Berkley Center

This report outlines the Berkley Center's major activities during the 2008-09 academic year, including: the Berkley Center Lectures with philosopher Charles Taylor; the publication of religious freedom policy recommendations for the Obama administration; a three-day seminar at The National Defense University on the religious dynamics of war and peace; a high-level dialogue with Chinese officials around issues of religion and society; several new religion and development issue surveys (gender, governance, malaria, shelter); an undergraduate report on interfaith marriage in America; the expansion of faculty blogs on Georgetown/On Faith, a site hosted by The Washington Post; a grant from the John Templeton Foundation; the renewal of the Luce/SFS Program on Religion and International Affairs; and the announcement of the Doyle Initiative.