TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2024, 6 – 7:30PM
Religion and Democratic Ideals: Media, Religion, and the Nation
This event is free and open to the public. Register_Button
A liberal democracy should produce societies that are inclusive, equitable, dynamic, and responsive to the needs of citizens. This series will focus on where religion intersects with democratic ideals and institutions. We will discuss the outcomes we want from a democratic system and how such an analysis can help us construct pathways to achieving those goals.
This second session, “Media, Religion, and the Nation,” features Zeba Khan, San Fransisco Chronicle, Jesse Holland, George Washington University, and Syreeta McFadden, Borough of Manhattan Community College. Assistant Dean for RPL, Hussein Rashid, will act as moderator.
For decades, news media in the U.S. has been critiqued as reproducing structures of power and exclusion, including those in religions. While entertainment media has worked towards more inclusive storytelling recently, historically all media has been inconsistent in representing and engaging marginalized communities. This panel will examine how media framing creates our understanding of what the United States is and will discuss how we can be more literate media consumers.
Read this Q&A with Hussein Rashid, assistant dean for RPL, about the series and register for all four events.
Location Zoom Webinar
Sponsor Religion and Public Life
Contact rpl@hds.harvard.edu