Religion, politics,
morality, and law have always had a dynamic relationship. On this panel, a
diverse group of scholars will explore the variety of ways that current
political and social movements are inspiring many to rethink that relationship.
In some cases religion has influenced political and social movements, and in
others religion has responded to them with civil disobedience, claims for
accommodations, and even cultural withdrawal. Underlying these dynamics is an
ongoing philosophical dispute, reflected to some extent in popular discourse,
about the appropriate relationship between religious reasoning and political
liberalism. The panelists will give special attention to the ways in which
these dynamics have manifested themselves on both the right and the left in
American law and politics, with an eye toward parallel developments abroad.
Business
meeting at program conclusion.