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October 18, 2018
Senior Fellow Paul Elie moderated an October 18 discussion with celebrated poet Christian Wiman on Wiman's new book He Held Radical Light: The Art of Faith, the Faith of Art (2018), hosted by Arts at Old First in Brooklyn. Elie and Wiman were previously interlocutors at a 2015 Faith and Culture series event at Georgetown University.
October 15, 2018
Berkley Center Senior Fellow Paul Elie uses the ceremony declaring the sainthood of Archbishop Óscar Romero as an opportunity to reassess the Catholic Church's dubious history in Latin America.
October 12, 2018
On the Berkley Forum Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall outlines how the G20 Interfaith Forum brings religious voices into the global agenda-setting process and recaps the focus of the 2018 gathering, including the challenges of inequality and topics like the future of work and education in a fast-changing world.
October 12, 2018
Berkley Center Senior Fellow José Casanova comments on Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople's recent decision to grant the Orthodox Church in Ukraine autocephaly — the right to break off its church from its historical place under Russia’s jurisdiction.
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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.
June 22, 2026
In a special NPR segment exploring the origins of American religious liberty, Berkley Center Research Fellow Jerome Copulsky reflects on how early ideals established a fundamental purpose for the United States government: protecting natural, inalienable rights.
June 9, 2026
Melissa Nozell of the Strategic Religious Engagement Hub is participating in "Tools for Sustainable Peacemaking: An Invitation to Learn and Exchange," a series that brings together practitioners, policymakers, faith leaders, and academics to explore approaches to community-level peacebuilding. This second session covered "Education as a Foundation for Peace."
May 13, 2026
Writing for Religion News Service, Research Fellow Jerome Copulsky recaps failed efforts throughout American history to insert explicitly Christian clauses into the U.S. Constitution.
