Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict

Official ASU account for the CSRC. Advancing multidisciplinary research and education on the religious dynamics of conflict and peace. #ASUHumanities

[Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict @asu_csrc]

🍿Free film screening with live music: part documentary, part live performance. We'll bring the popcorn. You bring a friend!
📽️ The Mormon Giant: Wrestling with Religion in 20th Century America
📅April 23 at 5 p.m.
📍Biodesign Auditorium
🔗https://t.co/f8OCpWSZe7

#ASUHumanities

[Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict @asu_csrc]

📣The Mormon Giant: Wrestling with Religion in 20th Century America
📅April 23/5 p.m.
📍Biodesign Auditorium
🔗https://t.co/f8OCpWSZe7

Film w/live narration + music. Explore how religion and entertainment influence each other, shaping stories of belief, identity, community.

[Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict @asu_csrc]

📣Join us for 2026 Hardt-Nickachos Lecturer in Peace Studies, Jolyon Mitchell
📅April 8 at 4:30 p.m.
📍Biodesign Auditorium
🔗https://t.co/P7B2SROPBr

Fun fact! Professor Mitchell's daughter, Jasmine, recently won The Great British Bake Off. 🍰

#ASUHumanities#Peacebuilding #Arts

[Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict @asu_csrc]

📣 Join us March 31 as Elizabeth Shakman Hurd explores the paradoxes of America’s “border religion,” based on her book Heaven Has a Wall.

⏰ 4:30 p.m. MST
📍 Arizona State University Tempe + livestream
🔗 https://t.co/MipWyqlVq9

#ASUHumanities #Spirituality #Border

[Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict @asu_csrc]

📣Join us on March 17, as humanitarian aid volunteer Scott Warren reflects on what it means to act with compassion when moral conviction collides with state power.

⏰3 p.m. (MST)
📍ASU Tempe campus + live stream
🔗Register: https://t.co/Qub8XLbo9b

#ASUHumanities #Spirituality

[Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict @asu_csrc]

📣Join @ASU_SPGS and @asu_csrc for a panel discussion examining recent protests in Iran, the government’s response, and potential paths forward.

🗓️ Jan. 27
⏰ 3–4:30 p.m.
❗ Free registration required
🔗 https://t.co/ZuzLKTcA9a

#ASUHumanities #Iran

[Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict @asu_csrc]

Learn more about Anand Gopal's "Days of Love and Rage" and pre-order your copy today:
https://t.co/lfgVPFcAn3

[Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict @asu_csrc]

Congratulations to @asu_csrc's own Anand Gopal, whose book "Days of Love and Rage" (coming March 3) is one of @TIME's most anticipated books of 2026!
#ASUHumanities

https://t.co/FuXhcLmH3c

[John D. Carlson 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @JohnDCarlson]

In case you missed this event last month with @JeffFlake and @SalamAlmarayati, you can find the YouTube link below. So inspiring!

[Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict @asu_csrc]

This holiday season, may your days be filled with peace, hope, joy and connection. Together, we’ve built a vibrant community. Together we'll secure its future. Your year-end gift keeps this work going. Every donation matters: https://t.co/zCO6ogtFFk

#ASUHumanities #GivingTuesday

[Kristin Gilger @kristingilger]

Thanks to everyone who came to Changing Hands bookstore the other night to hear Patrick and me talk about "My Son, The Priest: A Mother's Crisis of Faith." It meant a lot to me to see so many people there! A special thanks to Tracy Fessenden of @asu_csrc for moderating the event.

[Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict @asu_csrc]

📣 Last week's Muslims, Latter-day Saints, and Our Democratic Faith event featuring Ambassador @JeffFlake and @SalamAlmarayati, President of @MPAC_National, is now available on our YouTube channel. Watch, share and continue the discussion.

https://t.co/wfNNyI0oJV

#ASUHumanities

[John D. Carlson 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @JohnDCarlson]

This was a fantastic event with Amb @JeffFlake and @SalamAlmarayati offering wisdom, counsel, inspiration, and hope to a room full of fellow citizens (Muslims, LDS, Catholics, Prots, and others) hungry for ways to restore our democratic faith. Event video coming soon!

[Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict @asu_csrc]

📣Join us for a conversation w/@JeffFlake and @SalamAlmarayati about democracy, faith and how we can strengthen civic life.

📆 Nov. 13 / 5:30 p.m.
📍in person/Zoom
❗ register: https://t.co/EjXSy888uh

Moderated by: @JohnDCarlson, Yasmin Saikia and Jason Olson
#ASUHumanities

[Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict @asu_csrc]

CSRC Director @JohnDCarlson; Yasmin Saikia, Co-Director Center of Muslim Experience in the U.S.; and Jason Olson, Director and Instructor, Tempe Institute of Religion/The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will moderate the conversation and lead the discussion.

[Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict @asu_csrc]

📣Join us on Nov. 13 as @JeffFlake and @SalamAlmarayati explore how religious traditions can strengthen civic life.

⏰ 5:30 p.m.
📍in person/Zoom
❗ registration required
🔗 https://t.co/EjXSy888uh

#ASUHumanities

[Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict @asu_csrc]

📰 New article alert! 📰 CSRC Assistant Director John Marc Sianghio in Sightings via @MartyCenter — exploring how Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's “warrior ethos” ideals collide with St. Augustine’s vision of virtue.

🔗 https://t.co/F6Pqbpe27Q

#ASUHumanities

[Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict @asu_csrc]

NEXT WEEK!

📣Torah and Tactics: Jewish Ethics, Just War and the State of Israel
🎤Alan Mittleman, The Jewish Theological Seminary
🗓️10/23
⏰ 4:30–6 p.m.
🔗https://t.co/076bwh544o
❗ registration required
🤝 In partnership with @ASUJewishCenter

#ASUHumanities

[Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict @asu_csrc]

📣Torah and Tactics: Jewish Ethics, Just War and the State of Israel
🎤Alan Mittleman, The Jewish Theological Seminary
🗓️10/23
⏰ 4:30–6 p.m.
🔗https://t.co/076bwh544o
❗ registration required

In partnership with @ASUJewishCenter

#ASUHumanities

[Assyrian Studies Association @AssyrianStudies]

Our program chairs welcome you to attend our upcoming 2025 Assyrian Studies Symposium, hosted by the Assyrian Studies Association at Arizona State University, from October 24–26, 2025. Seats are limited, and the event is just weeks away. Register now: https://t.co/nbs8VnrsC5