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January 9, 2012

International Interfaith Dialogue and the Environmental Crisis

On November 16 the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs; World Faiths Development Dialogue; and the United States Embassy to the Holy See met via live video feed for a conference that explored the intersections of faith and the environment, with a focus on implications for policy. The meeting report summarizes key themes and suggested next steps that emerged from the dialogue.

January 5, 2012

Interfaith Dialogue and Community Service: The White House Challenge

Last spring President Obama challenged American colleges and universities to take up the question of interfaith dialogue and community service. Georgetown’s response to the President’s challenge is an extensive, year-long program of service in the DC community and reflection on campus focused on improving educational opportunity and reducing poverty, in keeping with the Jesuit ideal of “Men and Women for Others.”

January 1, 2012

José Casanova Advises Search Process for Oltramare Chair on Religion and Politics

Professor José Casanova served as a search advisor for the Yves Oltramare Chair on Religion and Politics in the Contemporary World at the Institute for International Development in Geneva, Switzerland. The scholar in this chair explores religion's effect on societal development at an international level.

December 31, 2011

'The Common Welfare Is Our Business' - Study Shows Link Between Belief and Giving

Marley's ghost, in Charles Dickens' great moral parable, The Christmas Carol, reflected in anguish on what, beyond the grave, he finally understood to have been his core moral obligation in life: "Mankind was my business." Just as Marley and his Spirits exhorted Scrooge to confront the realities of poverty and his responsibility to help, we also are confronted during this end of the year holiday season with appeals to our conscience.

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October 31, 2025

Cilliers Breytenbach Explores Morality Beyond Kinship

In the 11th Annual Costan Lecture, Breytenbach used inscriptions on tombs and other monuments as test cases to determine the degree to which Christians (at different places, at different times, under difficult circumstances) lived up to their ideals. Faculty Fellow Julia Lamm is the founding director of the lecture series.

October 29, 2025

Pulitzer Center Publishes 2025 Reporting Fellow Nicole Abudayeh's Work on Domestic Violence Against Migrant Women in Ceuta,Spain

The Pulitzer Center published a report written by Nicole Abudayeh (SFS'26) on domestic violence against migrant women in Ceuta, Spain as part of her 2025 Berkley Center-Pulitzer Center International Reporting Fellowship.

October 21, 2025

Rev. Patrick Gilger, S.J., on Spiritual Direction

Research Fellow Rev. Patrick Gilger, S.J., was interviewed by America Magazine's The Spiritual Life podcast on the importance of spiritual directors. In the episode, he reflects on how spiritual direction can help people strengthen their relationship with faith.

2025 ESJ Panel at the Global Social Justice Symposium

October 15, 2025

ESJ Project Continues Supporting Student Research at Global Social Justice Research Symposium

The 2025 Education and Social Justice (ESJ) fellows, Madison Ross (C’27), Allie Schlicht (SFS’27), Cici Sprouse (C’26), and Stella Vance (C’26), showcased their respective research projects at the 2025 Global Social Justice Research Symposium on September 26. They were joined by fellows from the Laidlaw Undergraduate Leadership & Research Scholarship Program, Maeve McKean Global Health Award, David F. Andretta Summer Research Fellowship, and Royden B. Davis Fellowship. This symposium was hosted by the CSJ and the Berkley Center at Georgetown University.