Santa Clara University

2008-09 Speakers

• Michael Eric Dyson

  October 9, 2008
  7:30 p.m.
  "The Collision of Politics, Religion, and Race"
  

  Ordained Baptist minister, cultural commentator, and author of the new book, April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Death and How It Changed America, Michael Eric Dyson will discuss such questions as, how can the African American church remain vital in the 21st century? What can bridge the religious racial divide in America? And finally, what messages would Martin Luther King Jr. have for our world today?

  Co-sponsored by the Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education

• Lisa Sowle Cahill

  January 15, 2009
  7:30 p.m.

  Santa Clara graduate, Lisa Sowle Cahill '70, will speak on Catholic notions of feminism, politics, peacemaking and ethics in the 21st century.  Cahill serves as the J. Donald Monan, S.J., Professor of Theology at Boston College, has authored several important books on modern Catholic teachings, and was recently appointed a political advisor to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign.

• E.J. Dionne Jr.

  March 11, 2009
  7:30 p.m.
  "Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics After the Religious Right"

  Washington Post columnist and political commentator E.J. Dionne Jr. will probe prevalent yet controversial issues involving the modern-day intersection of religion and politics while arguing that American religion is undergoing a renaissance emerging as a liberal force pushing social justice, education, health care, peacemaking, and concern for the poor and elderly.

• Avraham Burg

  May 6, 2009
  7:30 p.m.
  “God and Politics in the Middle East”

  Avraham Burg has been a leading figure in Israeli politics for the last 20 years; he is a former Speaker of the Knesset, leader of the World Zionist Organization, and author of the book, The Holocaust is Over; We Must Rise from its Ashes. He will look at the issues of peace in the Middle East, the state of Israel and its people, and whether religion prevents political systems from working effectively to promote progress.