Olympic Values Essay Competition
Worldwide Support for Development (WSD), World Faiths Development Dialogue (WFDD) and Georgetown University are co-supporting an online essay competition on Olympic Values in today’s world. The competition is designed to spark a global online conversation in advance of the Olympic Values Symposium to be convened in London by Lord Colin Moynihan, Chair of the British Olympic Association (BOA), from June 29-July 1, 2012.
Georgetown University to Assume Stewardship of Building Bridges Seminar
After ten years under the leadership of Dr. Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, the Building Bridges Seminar for Christian and Muslim Scholars will enter its next phase under the stewardship of Georgetown University.
Millennial Values Survey Tracks a Generation in Transition
A joint effort between the Berkley Center and the Public Religion Research Institute, this groundbreaking survey explores how 18-24 year-olds view faith, values, and the 2012 election.
Center Welcomes Jocelyne Cesari
Islam expert Jocelyne Cesari has joined the Center as a Senior Research Fellow. She directs the international “Islam in the West" program and is the creator of Islamopedia, a leading online resource for the contemporary study of Islam in society and politics. At the Center, she will continue to lead both projects and develop a new program on Islam in World Politics.
Center Update: Tracking Faith in the 2012 Election
While economic issues overshadow the 2012 election campaign, questions of faith and values have taken on an unanticipated significance. We have begun to track this emerging discourse on the Berkley Center’s Knowledge Resources site.
Rosalina Velasquez: A Mayan Visionary For Peace, Mother Earth and Motherhood
It takes only an instant to recognize in Rosalina Tuyuc Velasquez a force to be reckoned with. Rosalina was taking on Japan last week, as winner of the prestigious Niwano Peace Prize, sometimes called the "spiritual Nobel." She was making history, as the first indigenous religious leader to receive this award.
Aamir Hussain Reflects on the Values of the Millennial Generation
Berkley Center research assistant Aamir Hussain (C' 14) is profiled on the Georgetown College website about the Millennial Values Symposium, in which he participated as a fellow. He reflects on the results of a survey of 18-24 year-olds and the values of the Millennial generation.
Bishops and Extractive Industries: A Human Face of Mining
In far flung corners of the world, religious leaders are protesting against mining companies and projects. What are their complaints?
Dan Philpott Blogs on Reconciliation 2012 in the Huffington Post
The widely viewed Kony 2012 video has raised awareness of the atrocities of Uganda's Joseph Kony. But as RFP Scholar Dan Philpott points out in The Huffington Post, the video does not show the decades long work of reconciliation that many Ugandans, inspired by their Christian faith and tribal values, have been working to achieve.
Global Engagement Summit Brings Together Students Determined to Change the World
In our cynical times, it is gratifying and invigorating to be with young people whose sights are truly fixed on translating ideals into action. One example is the Global Engagement Summit, a Northwestern University student run enterprise.
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Thomas Banchoff
José Casanova
Jocelyne Cesari
Paul Elie
Thomas Farr
Chester Gillis
Michael Kessler
Katherine Marshall
Eric Patterson
Timothy Shah
