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      • Spring 2025 Events
        • Russia’s War Against the West
        • Under my Skin: Tattoos and Religion
        • A Conversation with Hockey Coach Greg Brown
        • Christian Antifascism in Charlottesville
        • American Religious Darwinism: Teaching Islam in American Protestant Seminaries during the Gilded Age
        • Catholicism Represented: Democracy, Religion and Global History, 1789-2025
        • Fratelli Tutti: Cultivating the Politics of Communion and Compassion
        • Enslaved to the Jesuits: What Women of the First U.S. Diocese can tell us about Women in the Church
        • Take Me To the Water: Black Madonnas and the Initiation of Possibility
        • Catholic Fundamentalism in America
        • Accessing the Divine: Religious Sources of Resilience in an Age of Political Turmoil
        • Muslim and Catholic Experiences of National Belonging in France
      • Fall 2024 Events
        • Postwar Stories: How Books Made Judaism American
        • Religious Enemies of Liberalism and Christian Realist Defense: The Battle for the Soul of American Democracy
        • Christian Nationalism, Religious Pluralism, and the 2024 Election
        • From Reagan's Revolution to Trump's Insurrection: The Role of the Religious Imaginary in American Politics
        • "Our Stories Need to Be Told": Memoirs of Former Nuns
        • Panel Series: Christian Nationalism and the 2024 Election
        • A Conversation with Coach Bill O'Brien about Faith, Football, and Boston College
        • Becoming Mary Sully: Reclaiming a Modern Native American Artist
      • Spring 2023 Events
        • The Role of the Church(es) in the Civil Rights Movement in the US and ‘Solidarity’ in Poland
        • Parties in the Pews in a Divided Nation
        • Prophetic Voices Lecture featuring Massimo Faggioli
        • The Way Forward: Pope Francis, Vatican II and Synodality
        • The Contested Meaning of Women's Rights: Reclaiming a Lost Vision of Freedom
        • Race and Religion Conference
        • A Capital Congregation: Proximity, Community, and Ministry for American Statehouse Neighborhoods
        • Russia’s War in Ukraine One Year Later: Orthodox Christianity, Geopolitics, and Power
      • Fall 2022 Events
        • Unruly Souls: The Digital Activism of Muslim and Christian Feminists
        • Sports and Religion in North America
        • Tragic Dilemmas in Christian Ethics
        • Two Jewish Fathers Who Changed History: Abraham Joshua Heschel and Elie Wiesel
        • Tradition and Its Discontents: John Calvin and the Western Mind
        • A History of Catholic Theological Ethics
      • Spring 2022
        • Race and the Religious Right: White Evangelicals, White Supremacy, and Their Consequences
        • Religious Activism and Political Change; Political Activism and Religious Change
        • Islam in the United States: Issues of Race and Diversity
        • How Secularization Impacts Religion: A Conversation with Nancy Ammerman and José Casanova
        • A Capital Congregation: Proximity, Community, and Ministry for American Statehouse Neighborhoods
        • Theology as Requirement: The Challenges of Teaching Theology in the Modern Academy
      • Fall 2021 Events
        • LGBTQ Advocacy at the Intersection of Faith and Public Policy
        • 'Seventy Times Seven': Abuse, Exclusion, and Forgiving the Church
        • 19th Annual Prophetic Voices Lecture
        • Flannery O’Connor: The Making of an American Master
        • Race, Theology, and Pedagogy: Conversations Between Africans and Americans
        • Teaching First Generation Boston College Students
        • Academics as Public Intellectuals: A Conversation with Professors M. Cathleen Kaveny and Heather Cox Richardson
      • Spring 2021 Events
        • Cultivating Helpful Dynamics
        • US Vatican Relations
        • Pandemic and Religion
        • Three Pieces of Advice to President Biden from Catholics in the Public Square
        • The Development of Muslim Leadership in the U.S.
