Executive Director, Sharing Sacred Spaces Inc.
Lecturer in Interfaith Engagement, Yale Divinity School
Interreligious engagement
Vanessa Avery answers these questions:
1. Where were you born?
2. What led you to earn a Ph.D. in theology at the University of Exeter? What’s mimetic desire? What cultural differences have you seen living in the UK, Canada, and the US?
3. Traditionally, Jewish men were encouraged to study the Torah and women to maintain the household and observe religious laws. How do you fit in that tradition? Your interest in the Book of Esther?
4. How did you get involved in religious diversity in the workplace?
5. As Executive Director of Sharing Sacred Spaces, what are your goals? What is sacred space? Sacred architecture?
6. What do you want students to walk away thinking about in your classes at CSUC and Yale Divinity School? How do you approach the different teaching environments?organization website is: www.sharingsacredspaces.org
Congregational videos are found at: https://www.sharingsacredspaces.org/sacred-space-database
For religious diversity in the workplace training: contact Katy O'Leary at hartfordinternational.edu
