Introducing Religious Literacy
Welcome from Dr. Michael Reid Trice, Executive Director and Spehar-Halligan Endowed Professor Seattle University
Etching Your Sparrow for Others
Members of local indigenous communities in the Rio Grande Valley would leave the safety of the watershed and walk out across a high-plateau desert to the bluffs, where for over 3,000 years human beings etched images upon the surface of the rock in that place. These artists etched images – like that of a sparrow – as a part of their journey and left those etchings in the rock for the future of other people who walked the path to the bluffs year upon year.
This course was created by the Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement (CEIE) at Seattle University. Introducing the team that brought this course to life: Dr. Michael Reid Trice, Rev. Dr. Kara Markell, Jean Schuler, Sofia Sayabalian, Jessica Cattle and Yasmin Brandt. We are also grateful to the following professionals below for their vision, dedication, creative insights and contributions that enabled this resource to live.
Megan Anderson – John Malcomson – Zachary Dar – Edward Donalson – Cloe Poole – Jamie Peterson – Katie Starobin – Kusumita Pederson – Stephen Avino – Bruce Knotts – Justin Almeida – Spencer Barrett – Mia Baumgartner – Maurice Bloem – Allison Cannady-Smith – Elise DeGooyer – Lucinda Mosher – Rose Hesselbrock – Taijo Imanaka – Mahrukh Motafram – Douglas Peduti – Michael Ramos – Marcia Riggers – Philippa Rowland – Alex Shalaby – Kathy Sharp – Kate Speizer – Katie Starobin – Diane Tomhave – Janice Tufte – Steve Wilhelm – all of the Parliament of the World’s Religions Trustees