Originally broadcast at 2 p.m. EDT Tuesday, August 4, 2020.
Benjamin Marcus on religious literacy and the intersection of religious constructs in society.
Marcus is the religious literacy specialist with the Religious Freedom Center of the Freedom Forum Institute, where he examines the intersection of education, religious literacy, and identity formation in the United States.
He has developed religious literacy programs for public schools, universities, businesses, U.S. government organizations, and private foundations, and he has delivered presentations on religion and education in the U.S. and abroad.
This program is made possible by the Elizabeth Elser Doolittle Endowment Fund for Adult Programming.
About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York state that comes alive each summer with a unique mix of fine and performing arts, lectures, interfaith worship and programs, and recreational activities. As a community, we celebrate, encourage and study the arts and treat them as integral to all of learning, and we convene the critical conversations of the day to advance understanding through civil dialogue. CHQ Assembly is the online expression of Chautauqua Institution's mission.
Originally broadcast at 3:30 p.m. EDT Tuesday, August 4, 2020.
Leslie Przybylek details the recent exhibition “Smithsonian’s Portraits of Pittsburgh: Works from the National Portrait Gallery.” Przybylek is the senior curator at the Senator John Heinz History Center in association with the Smiths...
Originally broadcast at 10:45 a.m. EDT Wednesday, August 5, 2020.
Jeb Bush on the work being done by ExcelinEd to foster bold and transformational education reform.
Bush was the 43rd governor of the state of Florida, serving from 1999 through 2007, and was most recently a candidate for the Rep...
Originally broadcast at 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday, August 5, 2020.
Linda K. Wertheimer on how to fight religious bigotry and teach religion in an intolerant world.
Linda K. Wertheimer is the award-winning author of Faith Ed, Teaching about Religion in An Age of Intolerance.
Since Faith Ed was pub...