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Erik Owens
Research Fellow
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Erik Owens is associate
director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life and an
associate professor of the practice in theology and international studies at
Boston College. His research
explores the intersections between religion and public life, particularly the
challenge of fostering the common good of a religiously diverse society. Owens
previously worked at the University of Chicago and DePaul University, as well
as the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life and the City of Chicago’s Board of
Ethics. He is the co-editor of three books: Gambling: Mapping the American Moral
Landscape (2009); Religion and the Death Penalty: A Call
for Reckoning (2004); and The Sacred and the Sovereign: Religion
and International Politics (2003). He is a member of the American Academy of Religion's Committee on the
Public Understanding of Religion. Owens was a 2015-2016 Berkley Center research fellow. He earned a B.A. from Duke University, M.T.S. from Harvard Divinity School, and Ph.D. at the University of Chicago.
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