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...
Newsroom
Faculty News
Showing 1417-1420 out of 1430 News
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.
Other News
Showing 1-4 out of 1157 News
May 13, 2026
Rev. Gerard McGlone, S.J., Quoted on New Georgia Law Criminalizing Clergy Sexual Misconduct
An OSV News article quotes Research Fellow Rev. Gerard J. McGlone, S.J., on the potential for a new Georgia law to become a model for other states in protecting vulnerable adults.
May 13, 2026
Jerome Copulsky Recounts Historical Efforts to Make the United States a Christian Nation
Writing for Religion News Service, Research Fellow Jerome Copulsky recaps failed efforts throughout American history to insert explicitly Christian clauses into the U.S. Constitution.
April 15, 2026
WFLF Alumna Sister Hedwig Muse, LSMIG, Promotes Justice for Children
Sister Hedwig Muse, LSMIG, a member of the Women Faith Leaders Fellowship 2023-2024 cohort, published an essay in the Global Sisters Report describing how she protects and uplifts children's rights in Kenya through her work as a lawyer.
March 6, 2026
Faculty Fellow Lise Morjé Howard to Speak on the Future of UN Peacekeeping
Lise Morjé Howard, a faculty fellow at the Berkley Center, will participate in a panel discussion at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace titled “The UN Without the United States: UN Peacekeeping.” The event will explore how shifting global politics and a potential decline in U.S. support could reshape the future of United Nations peacekeeping operations.
Opens in a new window