- The historical development of religious toleration
- The role of religion and pluralism in domestic and global politics
- Religion as a cause of violence and a force for peace
- Religious and secular understandings of human equality and social justice
- The relationship between religious and scientific modes of understanding
- The prospects for inter-religious cooperation to address challenges such as global poverty and environmental sustainability
COMPAS Conferences
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September 8, 2017
Fall COMPAS Conference
Relgious Freedom -
January 26, 2018
Winter COMPAS Conference
Religion and the State -
April 13, 2018
Spring COMPAS Conference
Religion in Global Context
COMPAS Sponsored Events
The Religion COMPAS program also included a number of events, including presentations from individual speakers, small panels, and even a Visual Arts Contest designed to explore the Religion theme:
- April 16, 2018
Food Pyramid Scheme
- April 12, 2018
Science, Religion, and Democracy
- March 9, 2018
Visual Arts Show
- Feburary 26, 2018
Conscientious Objection in Medicine
Speakers: Abraham Nussbaum and Ronit Y. Stahl
- November 6, 2017
Evangelicals: A New Way to Look at American History
Speaker: Frances FitzGerald
Video Stream
- October 31, 2017
Roadmap for A Shared Society: How Israeli Jews and Palestinians Can Live and Prosper Together
Speakers: Yaniv Sagee and Mohammad Darawshe
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October 10, 2017
New Religions and American Law
Speakers: Hugh Urban and Spencer Dew
Religion-related University events
- October 25, 2017
CSR Symposium on Religion, Narrative, and Media
Speakers: Kathryn Lofton and Judith Weisenfeld