SPRING 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Muslims in the United States
• Peter Skerry, Boston College
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
The Unbearable Lightness of Christian Scholarship
• David A. Skeel, Jr., University of Pennsylvania
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Mormons in American Politics
• Clayton M. Christensen, Harvard Business School
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Just Schools
• Martha Minow, Harvard Law School
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Immigration and the Scandinavian Welfare State
• Grete Brochmann, University of Olso
FALL 2007
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
A Thirty-third Stone? Civil Religion, Mourning and Memorials at Virginia Tech
• Jerome Copulsky, Goucher College
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil
• Emilie Townes, Yale Divinity School
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Deportation Nation: Outsiders in American History
• Daniel Kanstroom, Boston College
SPRING 2007
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
The Role of Catholic Universities in American Public Life
• David O'Brien, College of the Holy Cross
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Conference: Blasphemy and Free Expression in Secular Democracies
• Panel: "Religious Perspectives on Free Expression"
• Panel: "Journalistic Ethics in Religion Coverage"
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Islam in Europe and the United States
• Kishwer Falkner, Baroness of Margravine, U.K. House of Lords
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Blasphemy in Ink: The Danish Mohammed Cartoons and their Fallout
• John McCoy, McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College
FALL 2006
Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Integrating Islam in France (and Europe)
• Jonathan Laurence, Boston College
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Religious Freedom and the Pledge of Allegiance
• Michael Newdow, plaintiff
• Wendy Kaminer, lawyer and social critic
• Phillip Muñoz, Tufts University
• Alan Wolfe, Boston College
Thursday, November 2, 2006
Overcoming Religious Illiteracy Through Public Education
• Diane L. Moore, Harvard Divinity School
Thursday, November 9, 2006
Religion and the 2006 Mid-Term Elections
• Michael Tomasky, The American Prospect
• Daniel Mahoney, Assumption College
• Alan Wolfe, Boston College
SPRING 2006
Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Pope Benedict After One Year
• Thomas Groome
• Kenneth Himes
• Mary Ann Hinsdale
• James Weiss
• Alan Wolfe
Friday, April 26, 2006
Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code or the Enduring Appeal of Conspiracy Theories
• Harold Attridge, Yale Divinity School
Monday, October 17, 2005
God's Politics After Katrina
• Jim Wallis, Sojourners
Saturday, October 29, 2005
Retracing the Struggle, Part II: The Social and Political Impact of the Voting Rights Act
• Abigail Thernstrom, Manhattan Institute
• Patricia Williams, Columbia University
• Alan Wolfe, Boston College
SPRING 2005
Tuesday, April 5, 2005
Writers Among Us
• Alan Wolfe, Boston College
SPRING 2004
Monday, April 26, 2004
Religion and the Presidential Election
• Alan Wolfe, Boston College
• Elaine Kamarck, Harvard's Kennedy School of Government
• E.J. Dionne, Georgetown University
SPRING 2003
Thursday, April 10, 2003
Evangelical Protestants in the Public Square: Drawbacks and Opportunities
• Richard Mouw, President, Fuller Theological Seminary
SPRING 2002
Tuesday, March 12, 2002
Judaism and Civic Participation in Am Life
( Part I | Part II )
• David Novak
• Michael Broyde,
• Michael Gottsegen
• Kevin Hasson
Wednesday, March 13, 2002
The Struggle for the Soul of Islam: Inclusive and Exclusive
( Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV )
Tendencies Since September 11
• Michael Sells , Haverford College
Monday, April 1, 2002
What is the Prophetic Role of the Catholic Church in American Society Today?
( Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV )
• Father Bryan Hehir, President, Catholic Charities USA
Inaugural “Prophetic Voices of the Am Churches" lecture