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Terrence Johnson

October 26, 2020

The Disputed Religious Vote

An El Periodico article (in Spanish) cites Senior Research Fellow Terrence Johnson on the Trump administration's use of religion to reinforce the white/black binary paradigm of race and the Democrats' message that they are looking to repair the soul of the nation.

Jocelyne Cesari

October 24, 2020

France: Debates over Free Speech and Secularism

Senior Fellow Jocelyne Cesari contributed to an Al Jazeera English segment, where she provided historical and contemporary perspectives on French laïcité and the politicization of religion in France. 

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Cardinal Robert McElroy speaking in front of a podium in Copley Formal Lounge

January 6, 2025

Georgetown Welcomes Cardinal Robert McElroy as New Archbishop of Washington

Over the past decade, McElroy has visited Georgetown and engaged with events hosted by the Berkley Center and the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life. He also contributed a chapter to the Georgetown University Press book A World Free from Nuclear Weapons: The Vatican Conference on Disarmament, co-edited by the late Rev. Drew Christiansen, S.J., then a Berkley Center senior fellow.

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December 13, 2024

Student Research on Religion and COVID-19 in Sri Lanka

In "The Right to Bury Their Dead," Minahil Mahmud (SFS'25) examines the challenges faced by the Muslim community in Sri Lanka when the government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa mandated in April 2020 that all victims of COVID-19 would be cremated, irrespective of their religious beliefs.

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