Religion still at the heart of politics in America
Thu, 10/18/2012 - 9:21am

Everyone knows the history of the United States: The Puritans came from England to escape religious persecution, God blessed America, and our free nation stands as a “city on a hill” for the world to emulate.

According to James A. Morone, the Puritans, with their godliness and morality, set the tone for the new country.

The Puritans’ moral dreams “define American ideals,” Morone writes in his 2003 book “Hellfire Nation: The Politics of Sin in American History,” which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, and “inspire crusades at home and abroad – from the revolution of 1776 to...

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Carlson to speak on religion, ethics and Guantanamo
Sun, 10/14/2012 - 9:11am

John Carlson, associate director of the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict, will be speaking on "Guantanamo: Ethics & Law, Religion & Politics," as part of a panel discussion that will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, October 30 at Congregation Beth Israel, 10460 North 56th Street in Paradise Valley.

Carlson, a scholar of religious ethics, explores how moral inquiry informs and invigorates our understanding of political life. He has written extensively on issues of war and peace, religion and violence, human rights, and a variety of social and political issues, both...

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Fesssenden addresses religion and health care law
Wed, 10/03/2012 - 12:06pm

Professor Tracy Fessenden spoke recently at a Georgetown University conference titled, “Religious Liberty, Women’s Health, and the HHS Rule on Provision of Birth Control Coverage for Employees.”

The objective of the conference was to examine the legal, theological, health, equality, and ethical issues relating to the recent Rule promulgated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on “Coverage of Preventive Services Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.”

Fessenden, an associate professor of religious studies in the School of Historical,...

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Meet the 2012 Undergraduate Research Fellows in Religion and Conflict
Wed, 09/26/2012 - 10:53am

Congratulations are in order for this year’s Undergraduate Research Fellows at the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict. The center’s undergraduate research program provides students with an opportunity to take a special seminar with the Center’s director, Linell Cady, and participate on research projects with ASU faculty. By engaging in this kind of cross-disciplinary, cross-regional work, students gain a much richer understanding of the complex dynamics of religion and conflict as well as important experience in the research process. This year, CSRC’s fellows are working on the...

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Religion and wealth focus of this year's Marshall Speaker
Thu, 09/20/2012 - 2:21pm

Social ethicist and scholar of American religions Jonathan L. Walton has been named this year’s Maxine and Jonathan Marshall Speaker on Religion and Conflict by ASU’s Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict.

As the Marshall Speaker, Walton will deliver a public lecture titled “Lifestyles of the (Not So) Rich and Religious: Theological Prosperity in an Age of Economic Inequality” at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 4. The lecture will be held in West Hall room 135 on ASU’s Tempe campus and is free and open to the public.

Walton is the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals...

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