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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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January 1, 2026
In a Liberty Fund essay, Berkley Center Research Fellow Jerome Copulsky reflects on what the founding document left open once independence was declared, arguing that the declaration offers guiding ideals, but the work of turning those principles into reality falls to each generation.
December 11, 2025
In November 2025 the Georgetown Global Dialogues and the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona brought together writers and critics to address the relationship between human frailty and global solidarity, with a focus on voices from the Global South. Videos of the panel discussions are now available.
November 12, 2025
In her investigation, 2025 Pulitzer Fellow Nicole Abudayeh uncovers the precarious conditions faced by undocumented Moroccan women in Ceuta, revealing how social, legal, and economic barriers leave them vulnerable.
October 31, 2025
In the 11th Annual Costan Lecture, Breytenbach used inscriptions on tombs and other monuments as test cases to determine the degree to which Christians (at different places, at different times, under difficult circumstances) lived up to their ideals. Faculty Fellow Julia Lamm is the founding director of the lecture series.
