I am happy to join journalist Kalpana Jain of The Conversation and Ann Peters of The Pulitzer Center for this conversation at Georgetown’s Berkeley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs. The webinar is open to the public. March 5, […]
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A Conversation on Christian nationalism in America
What is Christian nationalism? Shaun Casey of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs at Georgetown University talks with sociologists Andrew Whitehead and Samuel Perry, co-authors of Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States. Watch: […]
Conservatives Debate Trump at Georgetown University
The Georgetown Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life brought together an interesting cast of conservative characters recently to talk about Donald Trump. The panel included Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson, National Review editor Ramesh Ponnuru, and court evangelical and self-acknowledged “modern […]
“Faith and the Faithful in U.S. Politics”
This was the title of a symposium held recently at Holy Trinity Parish in Washington. The event was sponsored by the Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service and the Georgetown’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life. […]
Slavery at Princeton University
Check out Alex Carp‘s piece at The New York Review of Books on slavery and American colleges and universities. This particular excerpt deals with slavery at Princeton: Last fall, after more than four years of research, Princeton became the latest university […]
Georgetown University Apologizes
Yesterday Rev. Timothy Kesicki, president of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States, apologized to more than 100 descendants of slaves who were sold by Jesuit-run Georgetown University in 1838. The apology was part of a “contrition” liturgy. […]