Category: Events

Discovery: Living Our Values | Trinity Church. This Week: American Values Religious Voices How might religious values be expressed in our current political situation? At this interfaith panel with Professor Aaron Koller, Professor Hussein Rashid, and Trinity’s Theologian-in-Residence, Dr. Deirdre Good, we will discuss our involvement in the project American Values…Continue readingDiscovery: Living Our Values | Trinity Church

Talkback Series on Japanese Internment During WWII to Follow HOLD THESE TRUTHS at Sheen Center. Following select performances of Jeanne Sakata’s Hold These Truths, directed by Lisa Rothe and starring Joel de la Fuente (Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle), Hang a Tale Theater Company will welcome a diverse…Continue readingTalkback Series on Japanese Internment During WWII to Follow HOLD THESE TRUTHS at Sheen Center

A Qawwalified Home: Spirituality, Resistance, and American Muslims – Williams College. Bruce Springsteen makes Pakistani music? Despite the long presence of Muslims in America, Islamophobia is on the rise. Like many other communities, Muslims turn to their faith to help craft a response, and the results enrich American culture. Come here how…Continue readingA Qawwalified Home: Spirituality, Resistance, and American Muslims – Williams College

The al-Ghazali Lecture Hussein Rashid is the founder of islamicate, L3C, a consultancy focusing on religious literacy and cultural competency. His work includes exploring theology, the interaction between culture and religion, and the role of the arts in conflict mediation. To share his research on Muslims and American popular culture,…Continue readingSpeaking Event: al-Ghazali Lecture: The Uncanny Muslim: Real and Imagined in America

Writing God(s): The Creation of Modern Mythologies and Post-Modern Theologies in Comics – Event Search (For Guest Page) – New York Comic Con – October 5 – 8, 2017 – Javits Center. Superheroes are Gods. We read stories of their glory and revel. We bear witness to their losses and…Continue readingI’m on a NY Comic Con Panel!

Commencement | Schedule of Events | Amherst College. Baccalaureate Celebration. Seniors play a significant role in this multifaith gathering that includes music, readings, dance and an address by Hussein Rashid, a community preacher and faculty member in the Barnard College Department of Religion. Johnson Chapel.

G?D TALK: A Shabbat Potluck Dinner Series – “Hospitality” | Romemu. G?d Talk Potluck Shabbat Dinner: “Hospitality” from Muslim, Jewish and Christian Perspectives  Friday, May 12th, after services, 8:15PM, but you MUST register Led by Rev. Eleanor, Rabbi Jill Hammer, and guests Dr. Hussein Rashid and Rebekah Forni  Tonight we…Continue readingG?D TALK: A Shabbat Potluck Dinner Series – “Hospitality” | Romemu

Religion and Public Life series – Hussein Rashid. The methods of the Digital Humanities present an opportunity to think about the goals and methods  in the Study of Religion. The emergence of these new tools challenges the ways in which we consider academic work, and the premises around which Study…Continue readingApr. 13 Speaking Event