        • Creating Constructive Conversations
        • Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
        • Developing Practical and Integrative Assignments
        • Engaging The Social Dilemma: Social Media and the Polarization of Politics and Pews
      • Fall 2020 Events
        • The ChurchÌýand Catholic VotersÌýandÌýthe 2020 Election
        • The Republican Party and Catholic Voters in the 2020 Election
        • The Democratic Party and Catholic Voters in the 2020 Election
        • Mining the Christian Tradition for Resources to Combat Racism
        • Narrative Empathy, Reconciliation, and Racism
        • Narrative, Restorative Justice,ÌýandÌýthe NeedÌýfor TruthÌýin Racial Equity
        • Pandemic, Politics, and Solidarity: A Discussion of Fratelli Tutti
      • Spring 2020
        • RevolutionÌýofÌýthe Heart:Ìýthe Dorothy Day Story
        • Is ThereÌýa New Anti-Semitism?
        • EvolutionÌýand InnovationÌýin Legal Education
        • Race, Class,Ìýand EthnicityÌýin College Admissions
        • Blessed AreÌýthe Rich:Ìýthe American GospelÌýof Success
      • Fall 2019
        • How Would You Reform the Catholic Church?
        • The PowerÌýof Sports: MediaÌýand SpectacleÌýin American Culture
        • Religion and the Divided American Republic: Rawls' Fault?
        • Reviving Democracy During the 2020 Campaign Season by Learning How to Hope
        • What is 'Nature' Today in Science and Theology?
        • Do the Democrats have a Religion Problem?
        • Santuario: ScreeningÌýand Discussion
      • Spring 2019 Events
        • Seeking Shelter
        • Backs AgainstÌýthe Wall:Ìýthe Howard Thurman Story
        • What Would President Niebuhr Do?
        • Resetting Christian TheologyÌýon Mental IllnessÌýand Suicide
        • The ChallengeÌýof 'Us'Ìýin Ecological Times
        • Religion in the White House
        • What Everyone NeedsÌýto Know About Shariah
        • Politics and Evangelical Christians
        • ReligionÌýandÌýthe Whole Human Experience
      • Fall 2018
        • Pope Francis:Ìýa ManÌýof His Word
        • UtopiaÌýonÌýthe Small Screen
        • PrayerÌýinÌýa Violent World
        • FaithÌýand Border Ethics
        • Superpower Saints: RomeÌýand America, 1939-1963
        • GentrificationÌýinÌýan Urban Church
        • What Does It MeanÌýto Be JewishÌýinÌýthe AgeÌýof Trump?
        • HowÌýthe Debate Over Birth Control Changed Catholic Theology
        • Conversations That Matter: Who BelongsÌýat BC?
      • Spring 2018 Events
        • Bible Nation: Hobby Lobby, Scripture,ÌýandÌýthe MakingÌýof America
        • Religion, Spirituality,Ìýand Compassionate Healthcare
        • Catholic Afterlives: What IdentitiesÌýand Practices Persist When Catholics LeaveÌýthe Church?
        • Violence, Memory,Ìýand Religion Among SurvivorsÌýof Clerical Sexual Abuse
        • TruthÌýand LiesÌýinÌýa Polarized Time
        • Catholic Afterlives: What IdentitiesÌýand Practices Persist When Catholics LeaveÌýthe Church?
      • Fall 2017 Events
        • What's So Political About 'Political' Islam?
        • The ChallengeÌýof Charlottesville: Race, ReligionÌýand Public Monuments
        • Luther in America
        • Is Civility Dead?
        • The State of Catholic Higher Education
        • Rikers an American Jail
        • U.S. Foreign Policy After ISIS
        • What’S WrongÌýwithÌýthe New GenealogyÌýof Religious Freedom?
