CRCD Luncheon

917 Lamar Street,Fort Worth TX 76102

18 November, 2021

Description

Private lunch and discussion panel, as well as other information and resources for getting to know the offerings of the CRCD. You're invited to mid-day event on November 18, 2021, hosted at St. Andrew's Epsicpocal church in Fort Worth. This private luncheon brings together some of the leading thinkers on the place of religion in society for what promises to be an edifying discussion. This is an invite-only event with limited capacity, please do register through this link by Friday, November 12. Lunch and refreshements provided. About the participants: Dr. Samuel P. Goldman is associate professor of political science and executive director of the Loeb Institute for Religious Freedom at George Washington University. He is the author most recently of After Nationalism: Being American in an Age of Division. The Rev. Dr. John Nunes is president of Concordia College | New York. He previously served as the Emil and Elfriede Jochum Chair at Valparaiso University as well as president and CEO of Lutheran World Relief. The author of Voices from the City, Nunes writes and presents widely on topics related to urban mission, social theology, and ministry among youth. Dr. Catherine R. Pakaluk is assistant professor of social research and economic thought and director of social research at the Busch School of Business at the Catholic University of America. Her work has examined the relationship between religion and education, parental influence and school quality, contraception and demographic trends, as well as Catholic social thought, culture, gender, and social science. Dr. Jordan J. Ballor (moderator) is director of research at the Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy, an initiative of the First Liberty Institute. His responsibilities include oversight of research publications as well as pursuit of his own scholarship, popular speaking, and writing. His work at the CRCD manifests his passion for combining a robust theological understanding of social life with a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to the development of civil society.