Fall 2016 Events

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Ending Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage in Tanzania

Liz Mach,听Maryknoll Lay Missioner

August 31, 2016


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Service Learning and the PULSE Program at 天美传媒app

Meghan T. Sweeney,听Boston College

September 13, 2016


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Black Natural Law

Vincent Lloyd,听Villanova University

September 14, 2016


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The New Bostonians: How Immigrants have Transformed Boston since the 1960s

Marilynn Johnson,听Boston College

September 21, 2016


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Economy for the Common Good: A Theory of Change That Works

Christian Felber,听Author and Essayist

September 21, 2016

This event is co-sponsored by the听Theology Department,听the听Carroll School of Management,听and the听Managing for Social Impact interdisciplinary minor.


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Speak, Stand, Sit or Scream? How Young People Engage Politics and the World in 2016

Craig Ford, GSAS '18, 听Theology (PhD)
Najat Goso, MCAS '18, Communications
Isra Hussain, MCAS '17, Psychology
Russell Simons, MCAS '17, Biology听

September 28, 2016


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Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism

Craig Ford,听Cornell University

Martin Summers (response), Boston College

October 4, 2016

This event is co-sponsored by the听Institute for the Liberal Arts听and the听African and African Diaspora Studies Program.


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Public Theology and the Global Common Good: The Contribution of听David Hollenbach, S.J.

October 14鈥�15, 2016

Co-sponsored by the听Institute for the Liberal Arts,听Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences,听The Jesuit Institute,听Theology Department,听School of Theology and Ministry,听International Studies Program,听and the听Center for Human Rights and International Justice.


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Just War Revisited

General James Dubik,听U.S. Army, ret., Georgetown University听

Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, Harvard University

Ambassador James F. Jeffrey, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

October 20, 2016


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An Ethics for the Coming Storm: A Theological Reflection on Climate Change

Laurie Zoloth,听Northwestern University

October 25, 2016


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Religion, Ethics, and the 2016 Presidential Election

MT D谩vila,听Andover Newton Theological School
Marc Landy,听Boston College
Alan Wolfe, Boston College
Erik Owens,听Boston College

November 2, 2016


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The Christians of Lebanon: Surviving amidst Chaos

Marius Deeb,听School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University;听Hoover Institute, Stanford University

November 9, 2016

Co-sponsored with the听Department of Slavic & Eastern Languages and Literatures, the听Department of Political Science, the听Department of Theology,听Islamic Civilization and Societies, and听Christian Solidarity International (CSI).听


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Factoring Faith into Development

Amie Harris,听U.S. Agency for International Development

November 14, 2016


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Stories that Move: A USAID Book-a-thon Event

Peter H. Reynolds,听Children's book author

Paul Reynolds,听CEO, FableVision Studios

November 15, 2016


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Religion and Conflict Transformation

Fr. Raymond G. Helmick, S.J., Inaugural Memorial Lecture

Professor David Little, Georgetown University

December 11, 2016

This event is sponsored by the听Center for Human Rights and International Justice; the听Faith, Peace and Justice Program;听Film Studies;听Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries; the听Knights of the Holy Sepulchre; the听Rotary Club of Scituate, MA; and the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life.

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