Why Religious Freedom? The Origins and Promise of US International Religious Freedom Policy

Monday, February 25, 2008
Copley Formal Lounge

Sponsored by the Luce/SFS Program on Religion and International Affairs

Symposium Agenda

8:30-10:15am: The Debate Over the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 

Nina Shea, veteran religious freedom expert at the Center for Religious Freedom
Laura Bryant Hanford, a principal author of the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act
Allen Hertzke, author of the acclaimed Freeing God’s Children: The Unlikely Alliance for Global Human Rights
Michael Cromartie, Vice President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center (moderator)
Jeremy Gunn, ACLU Religious Freedom Program (respondent)

10:30-12:00am: The Social, Economic, and Political Impact of Religious Liberty Worldwide

Jose Casanova, Georgetown University
Daniel Philpott, University of Notre Dame
Brian Grim, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
Thomas Farr, Georgetown University (moderator)

12:00-1:30pm: Working Lunch

12:15 – 1:30 pm: International Perspectives: China, Russia, and Central Europe

Liu Peng, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Viktor Yelensky, Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences
Robert T. Smith, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, Brigham Young University (moderator)
Lauren Homer, International Law Group (respondent)

Light breakfast and lunch served

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This event was part of
Religious Freedom and US Foreign Policy: Taking Stock, Looking Forward 
A Series of Three Symposia at Georgetown University

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SERIES SPONSORS:

Henry Luce Foundation, New York

Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University

Council on Faith and International Affairs at the Institute for Global Engagement

International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University

Council for America’s First Freedom, Richmond, Virginia

Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington D.C.

Religious Liberties Practice Group of the Federalist Society, Washington D.C.

Leonard Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life at Trinity College

Council on Foreign Relations