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Terrence L. Johnson

February 6, 2022

How the Black-Jewish Alliance Changed America

Writing for Salon, Senior Research Fellow Terrence L. Johnson highlights lessons from the history of Black-Jewish collaboration in the United States, underscoring the need for diverse coalitions to tackle issues of contemporary concern, such as voting rights.

Paul Elie

February 4, 2022

A Digital Body: Fostering Communion and Community Online

Senior Fellow Paul Elie will speak at a L’Engle Seminar on “A Digital Body: Fostering Communion and Community Online,” hosted by Image Journal on February 4, 2022. The seminar series will explore faith and community during the COVID-19 pandemic.

José Casanova speaks at lectern

February 3, 2022

How Secularization Impacts Religion

Senior Fellow José Casanova will join Nancy Ammerman for a conversation exploring how secularization impacts religion. The talk will be hosted by the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College on April 5, 2022. 

Peter Mandaville

February 3, 2022

Wahhabism and the World

Senior Research Fellow Peter Mandaville has published an edited volume, Wahhabism and the World: Understanding Saudi Arabia's Global Influence on Islam, with Oxford University Press. The book is a product of the Geopolitics of Religious Soft Power project, hosted by the Berkley Center. 

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Cardinal Robert McElroy speaking in front of a podium in Copley Formal Lounge

January 6, 2025

Georgetown Welcomes Cardinal Robert McElroy as New Archbishop of Washington

Over the past decade, McElroy has visited Georgetown and engaged with events hosted by the Berkley Center and the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life. He also contributed a chapter to the Georgetown University Press book A World Free from Nuclear Weapons: The Vatican Conference on Disarmament, co-edited by the late Rev. Drew Christiansen, S.J., then a Berkley Center senior fellow.

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December 13, 2024

Student Research on Religion and COVID-19 in Sri Lanka

In "The Right to Bury Their Dead," Minahil Mahmud (SFS'25) examines the challenges faced by the Muslim community in Sri Lanka when the government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa mandated in April 2020 that all victims of COVID-19 would be cremated, irrespective of their religious beliefs.

Roses and stained glass in a church.

November 26, 2024

Brian Flanagan Quoted on Synod on Synodality Final Report

Religion News Service article quotes Research Fellow Brian Flanagan on the impact of Pope Francis' support for the final report from the Synod on Synodality, the Catholic Church's recently concluded three-year consultation process.

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