        • Educating for Modern Democracy
        • Responding to the Global Refugee Crisis at ¼¯ÃÀÂé¶¹and Beyond
      • Spring 2017 Events
        • On Having Civil Conversations
        • An American Conscience:Ìýthe Reinhold Niebuhr Story
        • The Contemporary Crisis for Christianity in the Middle East
        • Religious Freedom and the Common Good
        • SaveÌýthe Children: Religion, Politics,Ìýand International AdoptionsÌýin America
        • What Now? Having Difficult Conversations in Our Community
        • "Silence,"Ìýa FilmÌýby Martin Scorsese
        • Toward a Culture of University Ethics
        • Prophecy Without Contempt
        • The Ethics of Citizenship in the Trump Era
        • Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved by Beauty
      • Fall 2016 Events
        • Ending Female Genital MutilationÌýand Child MarriageÌýin Tanzania
        • Service Learning and the PULSE Program at BC
        • Black Natural Law
        • The New Bostonians: How Immigrants Have Transformed Boston SinceÌýthe 1960s
        • EconomyÌýforÌýthe Common Good:Ìýa TheoryÌýof Change That Works
        • Speak, Stand, SitÌýor Scream?
        • Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism
        • Public Theology and the Global Common Good
        • Just War Revisited
        • An Ethics for the Coming Storm
        • Religion, Ethics, and the 2016 Presidential Campaign
        • The Christians of Lebanon
        • Factoring Faith into Development
        • USAID Book-a-thon
        • Religion and Conflict Transformation
      • Spring 2016 Events
        • University Ethics
        • Promoting a Closer Alignment Between Philanthropy and the Public Good
        • MakingÌýand Breaking: Art, HospitalityÌýand Eucharist
        • What the Islamic Veil Reveals
        • Just War Theory and the Environmental Consequences of War
        • Immigration and Christian Ethics
        • What IsÌýthe ResponsibilityÌýto Protect?
        • Who GetsÌýto BeÌýa Prophet?
        • The Calling of a Public Intellectual
      • Fall 2015 Events
        • A Republic of Prophets
        • Our Common Home:Ìýan Ethical SummonsÌýon Climate Change
        • Bonhoeffer's Transformative Encounters with the American Prophetic Tradition
        • Nostra Aetate
        • Imagining the Church of the 21st Century
        • The Outlook for Religious Pluralism in Syria
        • Gun Rights and the Threat to Freedom and Democracy
        • Boston Book Festival 2015
        • The Bible in Early America
        • Effective Action on Environment, Hunger and Human Rights
        • Teaching about Religion in Public Schools
        • My Faith Story within the Story of Liberation Theology
      • Spring 2015 Events
        • Simone's Svengalis
        • Two Faces of Political Islam
        • Being a Priest in the Public Square
        • Equal RightsÌýfor All
        • Religion, Politics and Nationalism in Contemporary Turkey
        • Race, Religion,Ìýand Social Change:Ìýa Campus Conversation
        • Religious Pluralism in the Middle East
        • Why Libertarianism Isn't Liberal
        • Religion and the Roots of Climate Change Denial
        • Religion and Global Affairs
        • How Dante Can Save your Life
      • Fall 2014 Events
        • The Moral Origins of the Great Recession
        • Prophetic Rhetoric in the Public Square
        • Women and Interreligious Dialogue
        • Writing about Religion in a Polarized Age
        • The Public Life of Love
        • "At HomeÌýin Exile" Book Release Event
        • Catholic Charities: ChallengesÌýand Response
        • Is ThereÌýa FutureÌýfor Catholic HealthÌýand Social Services?
        • At HomeÌýin Exile: Why Diaspora Is GoodÌýforÌýthe Jews
      • Spring 2014 Events
        • Nonviolent Campaigning for Nuclear Disarmament
        • Religious Diversity and Military Service
        • Democracy Beyond Elections
        • Pope Francis and the Future of the Global Church
        • South Africa After Mandela
        • #Religion @OMG Faith Db8Ìýin 21st Century
        • The Prophetic Minority
        • Terrorism and the Boston Marathon
        • SettingÌýthe AgendaÌýfor Global Dialogue
        • Business, Ethics and American Healthcare Reform
      • Fall 2013 Events
        • The Blessings of Exile
        • Political Obligation in the World Society
        • Beyond Ignorance, Hostility, and Fear
        • Peacebuilding and Reconciliation
        • What Is Power?
