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Spring 2025 Events
Russia鈥檚 War Against the West
Under my Skin: Tattoos and Religion
A Conversation with Hockey Coach Greg Brown
Christian Antifascism in Charlottesville
American Religious Darwinism: Teaching Islam in American Protestant Seminaries during the Gilded Age
Catholicism Represented: Democracy, Religion and Global History, 1789-2025
Fratelli Tutti: Cultivating the Politics of Communion and Compassion
Enslaved to the Jesuits: What Women of the First U.S. Diocese can tell us about Women in the Church
Take Me To the Water: Black Madonnas and the Initiation of Possibility
Catholic Fundamentalism in America
Accessing the Divine: Religious Sources of Resilience in an Age of Political Turmoil
Muslim and Catholic Experiences of National Belonging in France
Fall 2024 Events
Postwar Stories: How Books Made Judaism American
Religious Enemies of Liberalism and Christian Realist Defense: The Battle for the Soul of American Democracy
Christian Nationalism, Religious Pluralism, and the 2024 Election
From Reagan's Revolution to Trump's Insurrection: The Role of the Religious Imaginary in American Politics
"Our Stories Need to Be Told": Memoirs of Former Nuns
Panel Series: Christian Nationalism and the 2024 Election
A Conversation with Coach Bill O'Brien about Faith, Football, and Boston College
Becoming Mary Sully: Reclaiming a Modern Native American Artist
Spring 2023 Events
The Role of the Church(es) in the Civil Rights Movement in the US and 鈥楽olidarity鈥� in Poland
Parties in the Pews in a Divided Nation
Prophetic Voices Lecture featuring Massimo Faggioli
The Way Forward: Pope Francis, Vatican II and Synodality
The Contested Meaning of Women's Rights: Reclaiming a Lost Vision of Freedom
Race and Religion Conference
A Capital Congregation: Proximity, Community, and Ministry for American Statehouse Neighborhoods
Russia鈥檚 War in Ukraine One Year Later: Orthodox Christianity, Geopolitics, and Power
Fall 2022 Events
Unruly Souls: The Digital Activism of Muslim and Christian Feminists
Sports and Religion in North America
Tragic Dilemmas in Christian Ethics
Two Jewish Fathers Who Changed History: Abraham Joshua Heschel and Elie Wiesel
Tradition and Its Discontents: John Calvin and the Western Mind
A History of Catholic Theological Ethics
Spring 2022
Race and the Religious Right: White Evangelicals, White Supremacy, and Their Consequences
Religious Activism and Political Change; Political Activism and Religious Change
Islam in the United States: Issues of Race and Diversity
How Secularization Impacts Religion: A Conversation with Nancy Ammerman and Jos茅 Casanova
A Capital Congregation: Proximity, Community, and Ministry for American Statehouse Neighborhoods
Theology as Requirement: The Challenges of Teaching Theology in the Modern Academy
Fall 2021 Events
LGBTQ Advocacy at the Intersection of Faith and Public Policy
'Seventy Times Seven': Abuse, Exclusion, and Forgiving the Church
19th Annual Prophetic Voices Lecture
Flannery O鈥機onnor: The Making of an American Master
Race, Theology, and Pedagogy: Conversations Between Africans and Americans
Teaching First Generation Boston College Students
Academics as Public Intellectuals: A Conversation with Professors M. Cathleen Kaveny and Heather Cox Richardson
Spring 2021 Events
Cultivating Helpful Dynamics
US Vatican Relations
Pandemic and Religion
Three Pieces of Advice to President Biden from Catholics in the Public Square
The Development of Muslim Leadership in the U.S.
Creating Constructive Conversations
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
Developing Practical and Integrative Assignments
Engaging The Social Dilemma: Social Media and the Polarization of Politics and Pews
Fall 2020 Events
The Church聽and Catholic Voters聽and聽the 2020 Election
The Republican Party and Catholic Voters in the 2020 Election
The Democratic Party and Catholic Voters in the 2020 Election
Mining the Christian Tradition for Resources to Combat Racism
Narrative Empathy, Reconciliation, and Racism
Narrative, Restorative Justice,聽and聽the Need聽for Truth聽in Racial Equity
Pandemic, Politics, and Solidarity: A Discussion of Fratelli Tutti
Spring 2020
Revolution聽of聽the Heart:聽the Dorothy Day Story
Is There聽a New Anti-Semitism?
