Center for the Study of Religion: Video and Audio Recordings

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2006-2007:

September 26
“The Role of Faith Based Initiatives in Community Development" a public lecture by Rev. Herbert H. Lusk II, Pastor, Greater Exodus Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Pa. & founder, People for People, Inc. Crossroads of Religion and Politics Lecture Series. Download Poster Here. RealVideo: 56K 300K WM Video: 56K 300K

September 29
“Intelligent Design: Revolutionary Science or Reactionary Religion?" a public lecture by Ronald Numbers, Hilldale Professor of the History of Science and Medicine Department of Medical History and Bioethics, University of Wisconsin. Princeton Lectures in Religion and History. Download Poster Here. RealVideo 350K WM Video (coming soon)

October 16
“Backlash: Are Evangelicals Disillusioned with Politics?" a public lecture by Laurie Goodstein, National Religion Correspondent, The New York Times, Crossroads of Religion and Politics Lecture Series. Download Poster Here.RealVideo: 56K 300K WM Video: 56K 300K Audio: mp3

October 20
“Neuroscience and Religion" a symposium featuring Richard Davidson, University of Wisconsin; Margaret Kemeny, University of California, San Francisco; Wayne Proudfoot, Columbia University; Clifford Saron, University of California, Davis; and Jonathan Cohen and Leigh Schmidt, Princeton University. Cognition and Religion Initiative. Symposium Website Link 3:00-6:00 p.m., McCormick Auditorium. RealVideo: 300K WM Video: 350K

February 13
"Are Democrats Really 'Anti-Religious'?" a public lecture by Richard Parker, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard. Crossroads of Religion and Politics Lecture Series. Download Poster Here. RealVideo: 56K 300K WM Video: 56K 300K

March 6
"God and Caesar in America" a public lecture by Senator Gary Hart, Scholar in Residence, The Wirth Chair in Environmental and Community Development Policy, University of Colorado at Denver, Crossroads of Religion and Politics Lecture Series. Download Poster Here. RealVideo: 56K 300K WM Video: 56K 300K Audio: mp3

March 9
"Religious Freedom and the Constitution" a public symposium with Christopher Eisgruber, Princeton University, Marci A. Hamilton, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Erik Michael Mazur, Bucknell University, and Winnifred F. Sullivan, University at Buffalo Law School. Press release about the symposium. Download Poster Here.
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Part Two: RealVideo: 56K 350K WM Video: 56K 350K

March 27
“Ethical Issues and Dilemmas in the Formulation of National Security Policy" a public lecture by Daniel Kurtzer, Lecturer and S. Daniel Abraham Professor in Middle Eastern Policy Studies, Princeton University and former U. S. Ambassador to Israel and to Egypt. Crossroads of Religion and Politics Lecture Series. Download Poster Here. RealVideo: 56K 300K WM Video: 56K 300K Audio: mp3

April 17
"A Life of Significance: The Integration of Faith and Character into the World of Work," Peter M. Ochs ’65, Chairman of the Board, The Fieldstone Corporation, Princeton Lectures in Religion and Ethics. Download Press Release Here. Download Poster Here. RealVideo:56K 350K WM Video: 56K 350K

April 19
"Baptized in Blood:  Moral Reflections on the American Civil War" a public lecture by Harry S. Stout, Jonathan Edwards Professor of American Religious History, Yale University. Princeton Lectures in Religion and History. 4:30 p.m., 101 McCormick Hall. Download Poster Here. Download Press Release Here. RealVideo: 56K 350K WM Video: 56K 350K

April 24
"Philanthropy...It's Definitely Not for Wimps!: Reflections on Faith and Finance," Dick DeVos, President, The Windquest Group, Doll Family Lectures on Religion and Money. 8:00 p.m., Chancellor Green Rotunda. Download Program Here. Download Press Release Here. RealVideo: 56K 350K WM Video: 56K 350K

May 11
"What is Prayer?" a symposium featuring Sister Mary Margaret Funk, Our Lady of Grace Monastery; David D. Hall, Harvard Divinity School; Carol Zaleski, Smith College; and Albert Raboteau, Princeton University. Cognition and Religion Initiative Symposium Website Link. Recording Coming Soon!

