Lecture
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Events
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Monday
The Palestine Taboo: Race, Islamophobia, and Free Speech
Public lecture by Professor Sahar Aziz (Rutgers University)
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Thursday
Realistic Hope: American Democracy and the 2024 Election
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Thursday
Religion and Politics after January 6
Co-sponsored event with the Department of English
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Monday
Capitalist Humanitarianism: A Dialogue on Labor, Loss, and Religion
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Tuesday
Playing Sacred: The Camp Aesthetics of Feminist and Queer Art
Final event in our series “Reverent Irreverence: Parody, Religion, and Contemporary Politics.”
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Monday
Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America with Heather Cox Richardson
Professor of history and Letters from an American author/podcaster Richardson discusses her new book.
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Tuesday
In Conversation with Michelle Alexander
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Monday
University Libraries: Faculty Book Talk by Tazeen Ali
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Wednesday
Not Just the Wall: Barriers Faced by Migrant Communities
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Thursday
Designer Babies and Choosing Disabilities: Ethical Considerations of Deliberately Creating a Disabled Child by IVF
Dr. Daniel Eisenberg considers the traditional Jewish approach to the use of new reproductive technologies.
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Tuesday
Liberty of Conscience as a Tool of Empire: England and Its Restoration Colonies, 1660-1689
A public lecture by Professor Daniel Richter, University of Pennsylvania.
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Monday
The Color of Compromise
Tisby talks about his book The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism and the steps believers must take to forge a future of equity and justice.
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Monday
When Islam Is Not a Religion: Inside America’s Fight for Religious Freedom
Lecture by Asma Uddin followed by a panel discussion with Washington University scholars.
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Thursday
James Baldwin and the Moral Crisis of American Democracy
Professor Glaude examines Baldwin’s insistence that America’s race problem is a result of moral choices.
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Thursday
Overcoming Political Tribalism and Recovering Our American Democracy
Danforth talks with Chua about her book Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations.
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Monday
Beyond Sides – Towards Reconciliation: Israeli and Palestinian Women in the West Bank
A presentation by photojournalist Saskia Keeley.
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Tuesday
Liberal Arts Education: What’s the Point? Robert George and Cornel West in Conversation
Professors George and West discuss the value of an education grounded in academic freedom that aims for greater connection across differences.
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Thursday
The Political Captivity of the Faithful
American historian and university president Hatch considers the current challenge and need to understand “the other side.”
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Tuesday
Religion and Polarized Politics: Peter Wehner and Melissa Rogers on Revitalizing Democratic Pluralism
A moderated discussion between two former White House officials.
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Monday
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration
Washington University’s annual commemoration event.
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Wednesday
A Fresh View of a Historic Presidency
A lecture, reception, and book signing with the author of President Carter: The White House Years.
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Monday
Human Rights-Based Organizing: A Faith-Informed Response to Violence and Immigration
Noah Bullock, Executive Director of NGO Cristosal, and a panel of local clergy leaders.
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Wednesday
Michael Rakowitz Public Lecture
Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts event cosponsored by Danforth Center on Religion and Politics.
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Tuesday
Religion as a Conversation Starter! Embracing King’s Political Philosophy of “Somebodiness”
Public lecture by Professor Jonathan Walton followed by on-stage discussion with Professor Lerone Martin.
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Tuesday
The Relevance of Religion for Leadership
Olin Business School event cosponsored by the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics.
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Tuesday
What do Francis of Assisi and Francis of Buenos Aires Have in Common? A ‘Franciscan’ Perspective on the Common Good
Public lecture by Fr. Michael Perry, OFM.
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Wednesday
Preserving a United Nation: Moving Forward Together Despite Our Differences
A public interview with the former U.S. Senator from Missouri and Episcopal priest.
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Tuesday
Healing a House Divided
Public lecture by The Most Rev. Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church.
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Wednesday
Jews and Muslims Turn Hate to Humanity: Interfaith Collaboration in Times of Religious Violence
Conversation between Andrew Rehfeld and Tarek El-Messidi moderated by Marie Griffith.
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Thursday
No Human Right to Sodomy: The Christian Right and SOGI Human Rights
A public lecture by Cynthia Burack, The Ohio State University.
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Wednesday
The Art and Politics of African American Faith
A public lecture by Josef Sorett, Columbia University.
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Wednesday
Work as Worship: Emerson’s Emancipating Religious and Political Journey
A public lecture by David Robinson, Oregon State University.
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Wednesday
Faith and Power: Religion and the American Presidency from the Founding to Trump v. Clinton
A public lecture by Jon Meacham.
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Monday
Spiritual Values and Politics
Public lectures by Randall Balmer hosted by Second Presbyterian Church.
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Saturday
Danforth Dialogues: Envisioning the Future of Religion and Politics in America
Krista Tippett will moderate conversations between Eboo Patel, Natasha Trethewey, David Brooks, and E.J. Dionne Jr.
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Wednesday
Lecture by His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan
A public lecture by Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York and native St. Louisan.
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Thursday
War Stories: How Religion and State Converge in the U.S. Military
Public lecture by Ronit Stahl, Danforth Center, with response by Margot Canaday, Princeton University.
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Tuesday
On Transparency: Christian Drug Rehabilitation Centers in Guatemala
Public lecture by Kevin Lewis O’Neill, University of Toronto as part of the Religion, Medicine,and Law Lecture Series.
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Tuesday
The Faith Community’s Role in Health Care
A public lecture by Dr. G. Scott Morris, Church Health Center.
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Monday
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Public Lecture and Book Signing
Public lecture and book signing.
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Thursday
Paging God: Religion in the Halls of Medicine
A public lecture by Wendy Cadge, Brandeis University.