Evolution聽and Innovation聽in Legal Education
Race, Class,聽and Ethnicity聽in College Admissions
Blessed Are聽the Rich:聽the American Gospel聽of Success
Fall 2019
How Would You Reform the Catholic Church?
The Power聽of Sports: Media聽and Spectacle聽in American Culture
Religion and the Divided American Republic: Rawls' Fault?
Reviving Democracy During the 2020 Campaign Season by Learning How to Hope
What is 'Nature' Today in Science and Theology?
Do the Democrats have a Religion Problem?
Santuario: Screening聽and Discussion
Spring 2019 Events
Seeking Shelter
Backs Against聽the Wall:聽the Howard Thurman Story
What Would President Niebuhr Do?
Resetting Christian Theology聽on Mental Illness聽and Suicide
The Challenge聽of 'Us'聽in Ecological Times
Religion in the White House
What Everyone Needs聽to Know About Shariah
Politics and Evangelical Christians
Religion聽and聽the Whole Human Experience
Fall 2018
Pope Francis:聽a Man聽of His Word
Utopia聽on聽the Small Screen
Prayer聽in聽a Violent World
Faith聽and Border Ethics
Superpower Saints: Rome聽and America, 1939-1963
Gentrification聽in聽an Urban Church
What Does It Mean聽to Be Jewish聽in聽the Age聽of Trump?
How聽the Debate Over Birth Control Changed Catholic Theology
Conversations That Matter: Who Belongs聽at 亚色影库?
Spring 2018 Events
Bible Nation: Hobby Lobby, Scripture,聽and聽the Making聽of America
Religion, Spirituality,聽and Compassionate Healthcare
Catholic Afterlives: What Identities聽and Practices Persist When Catholics Leave聽the Church?
Violence, Memory,聽and Religion Among Survivors聽of Clerical Sexual Abuse
Truth聽and Lies聽in聽a Polarized Time
Catholic Afterlives: What Identities聽and Practices Persist When Catholics Leave聽the Church?
Fall 2017 Events
What's So Political About 'Political' Islam?
The Challenge聽of Charlottesville: Race, Religion聽and Public Monuments
Luther in America
Is Civility Dead?
The State of Catholic Higher Education
Rikers an American Jail
U.S. Foreign Policy After ISIS
What鈥橲 Wrong聽with聽the New Genealogy聽of Religious Freedom?
Educating for Modern Democracy
Responding to the Global Refugee Crisis at 亚色影库 and Beyond
Spring 2017 Events
On Having Civil Conversations
An American Conscience:聽the Reinhold Niebuhr Story
The Contemporary Crisis for Christianity in the Middle East
Religious Freedom and the Common Good
Save聽the Children: Religion, Politics,聽and International Adoptions聽in America
What Now? Having Difficult Conversations in Our Community
"Silence,"聽a Film聽by Martin Scorsese
Toward a Culture of University Ethics
Prophecy Without Contempt
The Ethics of Citizenship in the Trump Era
Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved by Beauty
Fall 2016 Events
Ending Female Genital Mutilation聽and Child Marriage聽in Tanzania
Service Learning and the PULSE Program at 亚色影库
Black Natural Law
The New Bostonians: How Immigrants Have Transformed Boston Since聽the 1960s
Economy聽for聽the Common Good:聽a Theory聽of Change That Works
Speak, Stand, Sit聽or Scream?
Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism
Public Theology and the Global Common Good
Just War Revisited
An Ethics for the Coming Storm
Religion, Ethics, and the 2016 Presidential Campaign
The Christians of Lebanon
Factoring Faith into Development
USAID Book-a-thon
Religion and Conflict Transformation
Spring 2016 Events
University Ethics
Promoting a Closer Alignment Between Philanthropy and the Public Good
Making聽and Breaking: Art, Hospitality聽and Eucharist
What the Islamic Veil Reveals
Just War Theory and the Environmental Consequences of War
Immigration and Christian Ethics
What Is聽the Responsibility聽to Protect?
