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Christianity and Democracy
Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox Contributions
Cosponsored by The Journal of Democracy
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Thursday, June 17, 2004
9:00 AM
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Thursday, June 17, 2004
11:30 AM
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Ethics and Public Policy Center
1015 15th St. NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005
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The Journal of Democracy and the Ethics and Public Policy Center Christianity and Democracy: Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox Contributions featuring Peter L. Berger
Boston University
| Timothy Shah
Ethics and Public Policy Center
| Daniel Philpott
University of Notre Dame
| George Weigel
Ethics and Public Policy Center
| Elizabeth Prodromou
Boston University | Robert D. Woodberry
University of Texas-Austin |
Drawing from their contributions to the latest issue of the Journal of Democracy, this panel of speakers assessed the relationship—both historical and contemporary—between Christianity and democracy. Daniel Philpott examined the role of the Roman Catholic Church in promoting democratization, especially during the Third Wave. Elizabeth Prodromou explored Orthodoxy’s traditional ambivalence toward some aspects of democracy and explained why this may be changing. Robert D. Woodberry and Timothy S. Shah discussed how Protestantism has helped to encourage democratic development throughout the world. Peter L. Berger provided a global overview. George Weigel offered comments. Peter L. Berger is professor of sociology and theology, and director of the Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs, at Boston University. Daniel Philpott is assistant professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame and faculty fellow at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. Elizabeth Prodromou is assistant professor of international relations and associate director of the Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs at Boston University. Timothy S. Shah is the director of the South Asian Studies Program and a research fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Robert D. Woodberry is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Texas-Austin. George Weigel is a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
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The Age of Neuroelectronics
For decades, experiments at the border between brains and electronics have led to sensationalistic media coverage, vivid science fiction portrayals, and dreams of cyborgs and bionic men. But recently, this area of science has seen remarkable advances -- from robotic limbs controlled directly by brain activity, to brain implants that alter the mood of the depressed, to rats steered by remote control. In this New Atlantis article, EPPC Fellow Adam Keiper explores the peculiar history and present directions of this research, and considers the challenges of staying human in the age of neuroelectronics.
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Blogging on the Courts
EPPC President Edward Whelan, the director of the program on The Constitution, the Courts, and the Culture, is a leading contributor to Bench Memos, National Review Online's award-winning blog on judicial nominations and constitutional law. You can read a list of all of his postings here.
Here is some of the praise Mr. Whelan has received for his blogging:
 From Steve Schmidt, who, as special adviser to President Bush, led the White House's efforts to confirm the Supreme Court nominations of John Roberts and Samuel Alito: "Ed Whelan was the most influential and valuable commentator on the nominations of Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito. His remarkably rapid, thorough, and reliable responses to the distorted attacks on the nominees prevented those attacks from gaining traction. The White House was deeply grateful that he was on our side."
From Paul Mirengoff of the influential Power Line blog: "Blogs like NRO’s Bench Memos … enable legal super-stars like Ed Whelan to shoot down bad arguments against nominees within hours."
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