Faith Commons

State of our Faith — Prayer

The State of our Faith series launched at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic and the shelter-in-place orders in mid-March, as a way to offer hope and guidance from faith leaders in an uncertain time. Over time, the pandemic has shone a light on many injustices in our community that needs the attention of people […]

Jeremy Everett: A Call to End Hunger in America

Jeremy Everett from the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty and author of I Was Hungry: Cultivating Common Ground to End an American Hunger Crisis spoke to Faith Commons at a luncheon at Dallas’ Temple Emanu-El.

Speaker Eboo Patel – BJC Shurden Lectures

On March 5, Eboo Patel spoke for the BJC Shurden Lectures at SMU’s Perkins School of Theology, co-hosted by Perkins Baptist House of Studies and Faith Commons. Patel writes and speaks about interfaith cooperation.

State of our Faith — Religious Liberty

The State of our Faith series launched at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic and the shelter-in-place orders in mid-March, as a way to offer hope and guidance from faith leaders in an uncertain time. Over time, the pandemic has shone a light on many injustices in our community that needs the attention of people […]

State of our Faith

The State of our Faith series launched at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic and the shelter-in-place orders in mid-March, as a way to offer hope and guidance from faith leaders in an uncertain time. Over time, the pandemic has shone a light on many injustices in our community that needs the attention of people […]

State of our Faith

The State of our Faith series launched at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic and the shelter-in-place orders in mid-March, as a way to offer hope and guidance from faith leaders in an uncertain time. Over time, the pandemic has shone a light on many injustices in our community that needs the attention of people […]

State of our Faith

Facebook Live

Purpose To create a conversation that will help people of faith from a variety of backgrounds and traditions connect their theology with the current struggle against white supremacy and racism, and calls to divest from policing and incarceration to invest in community services that create true liberation. Join Rabbi Elana Zelony, Reverend Ray Jordan, and […]

Religion in the Public Square: What Are the Limits?

The First Amendment’s Establishment Clause prohibits the government from making any law “respecting an establishment of religion.” This clause not only forbids the government from establishing an official religion, but also prohibits government actions that unduly favor one religion over another. It also prohibits the government from unduly preferring religion over non-religion, or non-religion over […]

The Road to Liberation

Mostly Virtual

From FAITH IN TEXAS: Join us for the Road to Liberation Launch Event in partnership with our friends at Faith Forward Dallas, Faith Commons, Raise Your Voice, and Elev8 Movement. At the launch, we will share our faith-centered analysis of how policing and mass incarceration have been rooted in this lie, and how people from all races, faiths, […]