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Center Conversation, Number 28
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Muslims in Hindu Nationalist India
A Conversation with Asghar Ali Engineer and Paul R. Brass
By Timothy Samuel Shah
Posted: Friday, April 30, 2004


CENTER CONVERSATIONS


At a seminar held at the Ethics and Public Policy Center on January 20, 2004, two experts on religious conflict in South Asia discussed the possible impact of increasing religious militancy -- both Hindu and Muslim -- on the Indian democratic state. The speakers were the Indian scholar and activist Asghar Ali Engineer and the American scholar of Indian politics Paul R. Brass. Their remarks in the edited transcript that follows lead to a lively discussion with other participants. Moderator Timothy Samuel Shah is a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center specializing in South Asia. The seminar co-sponsor was INFEMIT, a network of Third World theologians and activists led by Vinay Samuel, and funding was generously provided by Fieldstead and Company.

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EPPC on Book TV
Weigel Featured on "In Depth"

On Sunday, June 1, EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel was featured on C-SPAN2/Book TV's program "In Depth."

Click here to view the program online.   


Religion and the Media
Michael Cromartie
Faith Angle Conference -- May 2008

EPPC Vice President Michael Cromartie moderated a series of discussions in May at the semi-annual Faith Angle Conference sponsored by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life and held in Key West, Florida. Transcripts of the informative talks are now available online.


 American Evangelicalism: New Leaders, New Faces, New Issues -- D. Michael Lindsay, author of Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite, describes eight fallacies or misconceptions he held as he began his book.

 Religious Voters in the 2008 Election: What It Means for Democrats, Republicans -- William A. Galston, a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution and an assistant for domestic policy in the Clinton administration, discusses the importance of the Catholic vote in 2008.

 How Our Brains are Wired for Belief -- What does brain science add to age-old debates about the existence of God and the value of religion? Can political parties and religious groups use scientific insights to influence the beliefs of others? Dr. Andrew Newberg and Mr. David Brooks raise these questions and share their insights with journalists.