The Berkley Forum is an online platform for public scholarship and informed commentary at the intersection of religion and world affairs. Each series of essays brings together a diversity of experts to engage in rigorous debate on a religious or ethical issue of global significance.
September 26, 2025
August 27, 2025
On Faith in Action Berkley Center Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall tracks the faith-inspired activities of people and institutions across the globe and across religious traditions, with a focus on development and humanitarian issues. Earlier posts were originally published by the Huffington Post or…
“Peace is always possible.”
“People of faith must not only be spectators of life but wardens of history.”
“Now is the time to be dare to carve out paths to peace.”
Since 1986, the Community of…
October 14, 2025
September 23, 2025
Millions of children in the Central Sahel (Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger) are severely affected by a mix of armed conflict, mass displacement, climate shocks, and entrenched poverty. Mobilizing…
April 13, 2024
April 22, 2023
April 22, 2023
The Junior Year Abroad Network (JYAN) connects Georgetown students studying abroad as they share reflections on religion, culture, politics, and society in their host countries, commenting on topics ranging from religious freedom to secularization, democracy, and economics.
August 18, 2025
August 18, 2025
The Missing Dimension is a blog connected to the Strategic Religious Engagement (SRE) Hub at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs.
December 1, 2025
In early 2025, the U.S. State Department’s Strategic Religious Engagement Unit ceased to exist. Its closure marked the end of formal efforts to add religious actor engagement (RAE), a tactic for…
November 21, 2025
Author: Thomas Farr
Professor Thomas F. Farr authored the "Faith and Foreign Policy" blog on the Washington Post's Georgetown/On Faith site. His contributions to other blogs, such as "The Public Discourse: Ethics, Law, and the Common Good," an online publication of the Witherspoon Institute, can also be found here.
Author: Jacques Berlinerblau
Faith Complex was a show about the collision of religion, politics, and art. A joint production of Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and Program for Jewish Civilization, Faith Complex was hosted by Professor Jacques Berlinerblau.
The IAJU Global Citizenship Fellows Program, hosted by the International Association of Jesuit Universities (IAJU) and the Berkley Center, brings together a select group of students from the global Jesuit university network to enhance their understanding and practical application of global citizenship.
Author: Daniel Brumberg
Through his contributions to the Georgetown/On Faith site's provocative blog on religion and politics, hosted by the Washington Post, Daniel Brumberg aimed to elucidate the intricate mysteries of Islamist politics.
Author: Michael Kessler
In Just Law and Religion, part of the Washington Post's Georgetown/On Faith site, Michael Kessler focused on how fundamental rights and moral values both shape and are shaped by contemporary legal and political institutions. The blog considered issues across an array of political institutions, law, and culture in order to comprehend the ethical stakes of our common life.
Author: Jacques Berlinerblau
A collaboration with the Washington Post's Georgetown/On Faith site, on The God Vote Jacques Berlinerblau explored the role of faith in the 2008 and 2012 American presidential elections.
Author: Thomas Reese
As a contributor to the Washington Post's Georgetown/On Faith site, Father Thomas Reese, S.J., explored the multifaceted life of the Catholic Church, particularly American Catholicism.
Author: Patrick Deneen
In Unorthodoxy, part of the Washington Post's Georgetown/On Faith site, Patrick Deneen examined issues at the intersection of American thought, democratic theory, religion, and politics.