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Thursday
Obamacare and American Values
A public lecture by David Craig, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
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Wednesday
The Holocaust and American Public Memory
A conversation with Fred Zeidman, Chairman Emeritus of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Council.
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Tuesday
In A Communion of Shadows: Religion, Race, and Nation in Nineteenth-Century American Photography
A public lecture by Rachel Lindsey with response by Martha Sandweiss, Princeton University.
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Tuesday
Senators John C. Danforth and Joe Lieberman in Conversation: The Role of Religion in America’s Broken Politics
Danforth Distinguished Lecture Series event moderated by Center Director R. Marie Griffith.
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Thursday
Why Liberals Win: America’s Culture Wars from the Election of 1800 to Same-Sex Marriage
A public lecture by Professor Stephen Prothero, Boston University.
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Wednesday
Let the Record Play!: The Phonograph in the Making of Modern American Religion
A public Lecture by Lerone Martin, John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics.
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Thursday
What About The Establishment Clause?
A public lecture by Judge Guido Calabresi, Yale Law School.
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Monday
Concerning ‘Goodbye Christ’: Langston Hughes, Political Poetry, and African American Religion During the Interwar Period
A public lecture by Wallace Best, Princeton University.
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Wednesday
Losing America, Trying for the World: The Origins of Global Protestantism
A public lecture by Sam Haselby, American University of Cairo.
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Friday
Islam & Muslims as American Political Footballs
A public Lecture by Arsalan Iftikhar, International Human Rights Lawyer and Founder of theMuslimGuy.com.
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Tuesday
Religious Equality: American Commitment or Global Ideal?
A public lecture by Christopher Eisgruber, Princeton University.
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Monday
Why are U.S. Prisons so Religious? The Ascendance of Faith-Based Programs in an Age of Punitive Incarceration
A public lecture by Tanya Erzen, University of Puget Sound.
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Tuesday
Making Our Voices Heard: Women’s Rights Today
A public lecture by Sandra Fluke, women’s rights activist.
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Tuesday
Religion and Politics in the First Modern Nation
A public lecture by George F. Will, author and The Washington Post columnist.
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Thursday
“The ESPN-ing” of Political Reporting
A public lecture by Matt Bai, New York Times Magazine, supported by the Center.
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Tuesday
Redeeming the Soul of America? Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Promise of an Engaged Scholar
A public lecture by Charles Marsh, University of Virginia.
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Thursday
The Long Approach to the Mormon Moment: The Building of an American Church
A public lecture by Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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Tuesday
It’s Religion, Stupid, Not the Economy
A public lecture by the Rev. Barry Lynn, Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
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Thursday
The Religious Influence in American War and Diplomacy: A History
A public lecture by Andrew Preston, Cambridge University.
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Tuesday
Stop Worrying and Start Sowing! The Ethics of a ‘Recession-Proof’ Gospel
A public lecture by Jonathan Walton, Harvard Divinity School.
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Thursday
U.S. Evangelicals and the Congo Crisis of 1960-64: The Politics of Race, Revolution, and Persecution in Decolonizing Africa
A public lecture by Melani McAlister, George Washington University.
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Friday
Healing the Heart of Democracy
A public lecture and book signing by Parker Palmer.
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Saturday
Is There Room for Mercy in the Sexuality Debates? Shifting the Terms of our Religious-Political Stalemate
A public lecture by Marie Griffith, John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics.
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Monday
Courts, Coercion, and Culture: The Meaning of Religion in Public Spaces
A public lecture by Tsvi Blanchard, National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership in New York.
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Wednesday
Muslim American Dissent and U.S. Politics Before and After 9/11
A public lecture by Edward E. Curtis IV, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
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Thursday
The Politics of ‘Spiritual But Not Religious’ America
A public lecture by Laura R. Olson, Clemson University.
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Thursday
The Spirit of the Law: Separation of Church and State from 1945-1990
A public lecture by Sarah Barringer Gordon, University of Pennsylvania.
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Wednesday
American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us
A public lecture by Robert D. Putnam, Harvard University.
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Thursday
The Prophetic Conflict: Reinhold Niebuhr and the Second World War
A public lecture by William Charles Inboden, University of Texas-Austin.
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Monday
Can Religion and Politics Make Us More Civil and Not Just Angry?
A public lecture by E.J. Dionne Jr., the Brookings Institution and Washington Post columnist.
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Thursday
Norman Mailer, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Civil Friendship That Shaped an Uncivil Decade
A public lecture by Kevin M. Schultz, University of Illinois-Chicago.
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Monday
Danforth Dialogues: Sen. Dan Coates and Sen. Bob Casey
A moderated discussion featuring Sen. Dan Coates and Sen. Bob Casey.
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Tuesday
Recruiting Young Love, How Christians Talk About Homosexuality
A public lecture by Mark D. Jordan, Harvard Divinity School.
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Thursday
Politics in the Pews: Religious Institutions and Beliefs in American Politics
A public lecture by Eric L. McDaniel, University of Texas at Austin.
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Thursday
Faith and Reason: Amity or Enmity? The Life of Faith and the Moral Life
A public lecture by Robert P. George, Princeton University.
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Thursday
The Holy Vote: The Politics of Faith in America
A public lecture by Ray Suarez, The NewsHour.
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Sunday
A Public Lecture by Rabbi Professor Marc Saperstein
A public lecture by Rabbi Professor Marc Saperstein.
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Monday
Angels of Our Nature: Polarization in America and Its Challenge to Universities and Think Tanks
A public lecture by Strobe Talbott, The Brookings Institution.
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Tuesday
God and Politics: From George Washington to Barack Obama
A public lecture by Jon Meacham was the inaugural event for the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics.
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