{"id":154307,"date":"2024-04-10T17:35:32","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T21:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=154307"},"modified":"2024-04-10T17:40:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T21:40:37","slug":"comparative-religion-and-interfaith-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=154307","title":{"rendered":"Comparative Religion and Interfaith Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

Students in NMC\u2019s Western and Eastern Religions classes are hosting a conference on Saturday, April 13 in the Timothy J. Nelson Innovation Center at NMC’s Front Street Campus.<\/p>\n

\"NMC<\/p>\n

The Comparative Religion and Interfaith Conference is the culmination of an optional course project that will serve as a way for students to apply their learning of world religions in a way that benefits our campus and local community. The conference aims to increase knowledge and understanding of not only diverse religious and cultural perspectives, but also of some of the ways religion pops up in the world around us. Children’s activities will be available throughout the event except during lunch.\u00a0This event is free and open to the public.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Schedule<\/span><\/h3>\n

9:30-10:15 a.m.<\/h3>\n

Opening session<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/h3>\n

10:30-11:30 a.m.<\/h3>\n
Buddhist Meditation
\n<\/strong>Quiet meditation led by local Buddhist leaders.<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
Comparative Religion for Health and Human Services
\n<\/strong>Hear from professionals in healthcare related fields on religious diversity in their work.<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
Comparative Religion for K-12 Educators
\n<\/strong>Hear from Dr. Sarah Montgomery-Richards on the ways the academic study of religion can be included in a K-12 setting to promote greater cultural understanding.<\/div>\n

\nInterfaith Panel Q&A
\n<\/strong>Hear from a diverse panel of local individuals who will share their spiritual perspectives and take questions from the audience.<\/div>\n

\nThe Religion and Pop Culture Experience, Pt. 1
\n<\/strong>Ever wondered about how religion pops up in video games and more? Come explore this topic!<\/div>\n

\u00a0<\/h3>\n

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.<\/h3>\n
Lunch<\/strong><\/div>\n

\u00a0<\/h3>\n

12:45-1:45 p.m.<\/h3>\n
Buddhist Meditation
\n<\/strong>Quiet meditation led by local Buddhist leaders.<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
Comparative Religion for Health and Human Services<\/strong>
\nHear from professionals in healthcare related fields on religious diversity in their work.<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
Comparative Religion for K-12 Educators<\/strong>
\nHear from Dr. Sarah Montgomery-Richards on the ways the academic study of religion can be included in a K-12 setting to promote greater cultural understanding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Interfaith Panel Q&A<\/strong>
\nHear from a diverse panel of local individuals who will share their spiritual perspectives and take questions from the audience.<\/div>\n
\nThe Religion and Pop Culture Experience, Pt. 2<\/strong><\/div>\n
Join us for Part 2 of this topic!<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n

