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The Richard Johnson lecture is an annual public event that seeks to highlight Christianity’s relevance to society and to positively contribute to public discourse on key aspects of civil life.
The Myth of Religious Violence: Q&A with William Cavanaugh
Richard Johnson Lectures
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2 years ago
The Myth of Religious Violence: Q&A with William Cavanaugh
In this episode you’ll hear the Q&A session that followed William Cavanaugh’s 2016 lecture titled…
The Myth of Religious Violence
You can hear his lecture in an earlier episode of this podcast, but here is William, with John Dickson, digging deeper into the topic.
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WIlliam is Professor of Theology at DePaul University in Chicago. He holds degrees from Notre Dame, Cambridge, and Duke University, and has worked for the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the Notre Dame Law School. His areas of specialisation include political theology and economic ethics. He is the author of The Myth of Religious Violence: Secular Ideology, The Roots of Modern Conflict, and Field Hospital: The Church’s Engagement with a Wounded World.
Some of William Cavanaugh’s books:
The Myth of Religious Violence
Field Hospital: The Church’s Engagement with a Wounded World
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Richard Johnson Lectures
The Richard Johnson lecture is an annual public event that seeks to highlight Christianity’s relevance to society and to positively contribute to public discourse on key aspects of civil life.
