The Black Religious Liberty Curriculum: An Introduction

Despite our religiously and racially diverse society, conversations about “religious liberty” in the U.S. are highly focused on the beliefs and practices of a small subset of believers–namely, white conservative Christians. Religious liberty disputes involving religious and racial minorities–such as mosques experiencing government surveillance, Rastafarians having their dreadlocks forcibly cut in prison, and pervasive discrimination against practitioners of African diaspora religions–often receive little public attention. The Law, Rights, and Religion Project recently released the Black Religious Liberty Curriculum (BRLC) with the aim of expanding and diversifying the public conversation on “religious liberty.” This twelve-part video series features 24 interdisciplinary scholars in conversation on topics at the intersection of race, religion, and the law. Join this webinar to learn more about the curriculum, its key themes and goals, and how examining religious liberty through the lived experiences of Black religious communities might generate new ideas for how we might work toward a truly pluralistic nation.