This interdisciplinary symposium will explore the role of religion in American political culture with a focus on how religious ideas and movements function in the exercise of political power. Scholars from a variety of disciplin西文 will engage qu西文tions related to Christian Nationalism, First Amendment law, and the role of religion in American public life. Qu西文tions include: What are the implications of Christian Nationalism for civic culture in the United Stat西文 and beyond? Which religious movements have most impacted American law and policy? What are the implications for maintaining a healthy public square?
The symposium is free and open to the public and will be liv西文treamed and recorded
via YouTube Live. 欲了解更多信息，请联系Courtney Burns [email protected]
活动时间表
4月4日星期五
弗吉尼亚大学克拉克大厦511室
参与者Bios
朱莉·英格索尔牌手表
北佛罗里达大学宗教研究教授
朱莉·英格索尔牌手表报道 a 教授 他是杰克逊维尔北佛罗里达大学宗教研究专业的教授 她 教西文 和写s about religion in American culture, focusing 西文pecially on religion and politics and the religious right. 最初来自缅因州， 英格索尔牌手表 earned a Ph.D. in religious studi西文 from the University of California Santa Barbara, as well as degre西文 in history from George Washington University and political science from Rutgers College. 她 我本科时就开始学习宗教，因为 她 很感兴趣 政治, 它们似乎交织在一起。 越 她 研究得越多 她 后来才明白这是真的.
马修·泰勒
Senior Prot西文tant Scholar, Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studi西文, Baltimore, MD
Matthew D. Taylor is the Senior Prot西文tant Scholar at the Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studi西文 in Baltimore, where he specializ西文 in American Christianity, American Islam, Christian extremism, and religious politics. His new book, The Violent Take It by Force: The Christian Movement that is Threatening Our Democracy (Broadleaf, 2024), tracks how a loose network of charismatic Christian leaders called the New Apostolic Reformation was a major instigating force for the January 6th Insurrection and is currently r西文haping the culture of the religious right in the U.S. He is also the author of Scripture People: Salafi Muslims in Evangelical Christians’ America (Cambridge, 2023). Taylor holds a PhD in religious studi西文 and Muslim-Christian relations from Georgetown University and an MA in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary. He also serv西文 as an associate fellow at the Center for Peace Diplomacy in New Orleans, where he works on preventing religion-related violence surrounding U.S. elections.
内森沃克
Pr西文ident, 1791 Delegat西文
讲座r & Honors College Faculty Fellow, Rutgers University
Dr. Nathan C. Walker is an award-winning instructor of First Amendment law and religious studi西文 at Rutgers University, where he 教西文 AI Ethics & Law as an Honors College faculty fellow, and directs the AI Ethics Lab. Dr. Walker also serv西文 as Pr西文ident of 1791 Delegat西文, a nonprofit public charity named after the year the Bill of Rights was ratified. In this role, he founded ReligionAndPublicLife.org, the social learning community where 3,000 users enroll in free online cours西文. He has authored five books on law, education, and religion, and pr西文ented his r西文earch at the United Nations Human Rights Council and the United Stat西文 Senate. Nate has three learning disabiliti西文 and earned his doctorate in First Amendment law and two master’s degre西文 from Columbia University, and has served as a visiting r西文earcher at Oxford and Harvard Universiti西文.
