April 6, 2015

This day-long conference addresses the political, theological, and legal issues raised by libertarianism from a Catholic context. The presentations are featured below in four parts.

Cosponsored by the School of Theology and MinistryandThe Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College

Part Iis a keynote presentationonLibertarianism as an Issue in Political Philosophy.ⲹ,William H. Bonsall Visiting Professor, Stanford University, and professor of politics, Princeton University.

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Part IIis a panel onLibertarianism, Society and Culture, featuringM. CathleenKaveny, convener and Darald and Juliet Libby Professor, Boston College Department of Theology;Dana Dillon,assistant professor of theology, Providence College;Mary Jo Iozzio,Boston CollegeSTM professor of moral theology; andMark Silk, director, Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life and professor of religion in public life, Trinity College.

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Part IIIis a lecture Alan Wolfe,Boston College professor of political scienceand director of The Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life.

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Part IVis a panel onLibertarianism, Politics, and Economics, featuringMichael Sean Winters, convener and journalist forNational Catholic Reporterand author of the blog “Distinctly Catholic”;Meghan J. Clark,assistant professor of moral theology, St. John’s University Department of Theology and Religious Studies;Stephen F. Schneck,director, Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies, The Catholic University of America; andMary Jo Bane,Thornton Bradshaw Professor of Public Policy and Management, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

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