Faith’s Public Role: Politics and Theology

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Faith’s Public Role: Politics and Theology
Cambridge, 6-8 April 2005
Von Hugel Institute
St Edmund’s College

Religion’s social and political significance is re-emerging in new and dramatically diverse contexts, from the Jubilee 2000 to religiously inspired terrorism. This impacts on public policy at virtually all points.

This conference explores, from a wide range of academic disciplines, the relationship between religion and politics, and will discuss the new perspectives required to meet the challenges of today’s world.

Invited Speakers:

Prof. William T. Cavanaugh (University of St Thomas, St Paul, MN)
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin (Archbishop of Dublin)
Prof Tomas Halik (Charles University, Prague)
Dr David Lehmann (University of Cambridge)
Dr Mona Siddiqui (University of Glasgow)

Responses:
Prof Henri Gagey (Paris )
Prof Kenneth Medhurst (Bradfor)
Dr Patrick Riordan (Heythrop)

Registration and Programme:
http://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/vhi/fis

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