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July 4, 2019
In his "last word on secularization" José Casanova offers a global historical perspective that integrates European theories of modern secularization and competing theories of global religious revival as interrelated dynamics. The essay was originally published in the inaugural edition of Brill Research Perspectives in Religion and Politics.
related | Essay Overview on the Berkley Forum
July 2, 2019
At the 2019 G20 Interfaith Forum on “Peace, People, Planet: Pathways Forward,” participants discussed global issues including children and refugees, climate, corruption, education, and health for all. Berkley Center Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall was a member of the organizing committee.
July 1, 2019
Berkley Center Senior Fellow Jocelyne Cesari is the editor-in-chief of a new journal that will bring scholars of political science and religious studies together.
June 30, 2019
José Casanova's landmark book Public Religions in the Modern World celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary in 2019. The book reevaluates the theory of secularization in light of the global resurgence of religion during the four decades prior to 1994, focusing on the phenomenon of “deprivatization,” or religious re-engagement in the public sphere.
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April 28, 2025
In The Dispatch, Berkley Center Research Fellow Rev. Patrick Gilger, S.J., reflects on Pope Francis' leadership and memory, noting the challenges he faced throughout his papacy in balancing reform with tradition. Gilger also discussed these themes in an interview on Good Day Chicago shortly after Francis' passing.
April 3, 2025
The Women Faith Leaders Fellowship (WFLF), hosted by the Georgetown University Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, is working to create an environment where women faith leaders are positioned at the forefront of innovative and holistic development efforts to advance the well-being of women and girls. The 2024-2025 cohort are currently working on their capstone projects, and will come the Hilltop Campus in May.
March 27, 2025
In a March 13, 2025, episode of the New Books Network podcast, Research Fellow Patrick Beldio discusses his latest work, The Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram: Co-Creator of the Integral Yoga (2024), in conversation with Raj Balkaran.
March 26, 2025
On April 10, 2025, Berkley Center Research Fellow Lucinda Mosher will moderate a panel at the "3rd Sacred Languages Symposium: Human Dignity," hosted by Hartford International University for Religion & Peace. The symposium explores how sacred texts across diverse traditions articulate and uphold the concept of human dignity.
