Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs
The Berkley Center explores the intersection of religion with contemporary global challenges: relations among states and societies; global development; democracy and human rights; and culture and identity. Two premises guide the Center's work: that scholarship on religion and its role in world affairs can help to address these challenges effectively; and that the open engagement of religious traditions with one another and with the wider society can promote peace. The Center was created in March 2006 through a generous grant by William R. Berkley. » about the Center
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Featured Event
Political Theologies: Past, Present, and Future
October 16, 2008, 9:00am
Copley Hall
What are the main trends and challenges for political theologies today? What should political theology be in the 21st century? This conference will bring together leading scholars to examine political theologies in the Abrahamic traditions.
Featured Program
Undergraduate Fellows Program
The Berkley Center's Undergraduate Fellows Program gives a select group of Georgetown students the resources to conduct interviews, organize events, and formulate policy recommendations around a salient theme related to religion and world affairs. The students begin work in the spring semester and finish up the following fall. The 2007 program topic was "Religious Lobbies: A Force in US Politics?" The 2008 program topic is “Two Shall Become as One? Interreligious Marriage in America”.
Knowledge Resources
Berkley Center Reports
Faith Communities Engage the HIV/AIDS Crisis: Lessons Learned and Paths Forward
Junior Year Abroad Network Annual Report 2006–2007
Mapping the Role of Faith Communities in Development Policy: The US Case in International Perspective
2007 Undergraduate Fellows Report: Religious Advocates: A Force in US Politics?
Islam and the West
Survey of Activities
Islam and the West tracks events and programs around the world that bring together Muslims and non-Muslims to engage vital issues ranging from theology and ethics to citizenship, economic and social policy, and international affairs.