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A More Realistic Era in US-Israeli Relations

April 15, 2015

A More Realistic Era in US-Israeli Relations

Drew Christiansen, S.J. and Ra'fat Aldajani explore what a US realignment of policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could look like in the near future.
The Model for a Peaceful West Where a Muslim Can Be at Home

April 7, 2015

The Model for a Peaceful West Where a Muslim Can Be at Home

Drew Christiansen, S.J. and Ra’fat Aldajani argue that ​as Islam becomes the fastest growing religion in the world, Western governments and Muslim citizens should look for ways to increase contact​ and ​communication​.​
The Future of the Catholic Church with Pope Francis

March 29, 2015

The Future of the Catholic Church with Pope Francis

Tom Banchoff says a new book by Garry Wills features five far-reaching changes that highlight the capacity for renewal within the Church and provides an historically grounded hope for change under Francis.
New Space for Pressure on Likud

March 24, 2015

New Space for Pressure on Likud

Drew Christiansen, S.J. and Ra'fat Aldajani say Netanyahu's victory provides an opportunity to realign America's Israel-Palestine policy with US national interests and the international community.

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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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