthew D. Taylor and links to his book, The Violent Take It By Force.
“I grew up Muslim in a Catholic community—and Mary represented common ground,”
The Guardian, Dec. 24, 2024, article by ICJS Muslim Scholar Zeyneb Sayilgan.
What Catholics can learn from Muhammad about grief,
US Catholic, Oct. 23, 2024,
essay by ICJS Muslim Scholar Zeyneb Sayilgan.
Silber-Obrecht Lectures to Georgetown Press,
Publisher’s Weekly, Oct. 16, 2024, announcement of Silber-Obrecht Lecture book in Religion Book Deals
We must have courage to dialogue,
National Catholic Reporter, Sept. 25, 2024,
commentary by Heather Miller Rubens.
3 Quranic concepts to guide interfaith dialogue.
U.S. Catholic, Aug. 8, 2024,
article by ICJS Muslim Scholar Zeyneb Sayilgan.
The Hajj: A Muslim Vision for the Interreligious Life The Living Church, June 14, 2024, article by ICJS Muslim scholar Zeyneb Sayilgan
The casual, but dangerous antisemitism in Harrison Butker’s commencement speech
National Catholic Reporter, May 29, 2024, commentary by Heather Miller Rubens.
What the dead teach us about life: A view from Islam’s last rites,
Religion News Service, May 15, 2024, article by ICJS Muslim Scholar Zeyneb Sayilgan
5 things Lent and Ramadan have in common
U.S. Catholic, March 21, 2024, article by ICJS Muslim Scholar Zeyneb Sayilgan
The Muslim Mary
Covenant Magazine, March 12, 2024, article by ICJS Muslim Scholar Zeyneb Sayilgan
What Alabama’s IVF ruling reveals about the ascendant Christian nationalist movement
The Guardian, March 2, 2024, quotes ICJS Protestant Scholar Matthew D. Taylor.
Alabama justice’s ties with far-right Christian movement raise concern
NPR Morning Edition, Feb. 27, 2024, quotes ICJS Protestant Scholar Matthew D. Taylor.
How the Alabama IVF Ruling Was Influenced by Christian Nationalism
On the Media, Feb. 23, 2024, interview with ICJS Protestant Scholar Matthew D. Taylor.
Trump allies prepare to infuse ‘Christian nationalism’ in second administration
Politico, Feb. 20, 2024, quotes ICJS Protestant Scholar Matthew D. Taylor.
Statements & Press Releases
Take Action: Protect Nonprofits from Losing 501(c)(3) Status Without Due Process (5/16/2025)
ICJS Awards Four 2025 Interreligious Capacity-Building Grants for Chaplains (4/16/2025)
ICJS to Offer 2025 Capacity-Building Grants for Chaplains (1/8/2025)
ICJS Partner Receives $2.5M Grant to Explore Religious Diversity and Tolerance in Maryland (1/7/2025)
Former ICJS President Irfan Malik Named Emeritus Trustee (10/3/2024)
Georgetown University Press to Publish ICJS Silber-Obrecht Lecture Series (9/26/2024)
ICJS Welcomes New Trustees Julia Nickels Bryan and William J. Stromberg (7/1/2024)
ICJS partners with the Maryland Center for History and Culture to explore religious tolerance in Maryland (2/14/2024)
ICJS Awards Four Capacity-Building Grants (12/18/2023)
How does ICJS respond to this moment? (10/10/2023)
ICJS Awards Four Interreligious Capacity-Building Grants for Chaplains (10/4/2023)
ICJS Welcomes New Board Officers and Trustees (7/20/2023)
ICJS to Offer Capacity-Building Grants to Chaplains (4/25/2023)
ICJS Launches Support Initiative for Maryland Chaplains (1/26/2023)
A National Reckoning of the Soul: CCJR Statement on Antisemitism, endorsed by ICJS (12/14/2022)
Harvard Theologian Francis X. Clooney, S.J. Named Inaugural ICJS Silber-Obrecht Lecturer (9/15/2022)
ICJS Executive Director to Serve as Fall 2022 Visiting Scholar at Princeton Theological Seminary (8/12/2022)
Announcing Inaugural Interreligious Dialogue Course for Emerging Muslim & Christian Religious Leaders (5/31/2022)
Statement on the Mass Shooting in Buffalo (5/17/2022)
Statement on the Texas Hostage Incident (1/16/2022)
ICJS Experts
Heather Miller Rubens, Ph.D.
- Interreligious Dialogue in History & Practice
- Roman Catholicism & Interreligious Relations
- Jewish-Christian Relations
- Religion, Law, & the Courts
- Religion in the Public Square
- Women & Interreligious Leadership
Zeyneb Sayilgan, Ph.D.
- Islamic Theology and Spirituality
- Islam in Europe
- Women in Islam
- Christian-Muslim Relations
- Religion and Migration
Fatimah Fanusie, Ph.D
- Islamic Development in America up to 1965
- African American Islam
- African American Religion and the Long Civil Rights Movement
Alisha Wimbush, Th.D.
- Chaplaincy and Interreligious Encounter
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Interreligious Engagement in Congregations
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Interreligious Leadership Development in Congregations
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Women, Healing, and Dance in African American Christianity
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Spiritual Care in Community
Benjamin E. Sax, Ph.D.
- Philosoph(ies) of Dialogue
- Modern Jewish Thought
- Jewish History and Culture
- Jewish-Christian Relations
- Interreligious Dialogue
- Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Matthew D. Taylor, Ph.D.
- Muslim-Christian Relations
- Evangelicalism and Pentecostalism
- Salafism in the U.S.
- Christian Nationalism
- Interreligious Encounter
Christine Gallagher
- Interreligious Encounter in the Classroom
- Role of Interreligious Leadership in Educational Settings
- Religious Literacy Professional Development
- Interreligious Perspectives and Pedagogy
- Mission-based Institutional Reflection
Christine Krieger
- Interreligious Leadership Development in Congregations
- Gender and Intersections of Identity
- Community-building in Diverse Spaces
- Religious Exploration for Adolescents
- Women and Society