TIDEL Technology, Innovation & Digital Engagement Lab
Despite a surge of technology over the past decades – especially during the pandemic – faith institutions have struggled to put new tools into practice and accommodate people’s changing lives. This initiative will unlock new specially during the pandemic – faith institutions have struggled to put new tools into practice and accommodate people’s changing lives. This initiative will…
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With this grant, Union is leveraging tools and insights from design, including design thinking, to work with partners to identify opportunities to leverage emerging technologies, experiment, and build collective capacity and expertise. TIDEL will focus on collaborative innovation around three key areas of opportunity for faith organizations, religious leaders, and seminaries to expand their impact:
Union Theological Seminary (UTS) received a grant from Lilly Endowment Inc.through its Pathways for Tomorrow Initiative to help create a collaborative space lab (Technology, Innovation, and Digital Engagement Lab – “TIDEL”) that brings together theological schools, religious organizations, and faith leaders to reimagine how we teach, learn, mentor, organize, and worship.
TIDEL Partners Include:
Union Theological Seminary (UTS), Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School (CRCDS), New York Theological Seminary (NYTS), the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice, and the RISE Together Mentorship Network (RISE).
Despite a surge of technology over the past decades – especially during the pandemic – faith institutions have struggled to put new tools into practice and accommodate people’s changing lives. This initiative will unlock new opportunities to bring faith groups into the 21st Century.
The TIDEL Leadership Fellows Program is the first initiative of the TIDEL program. It will bring together leaders from theological schools, congregations, and faith-based social justice organizations. TIDEL Leadership Fellows will include founders, ideators, and knowledge-seekers from diverse technology backgrounds and experience levels.
Fellows will be in a unique position to bring their experiences working in communities into conversations and will provide avenues for deploying and getting feedback about technology-driven innovation supported for by TIDEL. The program is open to all prospective fellows; it is not limited to individuals affiliated with TIDEL’s founding organizations.”
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“Especially due to the COVID-19 pandemic, technology has exploded in recent years. While faith groups have taken some steps to employ new tools, they largely haven’t had the time, resources, or know-how to use them to their fullest potential. Simultaneously, Americans’ interest in traditional faith institutions has waned.”
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“Especially due to the COVID-19 pandemic, technology has exploded in recent years. While faith groups have taken some steps to employ new tools, they largely haven’t had the time, resources, or know-how to use them to their fullest potential. Simultaneously, Americans’ interest in traditional faith institutions has waned.”
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