Berkley Center

In 1994, Berkley Center Senior Fellow José Casanova published his now famous book Public Religions in the Modern World, and 25 years later, the book continues to be cited as a classic in the study of the sociology of religion. This profile details a career that has taken Casanova around the world.

To complement the launch of Senior Fellow Jocelyne Cesari's new book, We God’s People: Christianity, Islam and Hinduism in the World of Nations, the Berkley Forum invited an interdisciplinary host of experts who specialize in different national and religious contexts to reflect on religion and nationalism worldwide.

In a virtual lecture on March 30, Senior Fellow José Casanova will discuss the role of religion in the war in Ukraine. The event is hosted by the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at Princeton University.

On April 5 Senior Fellow José Casanova will join sociologist Nancy T. Ammerman and Rev. Mark Massa, S.J., for a conversation about how to think about secularization as it impacts public religion and everyday lived religion in the United States today. The event is sponsored by the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College.