Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal: Building the Next Generation of Social Science Researchers

Support for a fellowship program for a cadre of emerging, media savvy scholars who will conduct research at the intersection of religion/spirituality, democratic values, and processes in order to promote informed debates that powerfully counterbalance destructive, unfiltered impulses propagated by social media (and other means). The research will be mainstreamed by providing training to fellows that will enable them to pursue op-eds, posts in blogs, white papers, and other platforms and formats that would reach broader constituencies.