Faith and Culture Lecture Series
The Office of the President, with support from the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, & World Affairs, has sponsored the Faith and Culture Lecture Series since 2008. These public interfaith conversations invite contemporary writers and creators to discuss their work in the context of modern faith and culture.
Decree 4 [General Congregation 32, 1975], having made its central affirmation about the inseparability of the service of faith and the promotion of justice, then speaks of ‘our mission to evangelize,’ particularly through dialogue with members of other religious traditions and through the engagement with culture which is essential for an effective presentation of the Gospel.
General Congregation 34 of the Society of Jesus, 1995
Georgetown University, in response to this vision, has inaugurated a lecture series which invites contemporary writers to reflect on their work in the context of the engagement of faith with culture. Seeking the integration of faith and culture represents a commitment to a church within the world, serving the human search for truth, justice, and solidarity.
Recent news and upcoming lecturesPast Events
The Public Self in the Virtual Present: A Conversation with Richard Rodriguez
October 22, 2020
The Ignatian Imagination: A Veteran’s Perspective: A Conversation with Phil Klay
November 13, 2018
Our American Epic: Taylor Branch on Telling the Story of the Civil Rights Movement
November 18, 2013
Cardinal Newman Today: Issues of Culture and Faith
September 23, 2010
Disappointed Belief: Literature, God, and the New Atheism – A Conversation with James Wood and Paul Elie
April 13, 2010
