Rachel S. Mikva

Rabbi Mikva is a leader in Interreligious Studies and Engagement. She serves as co-chair of the American Academy of Religion’s Interreligious and Interfaith Studies Unit; directed the Center for Jewish, Christian and Islamic Studies; and has contributed to the foundational books and cohorts that are defining this emerging field. Her book, Dangerous Religious Ideas: The Deep Roots of Self-Critical Faith in Judaism, Christianity and Islam is coming out in November, and her text for courses in Interreligious Studies will be published by Cambridge University Press in 2022. Integrating the diversity of spiritual lifestances into our conversations around navigating difference, Rabbi Mikva has worked the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE) and individual schools as speaker and consultant. Rabbi Dr. Mikva is available to speak on a variety of Jewish and interreligious topics, including: Dangerous Religious Ideas, Judaism and Race, Jewish Pride: Reexamining the Tradition on Gender and Sexuality, Antisemitism and Anti-Muslim Bias, The Nature of the Human: Judaism, Christianity and Islam.