Day: August 3, 2020

Photo of Mitchell Rutledge and Kahina Bahloul, leader of the Paris Women's Mosque

Finding Religious Literacy in Paris

By Mitchell Rutledge

Mitchell Rutledge is a graduate of Prospect High School in Mount Prospect Illinois, where he was a student of Religious Literacy Project Education Fellow John Camardella. Here he shares an experience of meeting Kahina Bahloul, founder of a women’s mosque in Paris. After learning about her work in his high school world religions class, Mitchell was eager to hear more and what religious literacy looked like beyond the classroom.

Mural in San Juan showing Columbus' three ships sailing away from the New World through a sea of blood, bodies in their wake

Using Art to Make the Invisible Visible

By Lauren R. Kerby

This lesson uses two different images of Christopher Columbus to challenge students to move beyond how they may have been taught to think about violence and peace. It asks them to identify cultural violence and cultural peace in images that may challenge what they think of as violent or peaceful. It also offers suggestions for how to connect these ideas to current events, including Black Lives Matter.

Group of people standing in Harvard yard in summer

Welcome to Religious Literacy + Education

Welcome! This blog is a space to showcase teaching materials, resources, and reflections from educators and staff engaged with the Religious Literacy and Education Initiative at Harvard Divinity School.