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Upcoming Fall 2009 

Adam Strom

Religion, History, and Education: Facing History and Ourselves
Adam Strom, Facing History and Ourselves
Thursday, December 3, 2009
12:00-1:15 PM • Boisi Center • RSVP Required

Past Events Fall 2009

Murat Somer

Democracy (For Me): Religious and Secular Beliefs in Turkey and Liberal Democracy
Murat Somer, Koç University in Istanbul
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
12:00-1:15 PM • Boisi Center

Caritas Panel

The Church, the Economy, and Social Justice: Reflections on Caritas in Veritate
Daniel Finn, St. John's University
Robert Imbelli, Boston College
Stephen Pope, Boston College
Thursday, October 8, 2009
5:00-6:30 PM • Gasson 305

Shaun Casey

1960 and 2008:  The Continuities and Disparities Between Obama and Kennedy
Shaun Casey, Wesley Theological Seminary
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
12:00-1:15 PM • Boisi Center

Israel and Palestine:
the State of the Question
Raymond Cohen, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Richard Norton, Boston University
Col. Desmond Travers, The International Institute for Criminal Investigations

Tuesday, October 27, 2009
5:30-7:00 PM • Higgins 310

Tal Howard

Evangelicals and the Catholic Mind: From Repulsion to Attraction
Tal Howard, Gordon College
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
12:00-1:15 PM • Boisi Center

Gene DeFilippo

"We Are BC": Academic and Athletic Excellence on the Heights
Gene DeFilippo, Boston College
Thursday, November 5, 2009
5:30-7:00 PM • Cushing 001

Ken Himes

Torture: Is it Always Wrong?
Kenneth Himes, O.F.M., Boston College
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
12:00-1:15 PM • Boisi Center 

Daniele Hervieu-Leger

Secularization and Contemporary Religious Renewal in Europe
Danièle Hervieu-Léger, l'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
Monday, November 16, 2009
12:00-1:30 pm
• McGuinn 3rd Floor Lounge

 

 


Andrew Bacevich, Jean Bethke Elshtain and Rev. J. Bryan Hehir on Realism, Ethics and U.S. Foreign Policy
February 18, 2009

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Abdullahi An-Na'im on American Secularism for American Muslims
November 13, 2008

Abdullahi An-Na'im

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Charles Mathewes on a theology of public life...
October 11, 2007

Charles Mathewes

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The Boisi Center fosters conversations that seek to clarify the moral consequences of public policies in ways that help to maintain the common good while respecting America's increasing religious diversity. (More about the Boisi Center's mission...)