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The Religious Freedom Project and Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs
invite you to attend the following two events next week:
CATHOLIC PERSPECTIVES ON RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Featuring a Keynote Address by Cardinal Donald Wuerl
Thursday, September 13, 2012, 10:30am-5:00pm (Lunch provided)
Copley Hall, Georgetown University
 Since the Second Vatican Council the Church has placed considerable emphasis on the importance of religious freedom as a matter of human dignity and individual flourishing, and as central to a just and democratic society. Abroad, the persecution of Christians and others has reached significant, perhaps even crisis, proportions. At home, issues involving same-sex marriage, abortion, and contraception have sparked sharp controversy about threats to religious freedom, leading the US Conference of Catholic Bishops to establish its own committee to begin engaging these issues.
The Maryland Catholic Bishops Conference and the Religious Freedom Project of Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs are bringing together leading Catholic scholars to address these questions from different perspectives. Cardinal Donald Wuerl will give the symposium keynote address.
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JUST AND UNJUST PEACE: An Ethic of Political Reconciliation
Friday, September 14, 2012, 12:00-2:00pm (Lunch provided)
3rd Floor Conference Room, The Berkley Center
 What is the meaning of justice in the wake of massive injustice? Religious traditions have delivered a unique and promising answer in the concept of reconciliation. This way of thinking about justice contrasts with the "liberal peace," which dominates current thinking in the international community. The RFP will host a book event, responding to Daniel Philpott's recently published book, Just and Unjust Peace: A Ethic of Political Reconciliation. A panel of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish scholars will assess the argument for reconciliation at the theological and philosophical levels and in its application to political orders like Germany, South Africa, and Guatemala.
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