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February 13, 2019
A panel of experts on global peacemaking and international security debated the complex role religion and religious leaders play in causing or preventing violent extremism, starting with two critical questions: firstly, how important religion is as a factor in violent extremism, and secondly, what kind of role religion and religious leaders can play in countering these groups.
February 7, 2019
Writing in Emergence Magazine, Berkley Center Senior Fellow Paul Elie is struck by the thought that the Catholic Church and the natural world have traded places as sources of transcendence and wonders how religion and the natural world might come together for shared renewal.
February 6, 2019
The National Catholic Reporter recaps "Beyond the Wall," an event sponsored by Georgetown's Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life which featured Berkley Center Senior Fellow Rev. David Hollenbach, S.J., on a panel discussing the human costs and moral principles that should shape our policy choices regarding a border wall.
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January 28, 2019
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.
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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.