Who Gets聽to Be聽a Prophet?
The Calling of a Public Intellectual
Fall 2015 Events
A Republic of Prophets
Our Common Home:聽an Ethical Summons聽on Climate Change
Bonhoeffer's Transformative Encounters with the American Prophetic Tradition
Nostra Aetate
Imagining the Church of the 21st Century
The Outlook for Religious Pluralism in Syria
Gun Rights and the Threat to Freedom and Democracy
Boston Book Festival 2015
The Bible in Early America
Effective Action on Environment, Hunger and Human Rights
Teaching about Religion in Public Schools
My Faith Story within the Story of Liberation Theology
Spring 2015 Events
Simone's Svengalis
Two Faces of Political Islam
Being a Priest in the Public Square
Equal Rights聽for All
Religion, Politics and Nationalism in Contemporary Turkey
Race, Religion,聽and Social Change:聽a Campus Conversation
Religious Pluralism in the Middle East
Why Libertarianism Isn't Liberal
Religion and the Roots of Climate Change Denial
Religion and Global Affairs
How Dante Can Save your Life
Fall 2014 Events
The Moral Origins of the Great Recession
Prophetic Rhetoric in the Public Square
Women and Interreligious Dialogue
Writing about Religion in a Polarized Age
The Public Life of Love
"At Home聽in Exile" Book Release Event
Catholic Charities: Challenges聽and Response
Is There聽a Future聽for Catholic Health聽and Social Services?
At Home聽in Exile: Why Diaspora Is Good聽for聽the Jews
Spring 2014 Events
Nonviolent Campaigning for Nuclear Disarmament
Religious Diversity and Military Service
Democracy Beyond Elections
Pope Francis and the Future of the Global Church
South Africa After Mandela
#Religion @OMG Faith Db8聽in 21st Century
The Prophetic Minority
Terrorism and the Boston Marathon
Setting聽the Agenda聽for Global Dialogue
Business, Ethics and American Healthcare Reform
Fall 2013 Events
The Blessings of Exile
Political Obligation in the World Society
Beyond Ignorance, Hostility, and Fear
Peacebuilding and Reconciliation
What Is Power?
From Just War to Nonviolence
Religious Diversity and the Common Good
"Mandela: Long Walk聽to Freedom"
Spring 2013 Events
Youth and Diplomacy
The Future of Catholic Periodicals
Poverty and American National Priorities
The Papacy After Benedict XVI
Youth Civic Engagement
What Is Liberation Theology?
Prophetic Action and Imagination
Cosmopolitanism in Constitutional Law
Religion, State聽and Education
Fall 2012 Events
Diaspora:聽an Introduction
Standards for Effective Elementary and Secondary Catholic Schools
Nuns in American Public Life
Latinos and the 2012 Election
Religion and the Liberal Aims of Higher Education
American Dreams: Jews and Broadway
Update聽on聽the 'War聽on Terror': Facts聽and Fears
Individuals, Institutions,聽and Religious Freedom
Spring 2012 Events
For God聽and Country: Religion聽and聽the U.S. Military
Islam, Sharia,聽and Democratic Transformation聽in聽the Arab World
Power, History聽and Meaning
Are Mormons聽the New Catholics聽and Jews?
