EPPC Conferences and Events

George Washington’s Vision for Religious Freedom and Church-State Relations

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST

On Wednesday, November 16, the Ethics and Public Policy Center will inaugurate its new American Religious Freedom program with a lunchtime event that will highlight and explore George Washington's statements and actions as president on church-state relations and on religious liberty.

Heaven! We’re in Heaven!

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 EST

Join EPPC Resident Scholar James Bowman in the fifth annual summer movie series as he leaves this life entirely to see how the movies have thought about the next one.

The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:00:00 EST

What is the future of reading—and especially of reading well? Alan Jacobs, a professor of English at Wheaton College and a contributing editor to EPPC's journal The New Atlantis, discussed these questions in a conference hosted by The New Atlantis on June 3, 2011.

The Role of Churches in Promoting Democracy in Latin America

Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 EST

On Friday, May 27, Dr. Timothy Samuel Shah and Dr. Monica Duffy Toft, co-authors of God's Century: Resurgent Religion and Global Politics, and Harold Caballeros, Presidential Candidate in Guatemala, will participate in a panel discussion moderated by EPPC Senior Fellow Rick Santorum. This event is sponsored by the Program to Promote and Protect America's Freedom.

The Communist War Against the Catholic Church: New Evidence from the Past, Lessons for the Future

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST

In his tenth annual William E. Simon Lecture, EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel will reflect on a dramatic—and too little understood—chapter in 20th century history: the decades-long war waged by the KGB, the Polish secret police, and the East German Stasi against the Catholic Church and the Vatican itself.