September 16, 2009
New Blog Post by Michael Kessler: Muslims on the Mall
Critics of a New Jersey mosque's plans to hold a prayer event on the National Mall are wrong in their views of religious liberty...
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September 4, 2009
New Blog Post by Michael Kessler: Big City Neighbors Stop Attacker
My friends back home in Indiana often ask how I can stand living in the big, anonymous city, where no one pays attention to others or helps anyone else. They couldn't be more wrong about the city. When bad things happen, the neighbors in my community show the basic instinct towards compassion and protecting the dignity of others that I saw in my small town neighbors...
August 31, 2009
José Casanova Interview with Miroslav Volf about Shortcomings of Secularization Thesis
On August 31, 2009, José Casanova spoke with Miroslav Volf about the shortcomings of the secularization thesis, transformations in our understanding of modernity, and the relationship of democracy and faith in our globalized world.
July 21, 2009
José Casanova Chapter on Nativism and the Politics of Gender in Catholicism and Islam
José Casanova contributes a chapter entitled "Nativism and the Politics of Gender in Catholicism and Islam" to the book Gendering Religion and Politics: Untangling Modernities (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009), edited by Hanna Herzog and Ann Braude.
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January 1, 2026
Jerome Copulsky on What Comes After the Declaration of Independence
In a Liberty Fund essay, Berkley Center Research Fellow Jerome Copulsky reflects on what the founding document left open once independence was declared, arguing that the declaration offers guiding ideals, but the work of turning those principles into reality falls to each generation.
December 11, 2025
GGD Barcelona 2025 Full Videos Now Available
In November 2025 the Georgetown Global Dialogues and the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona brought together writers and critics to address the relationship between human frailty and global solidarity, with a focus on voices from the Global South. Videos of the panel discussions are now available.
November 12, 2025
Pulitzer Fellow Nicole Abudayeh Highlights Plight of Migrant Women in Ceuta
In her investigation, 2025 Pulitzer Fellow Nicole Abudayeh uncovers the precarious conditions faced by undocumented Moroccan women in Ceuta, revealing how social, legal, and economic barriers leave them vulnerable.
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.
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