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December 14, 2012
Inaugural Symposium: Christianity and Freedom: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
Political turbulence in the Middle East poses a grave threat to some of the oldest and most vibrant Christian communities in the world. Within the West, debates about the roots of freedom have often sidestepped the contributions of Christians and Christian ideas. Against this backdrop, the Religious Freedom Project launched a major initiative on "Christianity and Freedom: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives," a two-year exploration of Christianity’s contributions to the construction and diffusion of freedom in its political, religious, and economic dimensions, in interaction with other religious traditions and secular ideas and institutions.
The morning panel explored historical contributions of Christianity to the development of freedom, from the early church to the rise of liberal democracies. The second panel explored the current contributions of Christian minorities to the development of freedom in their societies, as well as the persecution they often face.
Schedule
10:00am - 12:00pm: Historical Perspectives
Participants: David Little, Timothy Shah (moderator), Robert Wilken, Robert Woodberry
12:00 - 12:30pm: Lunch
12:30 - 2:30pm: Contemporary Perspectives
Participants: Yvonne Haddad, Allen Hertzke (moderator), Mariz Tadros, Kurt Werthmuller
Schedule
10:00am - 12:00pm: Historical Perspectives
Participants: David Little, Timothy Shah (moderator), Robert Wilken, Robert Woodberry
12:00 - 12:30pm: Lunch
12:30 - 2:30pm: Contemporary Perspectives
Participants: Yvonne Haddad, Allen Hertzke (moderator), Mariz Tadros, Kurt Werthmuller
Participants
Yvonne Haddad
Yvonne Haddad is Professor of the History of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations at Georgetown University’s Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. Her fields of expertise include twentieth-century Islam; intellectual, social, and political...
Allen Hertzke
Allen Hertzke is Presidential Professor of Political Science at the University of Oklahoma. He has written extensively on religious advocacy in politics, and in particular faith-motivated activism in foreign policy. He is the author of Freeing God...
David Little
David Little will be exploring protestant contributions to religious liberty in colonial America before the Founding for the Christianity and Freedom Project. He is a research fellow at the Berkley Center. He retired in 2009 as T.J. Dermot Dunphy...
Timothy Shah
Timothy Samuel Shah is Associate Director of the Religious Freedom Project at the Berkley Center For Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and Visiting Assistant Professor in the Government Department, Georgetown University. He is a political...
Mariz Tadros
Mariz Tadros is a Commissioned Scholar on Egypt for the Christianity and Freedom Project. She is also a fellow with the UK-based Institute for Development Studies, specializing in democratization, Islamist politics, gender, sectarianism, human...
Kurt Werthmuller
Kurt Werthmuller is an Adjunct Fellow at the Hudson Institute's Center for Religious Freedom where he researches trends in the status of religious minorities in the Middle East, especially in the Arab world. He is also an Adjunct Professor of...
Robert Louis Wilken
Robert Louis Wilken is a Distinguished Fellow of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology and William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of the History of Christianity Emeritus at the University of Virginia. Wilken is the author of ten books, including The...
Robert Woodberry
Robert Woodberry is an associate professor of Political Science at the University of Singapore. Woodberry is also director of the Project on Religion and Economic Change (PREC). His research analyzes the long-term roots of education, mass...