Francis Cardinal George, OMI, the Catholic Archbishop of Chicago, was the first speaker of the new Religions and Public Life speaker series, “Paradoxical Politics: Religions, Poverty and Citizenship.” The six speakers chosen for the series are leading scholars and practitioners from the U.S. and abroad. This program is co-sponsored by KIE, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, and the Divinity School.

The Cardinal’s talk focused on Catholic social teaching in the age of economic globalization, and was delivered to a packed room in the Westbrook Building. He discussed the Church’s focus on strengthening communities and the ways in which global capitalism is creating increasingly stratified societies.

To watch the entire talk, visit the Religion and Public Life resources page, where all of the videos for the speaker series will be posted throughout the spring.

The next talk will be on Tuesday night. All remaining talks will be on Tuesdays, beginning at 5:30 pm in room 0014 of the Westbrook Building, next to Duke Chapel.

Jose Casanova | February 19
“Post-secularization, Globalization, and Poverty”

Ruth Marshall | February 26
“Pentecostalism, Poverty & Power”

Katherine Marshall | March 5
“Religion and Development”

Peter van der Veer | March 26
“The Spiritual, the Secular and the Poor in India and China”

Susan Holman | April 9
“Public Health, Poverty & Patristics”

Grants of up to $500 are available to all Duke students, faculty and staff for projects that support initiatives that promote ethical or moral reflection, deliberation, and dialogue at Duke and beyond. We welcome diverse perspectives and submissions from organizations and individuals in all areas of the University and the Medical Center. Campus Grant funding provides support for speakers, workshops, meetings, curriculum development, publications, organizational collaborations, and other activities. Travel grants for attending conferences or other individual activities will not be awarded.

For more information and to download the application, visit our Campus Grants site.

Recently, the Brooklyn College Political Science Department has come under pressure for its co-sponsorship of a roundtable on the BDS movement against Israel. KIE faculty Kieran Healy points out in his recent blog post that invitation to conversations on academic campuses does not equal approval of speakers’ viewpoints or politics.

DukeToday featured KIE Director Noah Pickus in a story on the newest immigration reforms coming from Congress. Pickus outlines the challenges to the “broken system” of immigration law currently in place.

Trust Across America, a collaborative initiative run by Next Decade, Inc., has released its list of the “Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior 2013.” Nonresident Senior Fellow Chris MacDonald has been named to the list.