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José Casanova

January 28, 2019

Casanova Publishes Review in Journal of Church and State

Reviewing Christian Smith's Religion: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters, José Casanova describes the book's general definition of "religion" as the best theoretical-analytical definition he has seen.

Shaun Casey

January 28, 2019

Casey Discusses Proposed Border Wall on NPR

On January 27 Berkley Center Director Shaun Casey talked with NPR's Michel Martin about the Christian theological debate over President Donald Trump's proposed wall.

An audience member has a book signed by David Grossman.

January 28, 2019

Using Literature to Explore Other Perspectives

In a January 28 Faith and Culture conversation with Berkley Center Senior Fellow Paul Elie, Israeli author David Grossman discussed the joys and complexities of writing, how to portray conflict in novels, and the role his Jewish identity plays in his work.

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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.

A family prays at a burial site as the sun comes down on a cloudy day

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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