Fall 2016 Events
Ending Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage in Tanzania
Liz Mach, Maryknoll Lay Missioner
August 31, 2016
The New Bostonians: How Immigrants have Transformed Boston since the 1960s
Marilynn Johnson, Boston College
September 21, 2016
Economy for the Common Good: A Theory of Change That Works
Christian Felber, Author and Essayist
September 21, 2016
This event is co-sponsored by the Theology Department, the Carroll School of Management, and the Managing for Social Impact interdisciplinary minor.
Speak, Stand, Sit or Scream? How Young People Engage Politics and the World in 2016
Craig Ford, GSAS '18, Theology (PhD)
Najat Goso, MCAS '18, Communications
Isra Hussain, MCAS '17, Psychology
Russell Simons, MCAS '17, Biology
September 28, 2016
Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism
Craig Ford, Cornell University
Martin Summers (response), Boston College
October 4, 2016
This event is co-sponsored by the Institute for the Liberal Arts and the African and African Diaspora Studies Program.
Public Theology and the Global Common Good: The Contribution of David Hollenbach, S.J.
October 14–15, 2016
Co-sponsored by the Institute for the Liberal Arts, Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences, The Jesuit Institute, Theology Department, School of Theology and Ministry, International Studies Program, and the Center for Human Rights and International Justice.
Just War Revisited
General James Dubik, U.S. Army, ret., Georgetown University
Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, Harvard University
Ambassador James F. Jeffrey, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
October 20, 2016
An Ethics for the Coming Storm: A Theological Reflection on Climate Change
Laurie Zoloth, Northwestern University
October 25, 2016
Religion, Ethics, and the 2016 Presidential Election
MT Dávila, Andover Newton Theological School
Marc Landy, Boston College
Alan Wolfe, Boston College
Erik Owens, Boston College
November 2, 2016
The Christians of Lebanon: Surviving amidst Chaos
Marius Deeb, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; Hoover Institute, Stanford University
November 9, 2016
Co-sponsored with the Department of Slavic & Eastern Languages and Literatures, the Department of Political Science, the Department of Theology, Islamic Civilization and Societies, and Christian Solidarity International (CSI).
Factoring Faith into Development
Amie Harris, U.S. Agency for International Development
November 14, 2016
Stories that Move: A USAID Book-a-thon Event
Peter H. Reynolds, Children's book author
Paul Reynolds, CEO, FableVision Studios
November 15, 2016
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 Center for Human Rights and International Justice; the Faith, Peace and Justice Program; Film Studies; Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries; the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre; the Rotary Club of Scituate, MA; and the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life.