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January 28, 2013

Are Muslim Democracies a New Kind of Political System?


Jocelyne Cesari argues that we may be witnessing the rise of illiberal democracies in Arab Spring countries, where respect of election outcomes does not automatically mean the end of discrimination based on gender or religion among citizens.

January 24, 2013

Tom Banchoff Addresses American Civil Religion in a Multipolar World


Speaking in Germany, Tom Banchoff said the United States must find ways to lead more effectively through multilateral partnerships and institutions. He explained that such a collaborative style of leadership runs up against a tenet of American civil religion.

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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.

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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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