Fall 2016 Events

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Ending Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage in Tanzania

Liz Mach,ÌýMaryknoll Lay Missioner

August 31, 2016


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Service Learning and the PULSE Program at ÌÇÐÄvlogÖ±²¥Æ½Ì¨

Meghan T. Sweeney,ÌýBoston College

September 13, 2016


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Black Natural Law

Vincent Lloyd,ÌýVillanova University

September 14, 2016


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

Marilynn Johnson,ÌýBoston College

September 21, 2016


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

Christian Felber,ÌýAuthor and Essayist

September 21, 2016

This event is co-sponsored by theÌýTheology Department,ÌýtheÌýCarroll School of Management,Ìýand theÌýManaging 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, ÌýTheology (PhD)
Najat Goso, MCAS '18, Communications
Isra Hussain, MCAS '17, Psychology
Russell Simons, MCAS '17, BiologyÌý

September 28, 2016


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Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism

Craig Ford,ÌýCornell University

Martin Summers (response), Boston College

October 4, 2016

This event is co-sponsored by theÌýInstitute for the Liberal ArtsÌýand theÌýAfrican and African Diaspora Studies Program.


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Public Theology and the Global Common Good: The Contribution ofÌýDavid Hollenbach, S.J.

October 14–15, 2016

Co-sponsored by theÌýInstitute for the Liberal Arts,ÌýMorrissey College of Arts and Sciences,ÌýThe Jesuit Institute,ÌýTheology Department,ÌýSchool of Theology and Ministry,ÌýInternational Studies Program,Ìýand theÌýCenter for Human Rights and International Justice.


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Just War Revisited

General James Dubik,ÌýU.S. Army, ret., Georgetown UniversityÌý

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,ÌýNorthwestern University

October 25, 2016


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Religion, Ethics, and the 2016 Presidential Election

MT Dávila,ÌýAndover Newton Theological School
Marc Landy,ÌýBoston College
Alan Wolfe, Boston College
Erik Owens,ÌýBoston College

November 2, 2016


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The Christians of Lebanon: Surviving amidst Chaos

Marius Deeb,ÌýSchool of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University;ÌýHoover Institute, Stanford University

November 9, 2016

Co-sponsored with theÌýDepartment of Slavic & Eastern Languages and Literatures, theÌýDepartment of Political Science, theÌýDepartment of Theology,ÌýIslamic Civilization and Societies, andÌýChristian Solidarity International (CSI).Ìý


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Factoring Faith into Development

Amie Harris,ÌýU.S. Agency for International Development

November 14, 2016


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

Peter H. Reynolds,ÌýChildren's book author

Paul Reynolds,ÌýCEO, 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 theÌýCenter for Human Rights and International Justice; theÌýFaith, Peace and Justice Program;ÌýFilm Studies;ÌýCooperative Metropolitan Ministries; theÌýKnights of the Holy Sepulchre; theÌýRotary Club of Scituate, MA; and the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life.