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July 15, 2019
Berkley Center Senior Fellow Jocelyne Cesari offered expert commentary for an AP article highlighting a new Pew Research Center survey that found increasing government restrictions on religion not only in authoritarian countries, but also European democracies.
July 12, 2019
Rev. Drew Christiansen, S.J., writes that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's new Commission on Unalienable Rights is deeply problematic, ignoring the perspectives of other nations on human rights issues and seeking to return our understanding of rights to the days of the American Founding.
July 6, 2019
Berkley Center Senior Fellow Rev. Drew Christiansen, S.J., provided expert commentary for a recent article on the increasing persecution of Christians around the world, published by Milan-based online newspaper Gli Stati Generali.
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.
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July 16, 2026
John Esposito, the founding director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University, was a leading global scholar of the study of religion and international affairs. Esposito participated in several Berkley Center events, including "Muslim Minorities and Religious Freedom: A Public Dialogue" and "Islam and American Politics: Deepening the Dialogue."
July 14, 2026
Berkley Center Research Fellow Paul Christopher Manuel, along with co-editors Alynna J. Lyon and Christine A. Gustafson, has published Pope Francis Reconsidered: The Politics and Theology of a 21st Century Global Leader (2026) with Palgrave Macmillan.
July 13, 2026
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July 1, 2026
The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University mourns the loss of William R. Berkley, our inspirational benefactor and devoted friend. Bill passed away recently at the age of eighty. A brilliant business leader who built the W. R. Berkley Corporation from humble beginnings into a global insurance powerhouse, Bill's success was matched by his generosity as a philanthropist. Georgetown is among the many beneficiaries of his vision and steadfast support.