2005-2006:

October 13
"The Catholic Church in the Pontificate of Benedict XVI: A Global View." Public lecture by George Weigel, Senior Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington. Princeton Lectures in Religion and Global Culture. 7:30 p.m., McCosh 50. View the lecture in RealMedia.

October 24
“Evangelicals and American Politics: Assessing the Past, Scouting the Future.” Public Lecture by Michael Cromartie, Vice President, Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, and Director of the Evangelical Studies Project. Crossroads of Religion and Politics Lecture Series. 4:30 p.m., Bowl 016 Robertson Hall. View video from the Woodrow Wilson School web archive.

November 10
“The Religious Right Controls America and Other Myths From the Campaign.” Public Lecture by Hanna Rosin, Staff Writer, The Washington Post. Crossroads of Religion and Politics Lecture Series. 4:30 p.m., Bowl 016 Robertson Hall. View video from the Woodrow Wilson School web archive.

November 17
“The Ignorance of Chicken* (*or, Who Believes What Today).” Public Lecture by Slavoj Zizek, University of Ljubljana, and Cornel West, Princeton University. 7:30 p.m., McCosh 50. View the lecture in RealMedia. (Turn your volume all the way up.)

February 8
“The New Alliance: the Moral Imperative Meets Realpolitic.” Public Lecture by Robert A. Seiple, Founder, Institute for Global Engagement, former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom and Former President of World Vision, Inc. Crossroads of Religion and Politics Lecture Series. 4:30 p.m., Bowl 016 Robertson Hall. View video from the Woodrow Wilson School web archive.

March 2
"Why People Perform Rituals." Public Lecture by Pascal Boyer, Henry Luce Professor of Individual and Collective Memory, Washington University in St. Louis. Princeton Lectures in Cognition and Religion. 4:30 p.m., Friend 101. View the lecture in RealMedia.

March 6
"How 'Otherworldly' American Fundamentalists Became Political." Public Lecture by George Marsden, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History, University of Notre Dame. Princeton Lectures in Religion and History. 4:30 p.m., McCosh 50. View the lecture in RealMedia.

March 28
"Is it Possible to Enjoy Personal Liberty without Collective Equality?" by Alain Badiou, Université de Paris-VIII (Vincennes-St. Denis) and Collège International de Philosophie, Paris, and Cornel West, Princeton. 4:30 p.m., McCosh 50. View the lecture in RealMedia.

April 4
“Faith-Based Organizations and the Public Good” by Amy L. Sherman, Senior Fellow and Director of the Faith in Communities Initiative, Sagamore Institute for Policy Research and Senior Fellow, International Justice Mission. Crossroads of Religion and Politics Lecture Series. 4:30 p.m., Bowl 016 Robertson Hall. View video from the Woodrow Wilson School web archive.

April 13
"Ethics, Freedom, and the Death of Rationalism: What Cognitive Science Tells Us About the Culture Wars" by George Lakoff, Professor of Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley, co-sponsored with the University Center for Human Values, and the Psychology Dept., 4:30 p.m., Robertson Hall Dodds Auditorium. Princeton Lectures in Cognition and Religion. View the lecture in RealMedia.

April 20
"Can God Answer Back?" Public Lecture by Nicholas Wolterstorff, Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology, Emeritus, Yale Divinity School. Princeton Lectures in Cognition and Religion. 4:30 p.m., Friend 101. View the lecture in RealMedia.

April 26
“The Pentecostal Aesthetic and the Spirit of Modern Consumerism” by Birgit Meyer, Professor of Religion and Society in the Research Centre Religion and Society, University of Amsterdam. Princeton Lectures in Religion and Global Culture. 4:30 p.m., McCosh 46. View the lecture in RealMedia.

May 4
"Should Religious Groups Ever Be Exempt From Civil Rights Laws?" by Martha Minow, Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, co-sponsored with the University Center for Human Values. Princeton Lectures in Religion and Ethics. 4:30 p.m., Robertson Hall Dodds Auditorium. View the lecture in RealMedia.

Pre-2005 Events:

Many lectures in the Crossroads of Religion and Politics Lecture Series were filmed by the Woodrow Wilson School and are available by searching their web archive.

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