        • From Just War to Nonviolence
        • Religious Diversity and the Common Good
        • "Mandela: Long WalkÌýto Freedom"
      • Spring 2013 Events
        • Youth and Diplomacy
        • The Future of Catholic Periodicals
        • Poverty and American National Priorities
        • The Papacy After Benedict XVI
        • Youth Civic Engagement
        • What Is Liberation Theology?
        • Prophetic Action and Imagination
        • Cosmopolitanism in Constitutional Law
        • Religion, StateÌýand Education
      • Fall 2012 Events
        • Diaspora:Ìýan Introduction
        • Standards for Effective Elementary and Secondary Catholic Schools
        • Nuns in American Public Life
        • Latinos and the 2012 Election
        • Religion and the Liberal Aims of Higher Education
        • American Dreams: Jews and Broadway
        • UpdateÌýonÌýthe 'WarÌýon Terror': FactsÌýand Fears
        • Individuals, Institutions,Ìýand Religious Freedom
      • Spring 2012 Events
        • For GodÌýand Country: ReligionÌýandÌýthe U.S. Military
        • Islam, Sharia,Ìýand Democratic TransformationÌýinÌýthe Arab World
        • Power, HistoryÌýand Meaning
        • Are MormonsÌýthe New CatholicsÌýand Jews?
        • Religious ExclusivismÌýand PluralismÌýasÌýa Political Project
        • WinningÌýthe Child's Will
        • IslamÌýand Democracy:Ìýa Closer LookÌýatÌýthe Turkish Model
        • CitizenshipÌýinÌýthe Global City
        • ReligionÌýandÌýthe 2012 Presidential Primaries
        • The WriterÌýandÌýthe Public
        • Islamic Civilization & Societies
      • Fall 2011 Events
        • Interrogation Policy after Osama bin Laden
        • Author Meets Critics: Political EvilÌýby Alan Wolfe
        • The Life and Work of Christian Legal Theorist William Stuntz
        • Iran and the Arab Spring
        • Pelagius and Augustine
        • Faculty Seminar:Ìýon Political Messianism
        • Graduate Student Seminar: Art, Politics, Morality
        • ReligionÌýin America:Ìýa Political History
        • Social Ethics and Social Practice in Puritan New England
        • Writers Save
        • How God Commands Religious Liberty
      • Spring 2011 Events
        • The ¼¯ÃÀÂé¶¹Dilemma:Ìýthe Business LifeÌýandÌýthe KingdomÌýof Heaven
        • The Limits of International Human Rights Law in the U.S. Constitution
        • Climate Change and Christian Ethics
        • The LegalÌýand Religious StatusÌýof WomenÌýin Nigerian Society
        • TolerationÌýand Freedom:Ìýthe American ExperienceÌýin Context
        • New Imaging TechnologiesÌýatÌýthe EndÌýof Life
        • Perfect Storm: HowÌýthe Imminent CrisisÌýin Higher Education Can Strengthen Liberal Education
        • The Risk of Civil Society
        • Wanting It All: WomenÌýandÌýthe StateÌýof FeminismÌýin America
        • Last Best Hope: International LivesÌýofÌýthe American Civil War
        • Lingua Sacra: Negotiating God-TalkÌýin America
      • Fall 2010 Events
        • Humanitarian InterventionÌýandÌýthe "ResponsibilityÌýto Protect"
        • The Rising PowerÌýofÌýthe American Dead
        • Presidential Roulette
        • Author Meets Critics: "The Religious Test"
        • The UniversityÌýinÌýthe 21st Century: Thinking About Ethics, Persons,Ìýand Discourse
        • The Hebrew Republic: Jewish SourcesÌýandÌýthe TransformationÌýof European Political Thought
      • Spring 2010 Events
        • Benedict XVIÌýandÌýthe U.S. Bishops
        • CausesÌýofÌýthe Financial CrisisÌýandÌýthe FutureÌýofÌýthe Financial Services Industry
        • Rousseau's Paradoxical Legacy
        • ShiftsÌýand ContinuitiesÌýinÌýthe Obama EraÌýand Beyond
        • PhilanthropyÌýas Spiritual Exercise: Soul, RelationshipsÌýand Community
        • ExportingÌýthe First Freedom
        • Natural Law, God,Ìýand Human Dignity
        • What Has HIV/AIDS Led UsÌýto Understand About Global Ethical Challenges?
