UPCOMING EVENTS
February 13, 2012
Equality, Freedom, & Religion
February 15, 2012
Education and Social Justice International Summer Research Fellowships 2011 Report Launch and 2012 Call for Applications
March 1, 2012
Religious Freedom: Why Now? Defending an Embattled Human Right
April 11, 2012
Religious Freedom and Equality: Emerging Conflicts in North America and Europe
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Religion and Global Development
The Berkley Center's Religion and Global Development program tracks the engagement of religious communities around global policy challenges and brings together stakeholders to examine best practice...
CENTER NEWS
February 8, 2012Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum Signs Religious Freedom Pledge Drafted by RFP Director Tom Farr
February 8, 2012
Jose Casanova Giving Ensign Lecture at Yale
February 7, 2012
Katherine Marshall at the UN for World Interfaith Harmony Week
February 6, 2012
Fitchburg State University Invites RFP Scholar Monica Duffy Toft for International Studies Speaker Series
February 3, 2012
Katherine Marshall Blogs: Women at Risk in an Unequal World
February 2, 2012
Research on Forgiveness Begins in Uganda for RFP Scholar Daniel Philpott
February 1, 2012
Call for Applications: Education and Social Justice International Summer Research Fellowships 2012
February 1, 2012
Catholic News Agency Quotes RFP Director Tom Farr on the Obama Administration's Stance Towards Religious Freedom
January 30, 2012
Taking Women and Religion Seriously: Intersecting Paths
January 27, 2012
Between Culture and Religion: The Case of Female Genital Cutting
January 23, 2012
RFP Scholar Will Inboden on the Obama Administration and Religious Freedom
January 10, 2012
Silenced: How Apostasy and Blasphemy Codes are Choking Freedom Worldwide
January 9, 2012
RFP Director Tom Farr Quoted in The Globe and Mail Editorial
May 1, 2009
Away from Evangelicalism: Reflections on Changes at World Vision
As they operate in ever more diverse contexts, faith-based humanitarian organizations face important questions about their identities. As the top diplomat for World Vision, a humanitarian organization with a $2.6 billion annual budget, 40,000 employees, and an established Christian identity, Thomas Getman grappled with these questions, searching for a way of working that respected the organizations faith heritage while embracing the pluralistic contexts in which it now operates. In this event, Getman shared his personal reflections on faith-based humanitarian assistance over the last decade, and its prospects for the future. The Mortara Center for International Studies co-sponsored the event.
Featuring
Thomas Getman
Thomas Getman is GEO of the Getman Group, a consulting firm dedicated to UN reform and improving partnership among humanitarian organizations. He previously served as World Vision’s executive director for international relations from 2001-09. From 1997 to 2001, Getman served as director of World Vision’s programs in Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip; prior to that, Getman served for 12 years as director of government relations and special assistant to the president of World Vision United States, at which time he founded World Vision’s office in DC. Getman is a board member for Sojourners, Evangelicals for Middle East Understanding, Sabeel, and Refugees International (emeritus). He has also served on the board of principals for the UN Deputy Secretary General for Emergency Relief and as chair of the NGO consortium International Council of Voluntary Agencies. Getman also served as legislative director for Senator Mark Hatfield from 1976-85.
