Tuhina Rasche: Finding Faith in Community

This week, Dr. Reyes talks to Rev. Tuhina Rasche about growing up in an American context as the child of devout Hindus. Her experiences in college and after, forming deep community with friends and then finding the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), led her to seminary. She credits foundational mentor experiences as core to her development as a leader who is exploring her vocation through writing and research.

Tuhina is the Senior Research Associate of the Religion & Society Program at the Aspen Institute. Prior to joining the Religion & Society Program, she served as the Digital Campus Pastor at University African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Palo Alto, CA and as the Young Adult Coordinator for Arts, Religion Culture: A Society for Theopoetics in Boston, MA. Tuhina comes to the Religion & Society Program with the lived experience of being raised in a devout Hindu household and ordained as a Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Tuhina has a Master of Divinity degree from Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and a BA in French Language and International Trade with an emphasis on Applied Economics from Clemson University.

Portrait Illustration by: Triyas
Music by: @siryalibeats

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