April 22, 2019
Faith Communities and Gene Editing
This week on the Berkley Forum, contributors discuss how faith communities grapple with the ethics of gene editing.
Law and Religion
In our pluralistic world, a variety of oft-conflicting perspectives informs our understanding of moral and political ideas of justice. Additionally, legal cases increasingly span across borders and involve participants with no shared tradition, creating tensions that reflect fundamental moral conflicts. These resources explore how religion grounds, shapes, and conflicts with our legal systems.
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April 15, 2019
Politics and Piety in Turkey
This week on the Berkley Forum contributors discuss politics and piety in Turkey in the context of recent efforts by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to expand Turkey’s Islamic identity.
This week on the Berkley Forum contributors discuss the ethics of military intervention, evaluating the situation in Venezuela through the lens of just war principles vs. the responsibility to protect.
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Contraception and Conscience: A Symposium on Religious Liberty, Women’s Health, and the HHS Rule on Provision of Birth Control Coverage for Employees
1:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Georgetown Law Center
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Report April 20, 2016
Blasphemy Laws as a Challenge to Religious Freedom
On April 20, 2016, the Religious Freedom Project hosted a conference to explore an emerging and urgent challenge to religious freedom: blasphemy laws. Although they are ostensibly intended to protect majority religions from criticism, these laws can in fact harm the majority religion and broader society by discriminating against disfavored members of the majority, oppressing and alienating…
Other Publications
Report April 15, 2012
Law, Religion, and Liberty of Conscience
Book November 18, 2009
Muslims in the West After 9/11: Religion, Law and Politics
May 7, 2015
Natural Law: A Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Trialogue (Video)
Duration: 1 hours 19 minutes
September 21, 2012
Contraception and Conscience: The Legal Challenges to the HHS Contraception Rule (Video)
Duration: 1 hours 43 minutes
September 23, 2011
Islamic Law (Shari'a) and U.S. Foreign Policy (Part 1) (Video)
Duration: 1 hours 51 minutes