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•	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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Taking Faith Seriously

July 15, 2007 - Religious ignorance is widespread and dangerous, according to a group of scholars who met in Baltimore, Md., in July to discuss "Inquiry and Action: Teaching and Learning in a Religiously Pluralistic World."

About 150 people from around the country participated in the workshop, including Amy White, outreach coordinator for MU's Center on Religion & the Professions.

One of the issues discussed was religious literacy, the fact that most people not only do not know about other religions but often know little about their own. Scholars also discussed issues of academic freedom, the academy's fundamental values, recognizing religious orientation and background among faculty and students, and students' spiritual needs in an educational setting.

The workshop, held at the College of Notre Dame, was sponsored by the Society for Values in Higher Education, an interdisciplinary fellowship of educators and professionals. White will serve on the society's Strategic Planning committee for 2007-08.

Read about the workshop in The Baltimore Sun.

Society for Values in Higher Education

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

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