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We help professionals better understand religion in the lives of those they serve by:

•	Supporting ground-breaking research on how religion impacts people and encouraging its use by the appropriate professionals;
•	Creating resources and training to improve the religious literacies among professionals;
•	Developing and testing curriculum in religion for all disciplines;
•	Presenting public forums and other activities to increase the visibility of religion in the public sphere.

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2006 News

Center activities reach 1,400 in first year
Nov. 29, 2006 -The Center for Religion, the Professions & the Public recently submitted its annual report to The Pew Charitable Trusts. It describes what the Center has done in the past year to fulfill its goal of improving religious literacy among the professions.

Philosopher Robert Audi speaks on "Science and Church-State Separation"
Sept. 21, 2006 - Philosopher Robert Audi spoke about the challenge of teaching science in public schools in a society that has both separation of church and state and a commitment to religious freedom.

Mason named director of Center for Religion, the Professions & the Public
Sept. 8, 2006

A blog about faith, values and spirituality in the media, from CORP faculty, staff and friends.

ReligiousLife@MU
A blog about religious life at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Curious about how religion affects your profession? Click on your discipline for some ideas.

Read the latest surveys and polls on religion, beliefs, trends and current events here.

See list of professional and faith organizations here.

Read scholarly and professional journals about religion and medicine, journalism, political science and more here.