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Paper Released

Kuyper Lecture Header: Kuyper Lecture

The text of the 2008 Kuyper Lecture, "The Future of Christian-democratic Politics," is now available as a PDF (16 pages). The lecture was delivered by Jonathan Chaplin, director of the Kirby Laing Institute for Christian Ethics, Cambridge, England. The event took place in October on the campus of Villanova University.

 

Faith-Based Initiative

Why the Fuss about Religious Staffing? 
The nation’s premier employment nondiscrimination law, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, includes an exemption so that religious organizations may make employment decisions based on religion. Learn more about this vital religious freedom.

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Booklet Released

The Center has released the first product of a grant-funded project on economic justice—a booklet titled “Toward Civic Justice and Economic Empowerment.”  
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Root & Branch

"The Left Wing of America's Civil Religion" (12.03.08) is the topic of our latest issue of Root & Branch, a publication on the religion and society debate. Join a discussion of this essay at the On Faith blog, co-sponsored by Newsweek and The Washington Post.

Books by Alumni

New books by former CPJ Civitas scholars:

  • Minority Report
    co-written by Brian Newman;  More>>
  • The Politics of Latino Faith
    by Catherine E. Wilson;  More>>
  • Politics and the Order of Love
    by Eric Gregory;  More>>