Addressing the Asylum Crisis: Religious Contributions to Rethinking Protection in Global Politics
May 2, 2014
9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. EDT
Location:
Berkley Center third floor conference room Map
Participants discussed the current state of the asylum crisis and the present and potential future roles of faith-based actors and religious worldviews to rethinking responses to protection beyond the nation-state.
This event was organized by the University of Kent and the University of Groningen with Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of International Migration and Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs. It was made possible by a grant from the British Council’s Bridging Voices program.
SCHEDULE
Panel Discussion with Academic Paper Presentations
- Alastair Ager, "Faith, Secularism and Humanitarian Response: (Re)Envisioning the Role of Local Faith Communities with Displaced Populations"
- Josh DeWind, "Refugees, Rights, and Religion"
- Karen Musalo, "Excluding those Worthy of Protection: Restrictive Procedures and Interpretations that Refoule Bona Fide Refugees"
- Alex Stepick, "Refugees, Religion and Civic Social Capital"
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Addressing the Asylum Crisis: Religious Contributions to Rethinking Protection in Global Politics