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About Religious Life
The Office of Religious Life at Dickinson College provides support for students during a time when decisions about life’s meaning, living in a community of pluralism, and religious beliefs are explored and shaped. The Office provides spaces for students to learn about other faith traditions, provides a place for questioning, and opportunities to articulate hopes, decisions, and meaning. Working with many partners on campus and in the community, the Office is a resource for students (both individually and within groups) to delve into one’s religious tradition, practice various new religious traditions, and support leaders of religious groups. The Office welcomes conversations with students (religious and non-religious) interested in exploring faith traditions.
This semester's trip to D.C. organized and sponsored by the Office of Religious Life and Diversity Initiatives, focused around the newly dedicated Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in the National Mall. The trip gave students the chance to see the memorial as well as discuss the meaning of Dr. King's message in today's world. After seeing the memorial in the morning, students and staff either visited the Holocaust Museum located nearby or explored downtown D.C. Afterwards, the group had dinner together at Bus Boys and Poets, a local social justice restaurant.
Photos from D.C. Trip 2011
This year, the Office of Religious Life also organized a photo exhibition for the annual holiday dinner. The photos, taken by students during their travels while at Dickinson, showcase religious diversity throughout the world as well as the photographic talent of the student participants. Here are the top fourteen photos chosen for the exhibition.
Photo Exhibit for the Annual Holiday Dinner
The Office supports students (both exploring and established in religious traditions) as they explore:
- What do I believe? (meaning making and awareness of one’s own values and beliefs, space for safe questioning and exploration)
- How do I articulate what I believe? (ability to share beliefs and live in respect and understanding with people of other beliefs)
- How do I live out my beliefs? (capacity to respond in ways that continue spiritual learning and understanding)
Exploring these questions occur through intentional programming and informal conversations. Small groups, student groups, partnerships with local faith communities and occasional programs provide a web of support to explore and answer the vision questions.