Religious communities and faith-inspired organizations around the globe play an important role in the world's most pressing development issues. These resources examine how these actors and groups offer aid on the front lines of crises and shape and influence their societies in fundamental ways that must be understood to implement effective development policies and practices.
Discover the firsthand experiences of faith leaders, activists, and peacebuilding practitioners working on issues ranging from development and education to conflict resolution and foreign policy.
For over a decade, Berkley Center scholars and students have been conducting interviews with individuals working at the intersection of religion and world affairs. These discussions offer unique insights into the inner workings of a wide spectrum of professions touched by religion with interviewees ranging from the highest levels of leadership of international organizations to on-the-ground practitioners. Explore individual interviews here or follow links to our interview collections below:
Event Summary December 18, 2020
Article December 14, 2020
Primary Source November 6, 2020
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. EST Online
October 30, 2020
Interreligious Responses to Laudato Si: A Call for Multireligious Collaboration (Video)
Duration: 1 hours 49 minutes
October 29, 2020
Global Challenges: Pandemic and World Order - Religion (Video)
Duration: 1 hours 47 minutes
October 28, 2020
Falter: A Conversation with Bill McKibben (Video)
Duration: 1 hours 7 minutes
December 11, 2020
We are now roughly eight months into the COVID-19 pandemic and there is growing evidence about the current health and economic crisis, viewed through a faith lens. In March 2020, a collaborative…
