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emailWednesday, September 26, 2012
Role of Religion in the 2012 Campaign: Directions and Dangers for Faith and Politics
Role of Religion in the 2012
Campaign:
Directions and Dangers for Faith and Politics
A study group led by IOP Fellow John Carr
Wednesdays, 4:15-5:45pm
This fall at the Harvard Institute of Politics is an ideal time and
place to assess the always complex, often decisive and sometimes
explosive links between religious faith and electoral politics.
This Study Group will discuss the roles and impacts of religion in
the 2012 campaign, including religious identities and appeals of
candidates, faith-based efforts of campaigns and activities of
religious groups.
John Carr, the IOP Fellow who leads this Study Group, has three
decades of leadership at the intersection of faith and politics in
the Catholic and interfaith communities. He has led the US
Catholic bishops’ efforts on economic and social justice, global
development and religious liberty and war and peace. He is an
experienced legislative advocate, coalition builder and teacher on
the responsibilities and limitations of religious groups in public
life. Carr has unique knowledge and long experience on the
often crucial, and sometimes dangerous, mix of religion and
politics in the United States.
The 2012 campaign is full of religious themes, strategies and
implications. The religious content and impacts of the 2012
campaign are likely to be crucial in electoral outcomes … and will
have lasting implications for both American politics and religious
life.
- Location:Facutly Dining Room
- Date:Wednesday, September 26, 2012
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Time:4:00 PM
