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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.
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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…
When religious leaders step into sacred spaces beyond their own traditions, the experience can be powerful—and sometimes uncertain. What should you wear? When do you participate, and when should you simply observe? These are the kinds of practical and spiritual questions explored in Sacred Rhythms, Shared Spaces, a recent workshop led by the Rev. Alisha…
In a conversation following his five-month sabbatical, Benjamin E. Sax, Ph.D., ICJS head of programs and Jewish scholar, reflected on the experience, how it reshaped his perspective, and the scholarship that emerged from it. He talks about getting started on a new book project, which will follow the upcoming publication of his book, Encounters: Dialogue, Antisemitism,…
What can Islam say to Christianity today? For ICJS Muslim Scholar Zeyneb Sayilgan, Ph.D., this question is not just academic—it’s personal, pastoral, and deeply interreligious. Over the past year, she has shared Islamic perspectives with Christian readers through essays in U.S. Catholic, The Guardian and The Living Church. Her work explores how Muslim tradition speaks…
Understanding Israel-Palestine can feel overwhelming amid history, headlines, and competing narratives. In this conversation, brothers John and Samuel Munayer, co-editors of The Cross and the Olive Tree, a collection of essays on Palestinian theology, join Benjamin E. Sax to explore the lived experience of Palestinian Christians, emerging theological responses after Gaza, and why humility, listening, and neighbor-blessing matter now.
In this conversation, Kevin Rachlin of the Nexus Project and Amy Spitalnick of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs examine alternative Jewish responses to antisemitism, drawing on the Nexus Project’s Shofar Report to argue that the most effective way to confront antisemitism is by strengthening democratic institutions, protecting civil rights, and building broad civic and interreligious coalitions.
This course with ICJS Jewish Scholar Benjamin E. Sax, Ph.D., interrogates the question of what it means to dialogue during a time of political violence, persecution, gaslighting, and oppression. Very often we teach that tolerance is a virtue in dialogue, yet should we also be tolerant of intolerance? How does that work?
We consider a variety of views and try to chart a new dialogical path together by examining how different philosophers, political theorists, historians, and theologians have broached these questions during their own times of political peril.
The Qur’an, revered as sacred scripture and a moral guide, offers enduring virtues that shape just and compassionate communities. This minicourse will explore qualities such as dignity, courage, compassion, humility, and forgiveness, considering their role in nurturing a shared civic life marked by respect and responsibility. Through close readings of scripture, study of the Prophet Muhammad as the “living Qur’an,” and reflection on prophetic case studies, the course highlights how Qur’anic virtues continue to inform ethical character and foster pluralistic societies 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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