        • A MatterÌýof Conscience: Religious ExemptionsÌýandÌýthe Healthcare Debate
      • Fall 2009 Events
        • ReligiousÌýand Secular BeliefsÌýin TurkeyÌýand Liberal Democracy
        • The Church,Ìýthe Economy,Ìýand Social Justice
        • The ContinuitiesÌýand Disparities Between ObamaÌýand Kennedy
        • IsraelÌýand Palestine:Ìýthe StateÌýofÌýthe Question
        • EvangelicalsÌýandÌýthe Catholic Mind: From RepulsionÌýto Attraction
        • AcademicÌýand Athletic ExcellenceÌýonÌýthe Heights
        • Torture: Is It Always Wrong?
        • SecularizationÌýand Contemporary Religious RenewalÌýin Europe
        • Religion, History,Ìýand Education: Facing HistoryÌýand Ourselves
      • Spring 2009 Events
        • WaysÌýof Knowing: Field ScienceÌýinÌýthe 21st Century
        • The FaithsÌýofÌýa Catholic University
        • Realism, EthicsÌýand U.S. Foreign Policy
        • Women LivingÌýwith HIV/AIDSÌýinÌýthe US
        • Intuition, EmotionÌýand Visualization
        • Redeeming Freedom
        • Building: Houses, Community, Resumes?
        • Scientific KnowledgeÌýand Faith
        • Human EvolutionÌýand Christian Ethics
        • GettysburgÌýin Rehab
        • The TempleÌýof SolomonÌýandÌýthe DomeÌýofÌýthe Rock
        • Author Meets Critics:Ìýthe FutureÌýof Liberalism
      • Fall 2008 Events
        • The Roosevelt Legacy
        • Invisibility SyndromeÌýof African AmericansÌýin Educational Institutions
        • CatholicsÌýandÌýthe 2008 Elections
        • The RoleÌýofÌýthe Public Intellectual
        • Georges Rouault's Epistemological Modesty
        • Promised Land: ExodusÌýand America
        • Madison's Hand
        • 2008 Election Roundtable
        • Re-integrating SpiritualityÌýinÌýthe Catholic University
        • American SecularismÌýfor American Muslims
        • GivingÌýthe Dead Their Living Voices
        • One Nation Under God?
      • Spring 2008 Events
        • MuslimsÌýinÌýthe United States
        • The Unbearable LightnessÌýof Christian Legal Scholarship
        • AssessingÌýthe 2008 "Super Primaries"
        • MormonsÌýin American Politics
        • Just Schools
        • What Do We OweÌýthe Iraqis?
        • New AdvancesÌýin Stem Cell Research
        • ImmigrationÌýandÌýthe Scandinavian Welfare State
        • "Yes, God Is Real"
        • Gay MarriageÌýin Theology, LawÌýand Politics
      • Fall 2007 Events
        • Civil Religion, MourningÌýand MemorialsÌýat Virginia Tech
        • Organizational MeetingÌýfor Student Advisory Panel
        • Womanist EthicsÌýandÌýthe Cultural ProductionÌýof Evil
        • Author Meets Critics: "A TheologyÌýof Public Life"
        • Deportation Nation: OutsidersÌýin American History
        • GamblingÌýandÌýthe American Moral Landscape
        • Failing America's Faithful
        • Student DebateÌýon Gambling
      • Spring 2007 Events
        • RoleÌýof Catholic UniversitiesÌýin American Public Life
        • HeadscarvesÌýand Holy Days
        • TheoconsÌýin American Public Life
        • The DangerÌýof Prophecy
        • Blasphemy, Free SpeechÌýand Journalistic Ethics
        • IslamÌýin EuropeÌýandÌýthe US
        • RedÌýand Blue Nation?
