@religionmatters.bsky.socialAn honor to help set the stage for @simranjeetsingh.bsky.social Jeet Singh at today’s Sikh Coalition conference! After my keynote on lived religion, identity, and pluralism, I settled in to learn from him—with Modeling Religious Pluralism in hand. #ReligiousLiteracy
@religionmatters.bsky.socialHow does what we teach shape who feels they belong? Vicki Garlock reviews Indu Viswanathan’s *Hindu at Heart*, exploring Hindu American experiences, education, and belonging.
@religionmatters.bsky.socialGreat session at NCAEE exploring religious literacy through picture books! Thank you to the educators building curiosity, understanding, and respect in K–5 classrooms. This work can begin with a story.
📷 Vick Garlock
#NCAEE26 #ReligiousLiteracy
@religionmatters.bsky.socialTomorrow, I’ll be at the NCAEE State Conference at William Peace University sharing ways to bring religious literacy into the K–5 classroom through picture books. Hope you can join us.
@religionmatters.bsky.socialJust finished Derek W. Black’s Schoolhouse Burning. It has me thinking about school as a laboratory for democracy. How can student voice, inquiry, and religious literacy bring that idea to life?
@religionmatters.bsky.socialReligion, identity, and popular culture meet in Doctor Fate, Vol. 1: The Blood Price. Khalid Nassour’s story raises a question that interests me: How do comics shape the way we imagine religious traditions and the people who live them? #ReligiousLiteracy #DoctorFate @drofcomics.bsky.social
@religionmatters.bsky.socialPretty cool to see my book on Amazon! 📚 Bringing Religious Literacy to the Classroom reflects my passion for helping students understand diverse perspectives and learn across differences.
Take a look: bit.ly/4xx7g9i
@religionmatters.bsky.social185 places of worship in one month! Vicki Garlock, Education Director of Religion Matters and Guinness World Records holder, shares six tips for planning your own visit.
Read her tips: bit.ly/46tHFDg
@religionmatters.bsky.socialAs we remember 9/11, Infidel offers a way to reflect on Islamophobia: What happens when fear defines how we see our neighbors? Religious literacy asks us to challenge assumptions and understand people beyond labels. CIO: imagecomics.com/comics/serie...
@religionmatters.bsky.socialReligious literacy starts with curiosity. Join me Oct. 3 at NCAEE in Raleigh to explore how picture books help K–5 students ask questions, understand diverse lived experiences, and build belonging. #NCAEE #ReligiousLiteracy
@religionmatters.bsky.socialHonored to keynote the Sikh Coalition’s The Mosaic of Light on October 10! I’ll explore the heart of religious literacy: lived religion, identity, and pluralism.
Join us virtually at 12 PM ET.
Register: bit.ly/3T1dkZr
@religionmatters.bsky.socialHow can students learn to disagree thoughtfully?
Jon Resendez explores how Jonathan Rauch’s Cross Purposes can spark classroom inquiry into Christianity, pluralism, and American democracy.