Individuals, Institutions, and Religious Freedom

Richard Garnett
Associate Dean and Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame
¸é±ð²õ±è´Ç²Ô»å±ð²Ô³Ù:ÌýGregory Kalscheur, S.J., Boston College
Date:ÌýNovember 29, 2012
Abstract
Should our laws aim to protect the religious practices and beliefs of individuals or groups, or both? Are these ends at odds with one another? What sustains the free exercise of religion in the United States? On November 29 the Boisi Center hosted legal scholars Richard Garnett and Gregory Kalscheur, S.J. to address these questions in a lively forum on religious freedom.Ìý
Speaker Bios

Richard GarnettÌýis Associate Dean for Faculty ResearchÌýand Professor of Law, and concurrent Professor of Political Science, atÌýtheÌýUniversity of Notre Dame.ÌýHis areas of scholarly interest andÌýexpertise include constitutional law, religious freedom, Catholic education and the First Amendment. He is the author of dozens of scholarlyÌýarticles and book chapters, and comments regularly in print and broadcast media on legal matters. ÌýHis current book project,ÌýTwo There Are: ÌýUnderstanding the Separation of Church and State,Ìýis forthcoming from Cambridge University Press.Ìý Prof. Garnett is the founding director of the Notre DameÌýLaw School’s Program on Church, State, and Society, an interdisciplinary project that focuses on the role of religiousÌýinstitutions, communities, and authorities in the social order. He is also a fellow of Notre Dame'sÌýInstitute for EducationalÌýInitiatives, a founding Associate of the American Center forÌýSchool Choice, and aÌýsenior fellow of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University.ÌýAfter earning a his B.A. in Philosophy from Duke University and J.D. from Yale Law School, he clerked for theÌýChief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, then for theÌýChief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, William H. Rehnquist.

Gregory Kalscheur, S.J.,Ìýis Associate Professor at Boston College Law School and Senior Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences. Prior to his employment at Boston College, he taught political science at Loyola College, was assistant to the director of Loyola’s Center for Values and Services, and served as assosciate pastor at St. Raphael the Archangel Church in Raleigh, NC. Before entering the Society of Jesus in 1992, he served as clerk for Judge Kenneth F. Ripple, US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and worked as litigator at Hogan & Hartson.ÌýÌý
Event Photos

Richard Garnett (Notre Dame) and Gregory Kalscheur, S.J. (Boston College) discuss individual and institutional religious freedom from a legal perspective.

Richard Garnett lectures on the relationship between individual and institutional religious freedom.