17 november 2017: Law and Religious Freedom Book Panel at the AAR / SBL Annual Meetings

The Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, NJ is pleased to announce a new event at the upcoming Annual Meetings of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) and Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) in Boston, “Fresh Thinking from CTI”:

“In a pre-meeting session from 4:00pm to 6:00pm on Friday, November 17th (M17-304, Sheraton Boston-Clarendon, third level), recent Members will discuss their ‘Fresh Thinking from CTI’ with invited guest scholars. In the first hour from 4:00pm, ethicist Frederick Simmons will present a short paper on his work in our inquiry on astrobiology, religion, and society. Lisa Sideris (Indiana University) will give a response before discussion. In the second hour from 5:00pm, two scholars in the CTI inquiry on law & religious freedom will discuss new books they wrote while in residence: John Burgess (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary) will discuss his study of the Orthodox Church and the State in contemporary Russia, Holy Rus‘ (Yale University Press) and Hans-Martien ten Napel, Leiden University Law School, will discuss his new book on Constitutionalism, Democracy and Religious Freedom (Routledge). Cathleen Kaveny, Shaun Casey, and Robin Lovin will serve as panelists for the book discussion.”