Leonard Greenberg – A source of towering strength and commitment
Leonard E. Greenberg, who died Monday at the age of 89, was a native son of Hartford who never lacked
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Author: Mark Silk
Showdown at the Bishops Synod
Everyone interested in the future of the Catholic church is now focused on the Synod of Bishops on the Family – the showdown in Rome between progressive forces seeking to reanimate the spirit of the Second Vatican Council and conservatives anxious to maintain the “reform of the reform” undertaken by Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI.
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David Gibson reports on pope’s American tour
By William Winter ’18 Tight security, careful orchestration, and anticipated criticism kept Pope Francis from indulging his usual penchant for
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Spiritual Libertarianism
In a talk April 6 at Boston College, Mark Silk argued that the past decade has seen the development of a new kind of libertarianism alongside of economic, civil, and moral libertarianism. He called it “spiritual libertarianism,” and saw evidence of it in recent state efforts to pass strict new version of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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To Print Or Not To Print
At a lunchtime forum on free speech and blasphemy in the Trinity chapel February 5, a mostly student audience was told there would be a vote to determine whether to display some of the cartoons that provoked the attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris. Three faculty panelists then proceeded to explore the relevant legal, Islamic, and journalistic issues.
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Religion in the News is Dead! Long Live Religion in the News!
From the Editor: This fall, we developed a new Religion in the News website that will offer what we’ve always offered in something more like real time.
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Borden Painter discusses his book on the New Atheists at the Greenberg Center
by Mark Silk The last Public Values lunch of the semester was devoted to a discussion of The New Atheist
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How the Eastern Orthodox think about armed conflict.
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