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Why Genesis? Why Now?
Why Genesis? Why Now?
A discussion of The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis, by Leon Kass
Start:  Tuesday, June 17, 2003  4:00 PM
End:  Tuesday, June 17, 2003  5:30 PM
Location:   EPPC Conference Center
1015 15th St NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC

The Ethics and Public Policy Center invites you to a discussion of The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis, a new book by Leon Kass, chairman of the President’s Council on Bioethics. It will address Dr. Kass’s bold new reading of Genesis, as well as the role of the Bible and its interpretation in American society and public life.

Joining Dr. Kass will be:

Leon Wieseltier, Literary Editor of The New Republic
Alan Jacobs, Professor of English at Wheaton College
George Weigel, John M. Olin Fellow in Catholic Studies at the Ethics and Public Policy Center

More Information
Kasey Cook
1015 15th St NW #900
Washington, DC  20005
Phone: (202) 682-1200 x206
Fax: (202) 408-0632
E-mail: kcook@eppc.org
New: Faith Angle Forum Videos

Dr. Peter Berger spoke at EPPC's most recent Faith Angle Forum on the topic "Six Decades as a Worldwide Religion Watcher: Observations and Lessons Learned." Watch selections from his presentation and Q&A session here. 


M. Edward Whelan III
Blogging on the Courts

EPPC President Edward Whelan, the director of the program on The Constitution, the Courts, and the Culture, is a leading contributor to Bench Memos, National Review Online's award-winning blog on judicial nominations and constitutional law. You can read a list of all of his postings here.

Paul Mirengoff of the influential Power Line blog has said, "Blogs like NRO’s Bench Memos … enable legal super-stars like Ed Whelan to shoot down bad arguments against nominees within hours." 


The End and the Beginning

EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel's latest book, The End and the Beginning: Pope John Paul II -- The Victory of Freedom, the Last Years, the Legacy is available now. Read a review of Weigel's book, by the Hoover Institution's Mary Eberstadt in the December 2010 issue of Policy Review, here. Meanwhile, Daniel Henninger of the Wall Street Journal discusses Mr. Weigel's new book in his column, here. 

The views expressed by EPPC scholars in their work are their individual views only and are not to be imputed to EPPC as an institution.
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