FACULTY LEADER
Thomas Banchoff
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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
Religion and Ethics in World Politics
Globalization and the resurgence of religion in public life have brought faith and values into politics in new ways, in the United States and around the world. The program examines the political and policy significance of religion and ethics, with an emphasis on democratic institutions and cultural conflict.
RELATED PROJECTS
> Religion in China and the United States
China and the United States are leading global powers with very different constellations of religion, society, and politics. Knowledge of those differences, their origins, and their contemporary implications, remains weak in both countries. The Religion in China and the US Project seeks to promote dialogue, improve understanding, and inform better policy on key issues in US-China relations including religious freedom and the changing role of religion in world affairs.
China and the United States are leading global powers with very different constellations of religion, society, and politics. Knowledge of those differences, their origins, and their contemporary implications, remains weak in both countries. The Religion in China and the US Project seeks to promote dialogue, improve understanding, and inform better policy on key issues in US-China relations including religious freedom and the changing role of religion in world affairs.
> Faith and the Global Agenda
Since 2007 the Berkley Center has collaborated with the Geneva-based World Economic Forum on a series of publications on religion in world affairs. A first report, on Islam and the West, was released at the Forum's annual meeting in Davos in January 2008. A follow on publication, on Values for the Post-Crisis Economy, was published at the January 2010 Davos meeting. Each publication included a series of essays by leading public figures, original public opinion data, and an overview of key issue areas. Center Director Thomas Banchoff served on the Forum's Global Agenda Council on Faith from 2008-10.
Since 2007 the Berkley Center has collaborated with the Geneva-based World Economic Forum on a series of publications on religion in world affairs. A first report, on Islam and the West, was released at the Forum's annual meeting in Davos in January 2008. A follow on publication, on Values for the Post-Crisis Economy, was published at the January 2010 Davos meeting. Each publication included a series of essays by leading public figures, original public opinion data, and an overview of key issue areas. Center Director Thomas Banchoff served on the Forum's Global Agenda Council on Faith from 2008-10.
> The Berkley Center Lectures
The Berkley Center Lectures bring global thought leaders to campus for presentations on cutting-edge topics at the intersection of religion, culture and politics. The formal program is flanked by informal interaction with faculty and students. In April 2007 the Center sponsored satellite conversations with Tariq Ramadan, the Muslim reformer then barred from entry to the United States, on the topic was "Islam in the West." The October 2008 lectures featured the philosopher Charles Taylor under the heading "Narratives of Secularity." In October 2009, Hans Joas of the University of Chicago presented on "Universal Human Rights: A New Genealogy."
The Berkley Center Lectures bring global thought leaders to campus for presentations on cutting-edge topics at the intersection of religion, culture and politics. The formal program is flanked by informal interaction with faculty and students. In April 2007 the Center sponsored satellite conversations with Tariq Ramadan, the Muslim reformer then barred from entry to the United States, on the topic was "Islam in the West." The October 2008 lectures featured the philosopher Charles Taylor under the heading "Narratives of Secularity." In October 2009, Hans Joas of the University of Chicago presented on "Universal Human Rights: A New Genealogy."
> Georgetown-Campion Hall Partnerships
Building on their common Jesuit identity, the Berkley Center at Georgetown University and Campion Hall at the University of Oxford have partnered to explore religious identity and promote interreligious dialogue. The initial focus of collaboration was a series of seminars on “Christian Theological Engagement with Islam” held at Campion Hall during the 2010-2011 academic year. The purpose of these seminars has been to enable a group of Roman Catholic and Anglican scholars active in Christian-Muslim dialogue to reflect together on some of the questions which it poses.
Building on their common Jesuit identity, the Berkley Center at Georgetown University and Campion Hall at the University of Oxford have partnered to explore religious identity and promote interreligious dialogue. The initial focus of collaboration was a series of seminars on “Christian Theological Engagement with Islam” held at Campion Hall during the 2010-2011 academic year. The purpose of these seminars has been to enable a group of Roman Catholic and Anglican scholars active in Christian-Muslim dialogue to reflect together on some of the questions which it poses.
> Faith, Values and Public Life: The Campus Conversation
The Berkley Center and Georgetown University are convening a campus conversation about faith, values and public life. How do young people relate their own values to public policy issues, ranging from education to economic opportunity and the environment? What do they see at stake in the 2012 election campaign? This site provides a forum for students at Georgetown and around the country to engage the conversation.
This project is made possible through a grant from the Ford Foundation.
The Berkley Center and Georgetown University are convening a campus conversation about faith, values and public life. How do young people relate their own values to public policy issues, ranging from education to economic opportunity and the environment? What do they see at stake in the 2012 election campaign? This site provides a forum for students at Georgetown and around the country to engage the conversation.
This project is made possible through a grant from the Ford Foundation.
