2019 RNA Annual Conference

From tropes and dog whistles to violence in our nation’s synagogues and abroad, what is new about the oldest hatred? Experts talk about how to recognize antisemitism in religious, political and communal settings. They will discuss efforts to fight the latest scourge and what the U.S. and other countries can learn from Europe.

Sponsored by American Jewish Committee.

This panel will focus on Christian Nationalism's recent upsurge, including the Trump administration's role in potentially aiding and abetting the movement.

In 2017, Pew Research reported that 27% of US adults identify as “spiritual but not religious.” Among those are Millennials who question religious teachings and openly challenge religious institutions, their doctrine and views, but still want to self-identify as religious. This panel will feature four millennial voices from different faiths who are taking back ownership of the identifier “religious” as they reshape and redefine spiritual practices.

This program was produced in collaboration with The Fetzer Institute.

New York Times correspondent Rukmini Callimachi, one of the world’s leading reporters on religious extremism, joins religion historian R. Scott Appleby of the University of Notre Dame to consider how faith is represented in the media and how it might be reexamined, especially in connection to peace and conflict.

Sponsored by the Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion at Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs.