Malachi Hacohen and Samuel Moyn discuss the relative influence of Judaism and Christianity upon liberalism’s evolution after the Second World War, as well as the possible role that religious ideas might again play in shaping future developments of political thought. Malachi Hacohen is Professor of History, Political Science, and Religion at Duke University. He is […]

Charles Taylor and Akeel Bilgrami think together about secularism’s influence upon the political culture of modern societies. The conversation will re-examine some of the questions raised in the edited volume, Beyond the Secular West, which examined the applicability of Taylor’s vision of North Atlantic secularism to other regions of the world.   Akeel Bilgrami is […]

Abe Piasek's powerful story of survival during the Holocaust saw him taken from his family in Poland at age 13. He never saw his mother, father, or younger sister again. Abe toiled in three slave labor camps from 1942-45. When he was liberated in 1945 at age 16, he weighed under 80 pounds. Abe did […]

The Sanford School for Public Policy and the Kenan Institute for Ethics invite you to hone your own sense of purpose as you consider what it means to work for the public good, what it takes to sustain yourself in the process, and how to imagine creative, boundary-breaking work in the public sector. The experience […]