Religious Exclusivism聽and Pluralism聽as聽a Political Project
Winning聽the Child's Will
Islam聽and Democracy:聽a Closer Look聽at聽the Turkish Model
Citizenship聽in聽the Global City
Religion聽and聽the 2012 Presidential Primaries
The Writer聽and聽the Public
Islamic Civilization & Societies
Fall 2011 Events
Interrogation Policy after Osama bin Laden
Author Meets Critics: Political Evil聽by Alan Wolfe
The Life and Work of Christian Legal Theorist William Stuntz
Iran and the Arab Spring
Pelagius and Augustine
Faculty Seminar:聽on Political Messianism
Graduate Student Seminar: Art, Politics, Morality
Religion聽in America:聽a Political History
Social Ethics and Social Practice in Puritan New England
Writers Save
How God Commands Religious Liberty
Spring 2011 Events
The 亚色影库 Dilemma:聽the Business Life聽and聽the Kingdom聽of Heaven
The Limits of International Human Rights Law in the U.S. Constitution
Climate Change and Christian Ethics
The Legal聽and Religious Status聽of Women聽in Nigerian Society
Toleration聽and Freedom:聽the American Experience聽in Context
New Imaging Technologies聽at聽the End聽of Life
Perfect Storm: How聽the Imminent Crisis聽in Higher Education Can Strengthen Liberal Education
The Risk of Civil Society
Wanting It All: Women聽and聽the State聽of Feminism聽in America
Last Best Hope: International Lives聽of聽the American Civil War
Lingua Sacra: Negotiating God-Talk聽in America
Fall 2010 Events
Humanitarian Intervention聽and聽the "Responsibility聽to Protect"
The Rising Power聽of聽the American Dead
Presidential Roulette
Author Meets Critics: "The Religious Test"
The University聽in聽the 21st Century: Thinking About Ethics, Persons,聽and Discourse
The Hebrew Republic: Jewish Sources聽and聽the Transformation聽of European Political Thought
Spring 2010 Events
Benedict XVI聽and聽the U.S. Bishops
Causes聽of聽the Financial Crisis聽and聽the Future聽of聽the Financial Services Industry
Rousseau's Paradoxical Legacy
Shifts聽and Continuities聽in聽the Obama Era聽and Beyond
Philanthropy聽as Spiritual Exercise: Soul, Relationships聽and Community
Exporting聽the First Freedom
Natural Law, God,聽and Human Dignity
What Has HIV/AIDS Led Us聽to Understand About Global Ethical Challenges?
A Matter聽of Conscience: Religious Exemptions聽and聽the Healthcare Debate
Fall 2009 Events
Religious聽and Secular Beliefs聽in Turkey聽and Liberal Democracy
The Church,聽the Economy,聽and Social Justice
The Continuities聽and Disparities Between Obama聽and Kennedy
Israel聽and Palestine:聽the State聽of聽the Question
Evangelicals聽and聽the Catholic Mind: From Repulsion聽to Attraction
Academic聽and Athletic Excellence聽on聽the Heights
Torture: Is It Always Wrong?
Secularization聽and Contemporary Religious Renewal聽in Europe
Religion, History,聽and Education: Facing History聽and Ourselves
Spring 2009 Events
Ways聽of Knowing: Field Science聽in聽the 21st Century
The Faiths聽of聽a Catholic University
Realism, Ethics聽and U.S. Foreign Policy
Women Living聽with HIV/AIDS聽in聽the US
Intuition, Emotion聽and Visualization
Redeeming Freedom
Building: Houses, Community, Resumes?
Scientific Knowledge聽and Faith
Human Evolution聽and Christian Ethics
Gettysburg聽in Rehab
The Temple聽of Solomon聽and聽the Dome聽of聽the Rock
Author Meets Critics:聽the Future聽of Liberalism
Fall 2008 Events
The Roosevelt Legacy
Invisibility Syndrome聽of African Americans聽in Educational Institutions
Catholics聽and聽the 2008 Elections
The Role聽of聽the Public Intellectual
Georges Rouault's Epistemological Modesty
Promised Land: Exodus聽and America
Madison's Hand
2008 Election Roundtable
Re-integrating Spirituality聽in聽the Catholic University
American Secularism聽for American Muslims
Giving聽the Dead Their Living Voices
One Nation Under God?
Spring 2008 Events
Muslims聽in聽the United States
The Unbearable Lightness聽of Christian Legal Scholarship
Assessing聽the 2008 "Super Primaries"
Mormons聽in American Politics
Just Schools
What Do We Owe聽the Iraqis?
New Advances聽in Stem Cell Research
