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Paul Elie

February 4, 2022

A Digital Body: Fostering Communion and Community Online

Senior Fellow Paul Elie will speak at a L’Engle Seminar on “A Digital Body: Fostering Communion and Community Online,” hosted by Image Journal on February 4, 2022. The seminar series will explore faith and community during the COVID-19 pandemic.

José Casanova speaks at lectern

February 3, 2022

How Secularization Impacts Religion

Senior Fellow José Casanova will join Nancy Ammerman for a conversation exploring how secularization impacts religion. The talk will be hosted by the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College on April 5, 2022. 

February 3, 2022

Berkley Center Initiative Cited in Study on Religious Responses to COVID-19

A research article published in PLOS One titled "Narratives and Counter-Narratives in Religious Responses to COVID-19: A Computational Text Analysis," cited a joint initiative led by Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall. The initiative, conducted by the Berkley Center, the World Faiths Development Dialogue, and the Joint Learning Initiative, cataloged and explored the responses of religious actors to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Peter Mandaville

February 3, 2022

Wahhabism and the World

Senior Research Fellow Peter Mandaville has published an edited volume, Wahhabism and the World: Understanding Saudi Arabia's Global Influence on Islam, with Oxford University Press. The book is a product of the Geopolitics of Religious Soft Power project, hosted by the Berkley Center. 

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Bill Berkley (second from right) at the tenth anniversary celebration of the Berkley Center in 2016

June 16, 2026

Remembering William R. Berkley

The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University mourns the loss of William R. Berkley, our inspirational benefactor and devoted friend. Bill passed away recently at the age of eighty. A brilliant business leader who built the W. R. Berkley Corporation from humble beginnings into a global insurance powerhouse, Bill's success was matched by his generosity as a philanthropist. Georgetown is among the many beneficiaries of his vision and steadfast support. 

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