Public Events
Our events offer an important way to engage with a wide range of scholars, leaders, and public thinkers with expertise in areas relating to religion and politics. We offer public lectures and conversations, panel discussions, conferences, and more. All events are videotaped and archived here.
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Poetry and Conflict
Public talk by Pádraig Ó Tuama (March 3, 2025)
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The Crisis of American Christianity
Public talk by Tim Alberta (February 5, 2025)
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Realistic Hope: American Democracy and the 2024 Election
Panel Two of Two of Danforth Distinguished Lecture on October 10, 2024
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Realistic Hope: American Democracy and the 2024 Election
Panel One of Two Danforth Distinguished Lectures on October 10, 2024
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Center Overview
2024
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The Palestine Taboo: Race, Islamophobia, and Free Speech
Public lecture by Sahar Aziz, Rutgers University
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What Religion Offers Democracy: Challenges and Opportunities of Christianity and Islam in Contemporary America
Shadi Hamid, Matthew Kaemingk, John Inazu
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Playing Sacred: The Camp Aesthetics of Feminist and Queer Art
Professor Anthony Petro
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Learning to Disagree Book Event
Panel discussion on John Inazu’s new book
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Capitalist Humanitarianism: A Dialogue on Labor, Loss, and Religion
Professor Lucia Hulsether
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Pranksters, Standups, and Fitness Gurus: New Perspectives on Parody
February 29, 2024
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The Women’s Chapel
Art Exhibit and Panel Discussion with Heather Bennett, Marie Griffith, and Megan Kenyon
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Dodging the Sisters: Why Queer Nuns Keep Going Viral
Prof. Melissa Wilcox (January 18, 2024)
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Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America with Heather Cox Richardson
Heather Cox Richardson
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Morgenthau by Andrew Meier: A St. Louis Jewish Book Festival event
A St. Louis Jewish Book Festival event
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The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler
Public lecture by David Kertzer
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The Objects that Remain: Criminal Evidence, Holocaust Artifacts, and Work of Doing Justice
Public lecture by Laura Levitt
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Why Institutions Matter: Religious Perspectives on Building and Sustaining Institutions in a Fractured Society
Rick Garnett, Shadi Hamid, Kristen Deede Johnson, Yuval Levin; moderated by John Inazu
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The Assault on Truth – and What to Do About It
A conversation with Peter Wehner, Jonathan Rauch, and Cherie Harder
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