Mark your calendars for a virtual lecture by MnMN's own Professor Anantanand Rambachan!
Register for Dr. Rambachan's Johannes Lahnemann Interfaith Peacebuilding Lecture convened by the Oxford Interfaith Forum. Dr. Rambachan will be presenting on the topic, The Paradox of Religion as Peace-Maker and Contributor to Violence. Learn more about the lecture here.
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United Theological Seminary: Queer & Trans Theology Salon
January 22nd, 3:30 – 5:30 PM, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, the Common Area
Join us on Wednesday, January 22, for the next Queer & Trans Theology Salon. Enjoy conversation, dialogue, and connection with others. Trans and queer academics, clergy, students, and community members are all welcome. This event is free.
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 MNIPL: Winter Session for Quarter Community Gatherings
Thursday, January 30th, 7-8:15pm,
In 2025, we’re launching our Quarterly Community Gatherings, with each one tied to rhythm of the seasons around the time of solstice and equinox. These Quarterly Community Gatherings will:
- Offer a framing of the climate justice movement in Minnesota;
- Provide an orientation to MNIPL’s work and campaigns in ways that speak to seasoned activists and new folks who are wondering how to become involved; and
- Invite you into opportunities for concrete and meaningful action.
We are so excited to launch this new experiment in January, and we hope you’ll join us. Details and RSVP below – please spread the word, tell your friends, and invite your community!
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Wisdom Ways: Hedgerow Institute: Always on the Verge of More
Mondays from February 10th to April 28th, 6:00-7:30pm, Online and On Site
The class explores human and faith development, drawing on current research and insights from generations of scholars. We will learn from speakers working with young adults and young adults themselves about living an active faith life in the 21st century. And we will explore the pivotal, life-sustaining God moments that we individually experience and seek words and images to describe them. We will work at connecting our God moments with traditions of faith we affirm together.
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 ICJS: Christian Theologies of Power and Resistance
January 22nd, 29th, and February 5th. 7:00-8:30pm EST, Zoom, Free.
With the 2024 election behind us, it is clear that Christian nationalism and the empowerment of conservative Christians will play prominent roles in American politics and policy. How does Christian theology intersect with Christian nationalism, and how can it also inform Christian resistance to it? In this course, we will explore the theological foundations and traditions that have supported much of the Christian backing for Donald Trump over the past decade. At the same time, we will examine theological voices from within the Christian tradition that challenge the ideas of Christian nationalism, Christian supremacy, and Christian hegemony.
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Minnesota Peacebuilding Leadership Institute: Somatic Singing for Trauma Resilience
Thursday, January 23rd, 6:30-8:30pm, New City Church
How do we find out way through personal, cultural, and systematic trauma towards resilience? Our culture is pretty terrible at having community rhythms to process this and tools to live towards growth. Singing and somatic practice are one container offering a space to practice working through our grief, pain, and conflict towards finding joy, courage and connection.
Inspired by the STAR training, you’re invited to a monthly community song circle of simple songs, taught call and echo, and somatic practices to check in with how our bodies are processing. You don’t need to “be a singer” - we’re not singing to perform; we sing because it changes us.
We request a donation for tickets to this event - any amount between $10-$50. We offer a sliding scale in order to make this work as accessible as possible to people.
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Turkish American Society of Minnesota (TASMN): Women's Club Breakfast
Sunday, January 26th, 10:15am-12:15pm, Falcon Heights
TASMN: Turkic Cooking Class
Sunday, February 2nd, 2:00-4:30pm, Fridley
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Mark Your Calendars
- Joint Religious Legislative Coalition: 2025 Day on the Hill Thursday, February 27th, 2025. The morning session will be held at Central Presbyterian Church in Saint Paul, followed by a rally in the Capitol rotunda. Our focus for 2025’s Day on the Hill is Women, Children, and Families. We are so excited to gather with you to advocate for women, children, and families living in poverty and bring JRLC’s unique voice to the Minnesota State Capitol. Register here.
- Training: Animating Antiracist Ways of Being Friday, February 28th, 9-5pm. For people invested in institutions and committed to race equity, it is critically important to understand what this work requires of them and their institutions. This work includes understanding how systemic racism operates, to be effective catalysts and organizers for transformation. The workshop is designed for institutions who want their staff as well as their leadership to understand the systemic nature of racism and the role institutions play in its
maintenance. Email anna.stamborski@crossroadsantiracism.org for more information and registration.
- Culture of Encounter Ideas Festival April 6-12th, 2025. In partnership with the Minnesota Multifaith Network, the Jay Phillips Center is pleased to host the 2025 Culture of Encounter Ideas Festival, April 6-12, 2025, at the University of St. Thomas, which brings together community members, students, Minnesotans, global thinkers, and cultural enthusiasts to engage diverse perspectives, foster cross-cultural dialogue, and build leadership for the common public goods. Click here view the schedule or to propose a session!
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Resources and Opportunities |
 Religions Geek: Largest Gathering in Human History?
Approximately 400 million people are expected to attend the Maha Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival now underway in India. Imagine the entire USA and two Canadas of people coming to a religious event? The festival occurs at the meeting of two rivers, the Ganges and the Yamuna, where worshippers bathe to cleanse their sins. Read more about it here. |
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