For more information, contact Sarah Montgomery-Richards at smontgomery@nmc.edu<\/a> or (231) 995-1331 and Ceynor Drumm at cdrumm@nmc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Students in NMC\u2019s Western and Eastern Religions classes are hosting a conference on Saturday, April 13 in the Timothy J. Nelson Innovation Center at NMC’s Front Street Campus. The Comparative Religion and Interfaith Conference is the culmination of an optional course project that will serve as a way for students to apply their learning of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,3617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-intercom","category-student-events"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nComparative Religion and Interfaith Conference - NMC Communiqu\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=154307\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Comparative Religion and Interfaith Conference - NMC Communiqu\u00e9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Students in NMC\u2019s Western and Eastern Religions classes are hosting a conference on Saturday, April 13 in the Timothy J. Nelson Innovation Center at NMC’s Front Street Campus. The Comparative Religion and Interfaith Conference is the culmination of an optional course project that will serve as a way for students to apply their learning of […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=154307\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NMC Communiqu\u00e9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NorthwesternMichiganCollege\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-10T21:35:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-10T21:40:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/NMC-Interfaith-conference-Flier.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Emily Crull\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@nmc_tc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@nmc_tc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Emily Crull\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.nmc.edu\\\/?p=154307#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.nmc.edu\\\/?p=154307\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Emily Crull\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.nmc.edu\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/47fd24f132187b599f19b40349f7f2d8\"},\"headline\":\"Comparative Religion and Interfaith Conference\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-10T21:35:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-10T21:40:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.nmc.edu\\\/?p=154307\"},\"wordCount\":365,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.nmc.edu\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.nmc.edu\\\/?p=154307#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.nmc.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/NMC-Interfaith-conference-Flier.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Intercom\",\"Student Events\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.nmc.edu\\\/?p=154307\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.nmc.edu\\\/?p=154307\",\"name\":\"Comparative Religion and Interfaith Conference - NMC Communiqu\u00e9\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.nmc.edu\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.nmc.edu\\\/?p=154307#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.nmc.edu\\\/?p=154307#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.nmc.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/NMC-Interfaith-conference-Flier.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-10T21:35:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-10T21:40:37+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.nmc.edu\\\/?p=154307#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.nmc.edu\\\/?p=154307\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.nmc.edu\\\/?p=154307#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.nmc.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/NMC-Interfaith-conference-Flier.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.nmc.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/NMC-Interfaith-conference-Flier.jpg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":518,\"caption\":\"NMC Comparative Religion and Interfaith Conference\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.nmc.edu\\\/?p=154307#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.nmc.edu\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Comparative Religion and Interfaith Conference\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.nmc.edu\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.nmc.edu\\\/\",\"name\":\"NMC Communiqu\u00e9\",\"description\":\"Continually updated news and information for faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends of Northwestern Michigan College\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.nmc.edu\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.nmc.edu\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.nmc.edu\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Northwestern Michigan College\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.nmc.edu\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.nmc.edu\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.nmc.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/Northwestern-Michigan-College-green.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.nmc.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/Northwestern-Michigan-College-green.jpg\",\"width\":449,\"height\":598,\"caption\":\"Northwestern Michigan College\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.nmc.edu\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/NorthwesternMichiganCollege\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/nmc_tc\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/nmc_tc\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/school\\\/northwestern-michigan-college\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/NorthwesternMichiganCollege\",\"https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Northwestern_Michigan_College\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.nmc.edu\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/47fd24f132187b599f19b40349f7f2d8\",\"name\":\"Emily Crull\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nmc.edu\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.nmc.edu\\\/?author=18\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Comparative Religion and Interfaith Conference - NMC Communiqu\u00e9","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=154307","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Comparative Religion and Interfaith Conference - NMC Communiqu\u00e9","og_description":"Students in NMC\u2019s Western and Eastern Religions classes are hosting a conference on Saturday, April 13 in the Timothy J. Nelson Innovation Center at NMC’s Front Street Campus. The Comparative Religion and Interfaith Conference is the culmination of an optional course project that will serve as a way for students to apply their learning of […]","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=154307","og_site_name":"NMC Communiqu\u00e9","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NorthwesternMichiganCollege","article_published_time":"2024-04-10T21:35:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-04-10T21:40:37+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/NMC-Interfaith-conference-Flier.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Emily Crull","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@nmc_tc","twitter_site":"@nmc_tc","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Emily Crull","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=154307#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=154307"},"author":{"name":"Emily Crull","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/#\/schema\/person\/47fd24f132187b599f19b40349f7f2d8"},"headline":"Comparative Religion and Interfaith Conference","datePublished":"2024-04-10T21:35:32+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-10T21:40:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=154307"},"wordCount":365,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=154307#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/NMC-Interfaith-conference-Flier.jpg","articleSection":["Intercom","Student Events"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=154307","url":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=154307","name":"Comparative Religion and Interfaith Conference - NMC Communiqu\u00e9","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=154307#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=154307#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/NMC-Interfaith-conference-Flier.jpg","datePublished":"2024-04-10T21:35:32+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-10T21:40:37+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=154307#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=154307"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=154307#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/NMC-Interfaith-conference-Flier.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/NMC-Interfaith-conference-Flier.jpg","width":400,"height":518,"caption":"NMC Comparative Religion and Interfaith Conference"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=154307#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Comparative Religion and Interfaith Conference"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/","name":"NMC Communiqu\u00e9","description":"Continually updated news and information for faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends of Northwestern Michigan College","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/#organization","name":"Northwestern Michigan College","url":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Northwestern-Michigan-College-green.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Northwestern-Michigan-College-green.jpg","width":449,"height":598,"caption":"Northwestern Michigan College"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NorthwesternMichiganCollege","https:\/\/x.com\/nmc_tc","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nmc_tc\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/school\/northwestern-michigan-college\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/NorthwesternMichiganCollege","https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northwestern_Michigan_College"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/#\/schema\/person\/47fd24f132187b599f19b40349f7f2d8","name":"Emily Crull","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/"],"url":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?author=18"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=154307"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154318,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154307\/revisions\/154318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}