        • The Danish Mohammed CartoonsÌýand Their Fallout
        • Current DevelopmentsÌýin Middle Eastern PoliticsÌýand Religion
      • Fall 2006 Events
        • Judging Intelligent Design
        • Integrating Islam in France
        • Religious FreedomÌýandÌýthe PledgeÌýof Allegiance
        • Overcoming Religious Illiteracy Through Public Education
        • ReligionÌýandÌýthe 2006 Mid-Term Elections
        • Ethical Responsibilities Toward Forced MigrantsÌýasÌýa FrameworkÌýfor Advocacy
      • Spring 2006 Events
        • The CourtierÌýandÌýthe Heretic
        • FaithÌýand Poverty
        • Combating 'Evildoers'ÌýinÌýthe Developing World
        • The FaithÌýof Feminists
        • Studying Children's Religion
        • Pope Benedict After One Year
        • TruthÌýand FictionÌýinÌýthe Da Vinci Code
      • Fall 2005 Events
        • American ReligionÌýinÌýthe European Mind
        • The Silent BodyÌýof Audrey Santo
        • God's Politics After Katrina: FaithÌýand HopeÌýin Public Life
        • JewsÌýof Boston: Bridging Wisdom, Community,Ìýand Culture, 1995-2004
        • PolarizationÌýin America
        • TimeÌýto Talk About 'Private' BeliefÌýand 'Public' Scholarship
      • Spring 2005 Events
        • Local Islam Gone Global
        • Ecclesial Ethics: What Can We Learn FromÌýthe Early Church?
        • GoodÌýand Faithful Service
        • Dead Man Walking:Ìýthe Journey Continued
        • ReligionÌýand Aging: Findings FromÌýa Sixty Year Longitudinal Study
        • American Greatness: HowÌýthe U.S. Lost,Ìýand Can Regain, Its SenseÌýof Purpose
        • American ProtestantsÌýandÌýthe DoctrineÌýof Original Sin, 1945-1965
        • The ConclaveÌýandÌýthe New Pope
        • The PressÌýand Faith Based Politics
        • Religious DiversityÌýandÌýthe Common Good
      • Fall 2004 Events
        • HandingÌýonÌýa Faith: Challenges OpportunitiesÌýof Our Time
        • Religion, Foreign PolicyÌýandÌýthe MediaÌýinÌýa Post 9-11 Context
        • The Women ChangingÌýthe FaceÌýof Christianity
      • Spring 2004 Events
        • VoluntaryÌýand Diverse: American ReligionÌýand American Society
        • ReinventingÌýthe Melting Pot
        • American Jesus: HowÌýthe SonÌýof God BecameÌýan American Icon
        • French PerceptionsÌýof ReligionÌýin America: From VoltaireÌýto RéGis Debray
        • FaithÌýin Boston: How Congregations ConfrontÌýthe Changing Urban Structure
        • The RoleÌýof Soft ReligionsÌýin Democratization
        • BeingÌýthe HandsÌýof God:Ìýthe Jewish CallÌýto Social Justice
        • New ChallengesÌýin End-of-Life Care
        • Virtuous Sexual Ethics
        • Economic Spirituality: Integrating Who You AreÌýwith What You Buy
        • ReflectionsÌýonÌýthe Upcoming 2004 Presidential Election
        • A StoneÌýof Hope: Prophetic Religion & DeathÌýof Jim Crow
      • Fall 2003 Events
        • BishopsÌýand Bosses: Changing TrendsÌýin Church-State RelationsÌýin Boston
        • All That's Holy:Ìýa Young Man,Ìýan Old CarÌýandÌýthe SearchÌýfor GodÌýin America
        • Unlikely Allies: ChurchÌýand SocietyÌýin Racial Passing
        • Studying HinduismÌýasÌýan Interdisciplinary Practice
        • The RoleÌýof ReligionÌýand Faith-based InitiativesÌýin Urban Communities
        • The FutureÌýof American Religion:Ìýa Conversation
        • Where Does Character Formation HappenÌýinÌýthe University Today?
