Toleration and Freedom: The American Experience in Context

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A day-long conference co-sponsored by the Boisi Center and听Boston University's Institute for Philosophy and Religion.

Date:听March 25, 2011

Location: Photonics Center Colloquium Room, located at 8 St. Mary's Street, 9th Floor, Boston University.听

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Conference Schedule

9:45 a.m.: Continental Breakfast

10:15 a.m.: Opening Remarks (, Institute Director)

10:30 a.m. 鈥� 12:15 p.m.:

Panel #1: Contemporary and Comparative Questions of Toleration

  • 颁丑补颈谤:听
  • The Sustainability of Toleration in Public Discourse"

听听听 听听听 听听听听, Emory University School of Law

  • Civic Education in Public Schools: Can the State Teach Tolerance?"

      听听听 听听听 听听听听Erik Owens,听Dept. of Theology, Boston College

      • Feathers and Freedom: What the Case of U.S. vs. Wilgus Tells Us听about Toleration in America"

      听听听 听听听 听听听听, Boston University School of Law

      12:30- 1:30pm: Lunch

      2:15-3:45 p.m.:

      Panel #2: Early Modern Perspectives on American and European Toleration

      • "Apples and Oranges: The Varied Forms of Religious Toleration in听Early Modern Europe"

      听听听 听听听 听听听听, Dept. of History, University College, London

      • The Appeal to Conscience in Early Modern England and America:听Success or Failure?"

      听听听 听听听 听听听听听Harvard Divinity School

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      3:45-4:00 p.m.: Break

      4:00-5:30 p.m.:

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      Panel #3: Diversity and Toleration

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      • 颁丑补颈谤:听听Department of History, Boston University
      • Evangelical vs. Ecumenical Perspectives on Tolerance and Diversity in the USA Since World War II"

      听听听 听听听 听听听听听Dept. of History, University of CA, Berkeley

      • "Shari鈥檃h Law in the US"

      听听听 听听听 听听听听听Harvard Law School

      Concluding Discussion

      5:45-6:30 p.m.:听 Reception

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