More About Brian Carwana
Brian is the ReligionsGeek. He studies religions, visits religious communities, and is friends with many religious leaders. He thinks about religion in the shower. It’s relentless. As Director of Encounter World Religions, he loves teaching about religions, about ethno-religious diversity and what this means in our modern workplaces, schools and societies.
Upcoming Events
City of Waterloo – Welcoming Workplace (December 1, 2021)
With the City of Waterloo, we will explore the [...]
Hyundai – Connecting Across Difference: Religious Inclusion & Diversity (September 23, 2021)
For Hyundai, we will focus on the importance of [...]
Road Scholar – Exploring the Religions of the World (September 13-17, 2021)
We will explore the origins and traditions of five [...]
Road Scholar – The Protestant Reformation & The Founding of the Modern West (August 24, 2021)
Whether you are Catholic, Protestant, Jew, Atheist, or otherwise, [...]
Kinross Gold – Connecting Across Difference: Religious Inclusion & Diversity (August 11, 2021)
Kinross's customized program combines content from our Discovering Identities [...]
The Western Lens – Seeing Religions More Clearly
This presentation is especially popular with schools. We help [...]
Yom Kippur: On Atonement and Forgiveness
My colleague keeps insisting that I MUST listen to author Kelly Corrigan’s podcast, especially her latest series on belief. (I haven’t yet but it is on my list!) Because she’s relentless, my colleague today sent me the promo for an upcoming segment in which Kelly interviews Rainn Wilson (who played Dwight on The Office). Corrigan says in the promo that the question that got them talking was “What does your faith make you do?” That question got me thinking about my Jewish friends who today observe Yom Kippur. For [...]
