Berkley Center

Writing a review essay for the New Yorker, Senior Fellow Paul Elie discusses The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church (2023). This new book by Rachel L. Swarns chronicles Georgetown University's participation in enslavement in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and the recent efforts to uncover and reckon with that history.

Writing for Orient XXI, Senior Fellow Jocelyne Cesari analyzes the ongoing controversy around Florence Bergeaud-Blacker's book on the Muslim Brotherhood, identifying it as an unfortunate example of a French-style culture war that has contributed to the polarization of debate on Islamic studies.

Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall highlights key milestones along the G20 Interfaith Forum's journey that have led to the 2023 gathering in New Delhi, India. She explores where they have come, where they are today, and how they see the path ahead.

Writing for the National Catholic Reporter, Carole Sargent describes how late Senior Fellow Rev. Drew Christiansen, S.J.'s last book—Forbidden: Receiving Pope Francis's Condemnation of Nuclear Weapons (Georgetown University Press, 2023)—interrogates the clash between obedience and conscience.