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"Center Conversations," edited by senior editor Carol Griffith, are based on conferences and seminars related to various Center projects. To receive a hard copy of "Center Conversations" please join as an associate of the Center by going to the Support EPPC page. |
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Iraq: Making Ethnic Peace After Saddam
A Conversation with Kanan Makiya and Patrick Clawson
Posted: Monday, March 10, 2003
In a seminar session on January 15, 2003, two experts on Iraq spoke about the prevention of ethnic conflict after the expected elimination of Saddam Hussein’s regime through military action. Brandeis professor Kanan Makiya is a leader of the Iraqi opposition, and Patric Clawson is deputy director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. What follows is an edited version of their remarks and the subsequent general discussion, moderated by Center fellow Timothy Samuel Shah. The seminar was part of the Center’s project on Ethnic Partition and U.S. Foreign Policy.
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The Genetic Revolution and American Democracy
A Conversation with Eric Cohen and William Kristol
Posted: Saturday, March 1, 2003
In April 2002 a group of journalists, intellectuals, and policymakers gathered at the Ethics and Public Policy Center to consider the moral challenges and political consequences of the biotechnology revolution. The event marked the publication of The Future Is Now: America Confronts the New Genetics , a new volume edited by William Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard , and Eric Cohen, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Their remarks will be followed by an edited version of the ensuing discussion, moderated by Center president Hillel Fradkin.
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Hindu Nationalism vs. Islamic Jihad: Religious Militancy in South Asia
A Conversation with Cedric Prakash, Teesta Setalvad, Kamal Chenoy, Sumit Ganguly, Sunil Khilnani, and Jonah Blank
By Timothy Samuel Shah
Posted: Monday, February 3, 2003
On June 10, 2002, the Ethics and Public Policy Center sponsored a conference in which six experts on South Asia discussed the impact of increasing religious militancy—Hindu as well as Islamic—on geopolitical stability and religious freedom in the subcontinent. Co-sponsoring the conference was INFEMIT, a network of Third World theologians and activists led by Dr. Vinay Samuel. In the edited transcript that follows, each of the six experts makes brief remarks. Then other conference participants join them in a lively discussion. Moderator Timothy Samuel Shah is a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center specializing in South Asia.
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Religion and Terrorism
A Conversation with Bruce Hoffman and Jeffrey Goldberg
Posted: Monday, January 6, 2003
In January 2002, two dozen journalists gathered at the Pier House in Key West, Florida, at the invitation of the Ethics and Public Policy Center for a two-day seminar. Its purpose was to enhance journalistic understanding of current religious and cultural issues. The session from which this "Conversation" is drawn featured terrorism expert Bruce Hoffman of the RAND Corporation. What follows is an edited version of Dr. Hoffman’s remarks, a brief response by Jeffrey effrey Goldberg Goldberg, and the ensuing general discussion as moderated by Center vice president Michael Cromartie.
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Islam: A Primer
A Conversation with Roy Mottahedeh and Jay Tolson
Posted: Sunday, September 8, 2002
In January 2002 a group of journalists gathered at the Pier House in Key West, Florida, at the invitation of the Ethics and Public Policy Center for a two-day seminar. Its purpose was to enhance journalistic understanding of current religious and cultural issues. The session from which this "Conversation" is drawn featured Harvard historian Roy Mottahedeh, with a response by journalist Jay Tolson. Their remarks here are followed by an edited version of the ensuing general discussion, moderated by Center vice president Michael Cromartie. A seminar session featuring Samuel P. Huntington appeared as "Center Conversation" 14, and a session with Bruce Hoffman is forthcoming. These seminars for journalists are made possible by a generous grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts.
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| Religion and the Media |
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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.
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