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Erik Owens

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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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