Berkley Center

A new volume edited by Research Fellow Debora Tonelli and Gerard Mannion explores the differing ways in which religion can contribute to societies and communities exiting situations of violence and hatred. The volume also features a foreword by Senior Fellow Jose Casanova and chapters from Senior Fellow Jocelyne Cesari, Faculty Fellow Leo Lefebure, and Tonelli.

Senior Fellow Paul Elie joined New York Times best-selling novelist Ayana Mathis for a May 21 conversation hosted by the Library of America about faith, fiction, and The Moviegoer (1961), the novel that established Walker Percy as a peerless examiner of American alienation and redemption.

Published in Politics, Religion & Ideology, a new article by Senior Fellow Jocelyne Cesari creates an ideal type of the relations between religion and populism by proposing a comprehensive analysis of three main theoretical approaches of populism: ideational, performative, and strategic. It also emphasizes the fluidity of the interactions between religion and populism.

Writing for the Georgetown Voice, Barrett Ann reflects on her experience in The Search, an Ignatius Seminar taught by Senior Fellow Paul Elie.