Institutes & Initiatives

RISE Together seeks to Renew, Inspire, Support and Empower female ministers, activists, and scholars by providing compassionate, culturally-relevant, professional connections and leadership development opportunities.

The Thích Nhất Hạnh Program for Engaged Buddhism promotes academic and public education aimed at cultivating diverse Buddhist responses to pressing social issues.

TIDEL is a 5-year Lilly Endowment Pathways for Tomorrow-funded initiative that aims to expand the capacity for theological schools and faith-based organizations to maximize mission and confront critical challenges through creative and effective use of technology.

The Center for Community Engagement and Social Justice cultivates an equitable and inclusive community where all have access to information, education, and the resources necessary to accelerate the work of justice.

The Center for Earth Ethics is a forum for education, public discourse and movement building that draws on faith and wisdom traditions to address our ecological crisis and its root causes.

The Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice is a national organization committed to building a movement to end poverty led by the poor and a center for movement strategy, coordination, and education. Kairos was founded at Union Theological Seminary and today is a fiscally sponsored project of the Tides Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

The Insight Project is a multi-year program series that seeks to expose and explore modern conceptions of theology and spirituality.

The Islam, Social Justice, and Interreligious Engagement (ISJIE) Program promotes academic and public education aimed at cultivating diverse Islamic responses to pressing social issues.

The Encore Transition Program engages a diverse group of like-minded 55+ adults in a four-month program of discernment, dialogue, and decision-making about what an “encore” stage of productive and experienced adulthood might look like.

The Episcopal and Anglican Studies Program prepares individuals for diverse leadership roles within the Episcopal and Anglican Church, including but not limited to ordination, chaplaincy, religious life, and/or other ecclesiastical ministries.

The VISION program engages mid-career faith leaders in a two-year collaborative leadership program designed to support new ministries and build clergy relationships across denominations and religious traditions.

Each year, the Women’s Interfaith Residency Program invites five women from different faith backgrounds to probe new contexts for interfaith dialogue by living together in intentional community.