      • Spring 2003 Events
        • Unholy WarÌýin Islam
        • Gathering Power: FutureÌýof Progressive PoliticsÌýin USA
        • How Buddhist DoctrineÌýof Skillful Means Supports Transnational Buddhist ExpansionÌýand Adaptation
        • The Pluralism Project: ResearchÌýand Opportunities
        • Evangelical ProtestantsÌýinÌýthe Public Square
        • The Eliot School Rebellion, Boston, 1859
        • ReligionÌýand Education
        • ReligionÌýand Modernization
        • The RoleÌýof ReligionÌýand FaithÌýin Political Life
      • Fall 2002 Events
        • Presenting Islam
        • ReligionÌýin Contemporary America: Church, State,Ìýand Society
        • RestorationÌýofÌýa Jeffersonian Republic
        • American Catholicism
        • The HolocaustÌýandÌýthe Catholic Church's Current SearchÌýfor Forgiveness
        • FireÌýand Roses:Ìýthe BurningÌýofÌýthe Charlestown Convent, 1834
      • Spring 2002 Events
        • ReflectionsÌýon Political Islam After September 11
        • Economists Versus Human Beings?
        • Genetics, Religion,Ìýand Social Ethics
        • ProspectsÌýfor PeaceÌýinÌýthe Middle East
        • JudaismÌýand Civic ParticipationÌýin American Life
        • ReligionÌýinÌýa Deliberative Society
        • The StruggleÌýforÌýthe SoulÌýof Islam
        • The Abrahamic Attitudes Towards RacismÌýand Slavery
        • Faith, ReasonÌýand DemocracyÌýin Islam
        • What IsÌýthe Prophetic RoleÌýofÌýthe Catholic ChurchÌýin American Society Today?
        • The New PhysicsÌýof Philanthropy
        • BeyondÌýthe Synagogue Walls
        • Melville, Our Contemporary
        • Lived Religion Workshop
      • Fall 2001 Events
        • The Common Good
        • The LegacyÌýof Theocracy: DiscordÌýinÌýthe Public Realm
        • A StoryÌýof Shalom:Ìýthe CallingÌýof ChristiansÌýand JewsÌýbyÌýa Covenanting God
        • RedefiningÌýthe BoundariesÌýof Belonging
        • The LogicÌýof Fundamentalism: Comparing Movements After September 11
        • Order, WarÌýand Terrorism: Drawing Moral Lines
        • Faith Communities Today
        • War, PeaceÌýandÌýa CrisisÌýinÌýthe LifeÌýof God
        • Catholic-Jewish Dialogue: DeathÌýand Dying, MortalityÌýand Immortality
        • Research Colloquium Series
      • Spring 2001 Events
        • Religious DiversityÌýandÌýthe Common Good
        • Linking Community OrganizingÌýand School Reform
        • EconomicsÌýand Ethics
        • Should We Have FaithÌýinÌýthe Churches?
        • Family, ReligionÌýand Politics: Understanding Gender DifferencesÌýin Participation
        • MoralÌýand Normative AspectsÌýof School Choice Conference
        • Roundtable DiscussionÌýon Faith-Based Initiatives
        • Religious CommitmentÌýand Secular Reason
        • The LustreÌýof Our Country
        • CrossingÌýthe Gods: World ReligionsÌýand Worldly Politics
        • Religion, ClassÌýand PoliticsÌýinÌýthe United States
        • Alan Wolfe: Book Signing Party
        • From GhettoÌýto Mainstream: CatholicsÌýand EvangelicalsÌýinÌýthe "Knowledge Professions"
      • Fall 2000 Events
        • Catholic Identity: Balancing Reason, FaithÌýand Power
        • EthicsÌýand Medicine
        • Dialogue: BeliefÌýand Non-Belief:Ìýthe ChallengeÌýof Medical Knowledge
        • ReligionÌýandÌýthe 2000 Election
        • Fighting PovertyÌýwith Virtue
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