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Tools for Religious Inclusion

At Seattle University, we are dedicated to educating the whole person, to professional formation, and to empowering leaders for a just and humane world. Religious inclusion means supporting a multifaith campus and fostering interreligious dialogue in the spirit of connection and growth. Our faculty, staff, and students practice a diversity of religions and faith and we support their growth through programs, centers, and courses.

Hate has no place on our campus. Below are resources to affirm our community

Resources for promoting inclusion of the Islamic faith traditions: Replacing Fear with Facts: Teaching Islam in the Classroom, AFT Human Rights Resources. Resources to facilitate conversations about Islam.

Dismantling Islamophobia: Anti-Muslim bullying is different from other types of harassment. Here’s how schools can work against it, Usable Knowledge: Relevant research for today’s educators. Tangible ways to combat anti-Muslim bullying in schools.

Know Your Immigrant Rights: Anti-Muslim Discrimination, ACLU. A list of federal rights curated for practitioners of the Islamic faith tradition. Not intended to be legal advice.
Resources for promoting inclusion of the Jewish faith traditions: Antisemitism Defined, International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. Provides a working definition of antisemitism and the multiple ways antisemitism manifests in person and through multimedia.

Antisemitism on Campus 2021 Survey, Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under the Law and Cohen Research Group Survey. Provides a report from online surveys conducted between April 14-20, 2021, by Cohen Research Group with over 1000 members of the leading predominantly Jewish fraternity and sorority.

Jewish Students Need Allies on Campus, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. Links to an article sharing insight on the FBI’s Fall 2020 annual report on hate crimes and how higher education professionals can respond to antisemitism on their campus.

Audit of Antisemitic Incidents, Anti-Defamation League. The 2021 results from the ADL’s Center on Extremism tracking harassment, vandalism, and assault in the United States.

Educational Resources on Diversity and Inclusion in the Jewish Community, Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle. Resources, tools, and events for processing American and Puget Sound Jewish communal histories with, understanding of, and actions around race and racism, including how these issues impact “Jews of Color.”

7 Classroom Resources for the Holocaust, Facing Today: A Facing History Blog. Provides lesson plans to facilitate learning about antisemitism and the Holocaust.

How antisemitic conspiracies drive violent attacks and harm democracy, NPR. All Things Considered podcast interview with Yair Rosenberg about the danger of antisemitic conspiracy theories to American democracy.

The trouble with defining antisemitism, NPR. See It’s Been a Minute podcast discussing misconceptions and contentions around antisemitism as well as how to fight antisemitism when it happens.

The Mutation of Antisemitism, The Rabbi Sacks Legacy. Video chronicling the mutation of antisemitism over time.

Antisemitism Today, US Holocaust Memorial Museum. A multi-media collection of tools for understanding antisemitism in today’s context.

Understanding the Origins of Antisemitism, American Jewish Committee. A historical perspective on the roots of antisemitism.

The US and the Holocaust, PBS. Documentary examining the US response to the Holocaust.
Resources for promoting the inclusion of pluralistic community: The Pluralism Project, Harvard University. A collection of essays reflecting on the various faith and spiritual traditions across the world.

Religion, Pew Research Center. The latest research in relation to global religions, beliefs, and practices.

AI and Faith, This organization seeks to incorporate the world’s major religions into the ethical development of AI and other technologies.

The Religious Studies Project, Podcasts, essays, and playlists dedicated to the social-scientific and critical study of religion.
Resources for promoting the inclusion of world religions: Enjoy the Lemieux Library Guides, a collection of texts and websites, for research on World Religions.

Buddhist Studies

Hindu Studies

Indigenous Studies

World Religions

Other Sources:

Baha'i: A look into the world’s newest religion, and why followers find it appealing, ABC Action News. YouTube video chronicling the Baha’i Religion in the Bay Area.

41 Countries have a ban on religion-related groups; Jehovah’s Witnesses, Baha’is among the most commonly targeted, Pew Research Center. This article summarizes an analysis of laws and policies in effect in 198 countries in 2019.
General resources for religious inclusion: Understanding Religious Discrimination, Office for Civil Rights. Department of Education compiled list of policies and other resources.

Combating Religious Discrimination and Protecting Religious Freedom, US Department of Justice. Multiple Newsletters providing updates about the Civil Rights Division’s work combating religious discrimination.

Charlottesville Syllabus: Readings on the History of Race in America, JSTOR Daily. A collection of sources on the impact of white supremacy in America.

Charlottesville 5 Years Later, Anti-Defamation League. Tools to identify and track extremism.

Race, Ethnicity, National Origin, and Religion, stopbullying.gov. A guide to deal with steps after identifying someone being bullied.

Context Symposium: After Charlottesville, Part Two, Contexts: sociology for the public. A collection of essays reflecting on the 2017 “Unite the Right” Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.