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Jose Casanova on Islam and the Politics of Nativism

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José Casanova on “Emerging Global Denominationalism” at McGill University in Montreal

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Jose Casanova Spoke at 14th Annual Forum 2000 Conference in Prague

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Jose Casanova Lectured on the Sociology of Religion in Beijing

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José Casanova on the Role of Values and Religion in Youth Development at the Jacobs Foundation Marbach Conference in Germany

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April 29, 2010

José Casanova on Islam and Immigration at CUNY Forum

March 8, 2010

Jose Casanova Debates Religious Freedom with Gerard Bradley

March 3, 2010

José Casanova on the Role of Faiths as Shapers of Globalization at Yale

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November 12 Event: The Religious Lives of Migrant Minorities

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Talal Asad and Abdullahi An-Na'im Discuss Human Rights

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José Casanova Interview with Miroslav Volf about Shortcomings of Secularization Thesis

August 31, 2009

José Casanova Chapter on Nativism and the Politics of Gender in Catholicism and Islam

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José Casanova on "The Politicization of Religion: Public Religions Revisited” at Berlin Conference

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José Casanova on Challenges to Religious Liberty Rising Out of Globalization at Princeton Conference

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José Casanova on Secularism as an Ideology at New School Conference

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José Casanova on Religious-Secular Binary Classification and the Axial Age at Conference in Erfurt

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José Casanova and Abdolkarim Soroush on Islam, Catholicism, and the Secular

January 15, 2008

José Casanova on the Role of Religion in Civil Society at German Conference

May 13, 2006

José Casanova

Senior Fellow

José Casanova is one of the world's top scholars in the sociology of religion. He is a professor at the Department of Sociology at Georgetown University, and heads the Berkley Center's Program on Globalization, Religion and the Secular. He has published works in a broad range of subjects, including religion and globalization, migration and religious pluralism, transnational religions, and sociological theory. His best-known work, Public Religions in the Modern World (1994), has become a modern classic in the field and has been translated into five languages, including Arabic and Indonesian. In 2012, Casanova was awarded the Theology Prize from the Salzburger Hochschulwochen in recognition of life-long achievement in the field of theology.