Friday, December 13, 2013

WATCH LIVE: Conference on Religious Persecution - December 13-14 in Rome

Religious freedom is under siege.  Around the world, from Cairo and Damascus to Tehran and Beijing, Christianity finds itself increasingly persecuted.
Beginning today the Religious Freedom Project at Georgetown University, together with Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion, is hosting a two-day conference in Rome to highlight Christianity’s contributions to the understanding and practice of freedom for all people.  At the conference, new findings will be presented from a two-year study by dozens of scholars concerning Christianity’s contributions to freedom.
The Sorbonne’s Rémi Brague, winner of the 2012 Ratzinger Prize, and His Beatitude Mar Louis Raphaël I Sako of Baghdad, patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldean Catholic Church, will deliver keynote addresses. Other speakers will include Baylor University President Ken Starr, former solicitor general of the United States, and Marcello Pera, former president of the Italian Senate.
CLICK HERE to watch the LIVE WEBCAST from Rome on Friday, December 13 and Saturday, December 14 from 3:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. EST at the Aleteia website.
Following is a detailed agenda. 
AGENDA
Friday, December 13, 2013, 9:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
9:30-10:00 a.m. | Welcoming Remarks
Thomas Farr
Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, Christians and Religious Freedom
Marcello Pera, Why We Should Call Ourselves Christians (Even if We Aren’t)
10:00-11:15 a.m. | The Terrible Facts: What is Happening to the World’s Christians?
11:15-11:30 a.m. | Coffee break
11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. | The First Thousand Years: Christianity’s Early Relationship to Freedom (as Persecuted and as Persecutor) 
1:00-3:00 p.m. | Lunch
3:00-4:15 p.m. | Christian Views on Dignity, Slavery, Proselytism, and Democracy
4:15-4:30 p.m. | Coffee break
4:30-5:45 p.m. | Religious Freedom in the Lion’s Den?
6:00-7:30p.m. | Keynote Address by Professor Rémi Brague, God and Freedom: Biblical Roots of the Western Idea of Liberty.
Saturday, December 14, 2013, 9:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
9:30-10:00 a.m. | Opening address by Ken Starr
10:00-11:15 a.m. | Christians Among the Most Vulnerable: Empowering Women and the Poor in Developing Societies 
11:15-11:30 a.m. | Coffee break
11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. | Christianity and Freedom in Asia
1:00-3:00 p.m. | Lunch
3:00-4:15 p.m. | Would Europe or America Exist Without Christianity?
4:15-4:30 p.m. | Coffee break
4:30-5:45 p.m. | A conversation on Christianity and Freedom in the Future of the West
Matthew Franck (Moderator)
Roger Trigg
David Novak
Remi Brague
John Allen
6:00-7:30 p.m. | Keynote Address by Archbishop Louis Raphael Sako, Chaldean Patriarch of Iraq, Christianity Matters: What Middle Eastern Societies Will Lose If Christians Flee
This event is made possible by a grant from the Historical Society’s Religion and Innovation in Human Affairs Program.

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