Called the “interfaith perfect storm”, this summer’s Park 51 Community Center touched off a storm of coverage in the media. To watch Auburn’s full program of Take the Bully Out of the Pulpit: How America’s Religious Leaders Can Bring Healing to the Nation, click here.   

Jim Forbes challenges faith leaders to push aside the temptation of easy answers and begin the hard work of multifaith dialogue to bring healing to the nation. To watch Auburn’s Take the Bully Out of the Pulpit: How America’s Religious Leaders Can Bring Healing to the Nation click here.

Since 2001, Face to Face has brought together hundreds of Christian, Jewish and Muslim teenagers from Northern Ireland, the Middle East, South Africa, and the U.S. to develop a new generation of leaders able to negotiate a multifaith global society. Teens learn how their own religious traditions and those of others can be used to build a more peaceful world. To find out more, click here.

Are you seeking leadership skills to equip your ministry for bold leadership in today's multiglobal society?  Click here to learn about Auburn's approach to help leaders learn to bridge religious divides, pursue justice and heal the world.

The greatest political debates of our time – whether immigration, taxes, or women’s health care – are won by whoever defines define the moral terms of the debate. In this segment from The Jack and Lewis Rudin Lecture Series, Jeffrey Stout, Professor of Religion at Princeton University, explores how, in a season of global instability and financial unrest, individuals of religious and moral commitments can stand for an economy that works for all of us. Professor Stout is joined by panelists Rev. Otis Moss III, Senior Pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ; Rev. Michael Ellick, Minister, Judson Memorial Church; Valarie Kaur, Director, Groundswell; and moderator Rev. J. C. Austin, Director, Center for Christian Leadership, Auburn Seminary.

To learn more about perspectives on theological education in North America click here. Auburn’s Center for the Study of Theological Education is a leader in tracking trends in financial sustainability, new pedagogies and up to the minute research on communities of faith.

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George Bush, Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama are just a few of the voices in this video who remind us that religious freedom is in the fabric of America’s core values. For more resources for your planning for the 10th anniversary of September 11th click here and visit Prepare New York. Prepare New York connects New Yorkers of many faiths to celebrate America at its best—a nation where people stand together, celebrate their diversity and affirm the principles of religious freedom on which our country was founded.

Valarie Kaur, award-winning filmmaker, writer and lecturer, is an example of the bold and resilient leadership Auburn exists to equip. To learn more about Auburn’s Women’s Multifaith Program, click here.

Muslim Blogger, playwright and activist Wajahat Ali is featured in this issue of Auburn Media Training’s Download. His New York Times 33-word quote had impact in drawing attention to the decision by Lowe's Home Improvement to pull advertising from the popular TLC reality show All-American Muslim after pressure from an anti-Muslim fundamentalist group called the Florida Family Association. Click here to read Auburn Media’s Download and here to follow Wajahat Ali.