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May 23, 2013Faith Leaders Helping Heal US-Pakistan Relations
May 22, 2013
Evidence Does Not Support Fears of Islam in the West
May 21, 2013
Tom Farr Quoted on Religious Freedom and Extremism by FrontPage Magazine
May 21, 2013
Tim Shah Featured in Deseret News Story on State Department Religious Freedom Report
May 21, 2013
Sin, Corruption and What Religions Can Do About It
May 20, 2013
Tom Farr's Presentation at the Common Word Conference on April 24
May 20, 2013
Roger Trigg Explores the Links between Philosophy of Religion and Religious Marginalization
May 20, 2013
Roger Trigg's Address to the Iona Institute Conference on "What We Owe Christianity"
May 16, 2013
Junior Year Abroad Network Annual Report
May 10, 2013
The Faith of the Novelist
May 7, 2013
Providing Relief by Need, not Creed
May 2, 2013
Article by Roger Trigg Claims Religious Freedom is Not Just Special Pleading
April 29, 2013
Timothy Shah Presents Paper on Religious Freedom, Democratization, and Economic Development
April 29, 2013
New Video: Tom Farr Addresses Religious Freedom and Terrorism with EWTN's Raymond Arroyo
April 29, 2013
The Terrorists Next Door?
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May 16, 2013Junior Year Abroad Network Annual Report 2011-2012The Junior Year Abroad Network (JYAN) connects study abroad students in a global conversation on religion, politics, and culture. During the 2011-2012 school year, 61 Hoyas in 30 countries on five continents—from Bolivia to Egypt to Tajikistan—shared their experiences and observations through a series of blogs that are posted on the Berkley Center website. Part of the Doyle Engaging Difference Initiative, JYAN is structured as an online conversation that includes participating students, faculty, and the wider Georgetown community. This report brings together blog excerpts on topics ranging... |
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March 27, 2013The Education and Social Justice Project: International Summer Research Fellowships 2012This report reflects on the third year of the Education and Social Justice Project, which provided four Georgetown University students with fellowships to travel to Uganda, Uruguay, Bolivia, and France to conduct in-depth examinations of innovative educational initiatives, with a focus on the work of Jesuit and Orthodox Christian institutions. The project is made possible through the generous support of Rodney Jacob, a member of the Georgetown University Board of Regents. |
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March 20, 2013Doyle Seminar Fall 2012 Report: International HistoryTaught by Bryan McCann and one of four fall 2012 Doyle Seminar courses, the "International History" course helped student develop a strong understanding of the large themes and movements that have shaped the modern world, the honing of scholarly analysis, and the understanding of global historical change as a set of processes that have not simply expanded from center to periphery but that have often doubled back upon themselves, bringing the periphery to the center in ways that deeply alter both. This report features excerpts from rigorous, in-depth student research conducted as part of the... |
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March 20, 2013Doyle Seminar Fall 2012 Report: Jesus Christ in a Pluralistic AgeTaught by Leo Lefebure and one of four fall 2012 Doyle Seminars, this course explored understandings of Jesus Christ in African and Asian cultures and in relation to a variety of religious traditions. The course examined the place of Jesus in dialogues of Christians with Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Taoists, and Buddhists. It also explored the development of recent interpretations of Jesus in relation to the cultures of Africa and Asia. This report features excerpts and abstracts from rigorous, in-depth student research conducted as part of the seminar that address Christianity in its... |
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January 22, 2013Faith and the WASH AgendaWater, indisputably essential to health and well-being, livelihoods, humanitarian operations, and all human activity, is a central element in all development policies and programs. Water is also an integral part of rituals and the beliefs and teachings of virtually every major world religion and spiritual tradition. Faith leaders and institutions are active on water issues, often in ways that are little known and celebrated. But they have the potential to play far larger roles than they now do in advancing water and sanitation advocacy and programs. This is true at global, national, and... |