Research Fellow
Georgetown Representative in Rome
October 22, 2024
Exiting Violence, edited by Research Fellow Debora Tonelli and Gerard Mannion, explores the complex relationship between religion, politics, and conflict in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, highlighting how faith can both incite violence and inspire peace. She will discuss the book at a December 5 event sponsored by the Gregorian Centre for Interreligious Studies.
September 24, 2024
June 4, 2024
Debora Tonelli Publishes New Volume on Exiting Violence: The Role of Religion
Debora Tonelli is a permanent researcher at the Center for Religious Studies (Centro per le Scienze Religiose) at the Fondazione Bruno Kessler. She is the Georgetown representative in Rome and a research fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University. Tonelli is also a lecturer in religion and violence at Gregorian University and lecturer in political philosophy and philosophy and religion at Pontifical Atheneum S. Anselmo. Her research and teaching focus on the interaction between politics and religion, particularly in the context of interreligious dialogue and religious violence. Since 2013, Tonelli has coordinated an interdisciplinary project on "Religions and Violence." She holds a Ph.D. in political philosophy and in theology.
