- Civil Liberties Forum: Emerging Issues in a Post-9/11 World
- NEXUS Interfaith Dialogue Series: Rites of Passage: Interfaith Perspectives on Life's Transitions
- What Now for the Center for the Study of Religious Freedom?
- Religious Freedom Dialogues: CSRF Brown-Bag Conversation Series
- Religious Freedom and National Security
Civil Liberties Forum: Emerging Issues in a Post-9/11 World
Monday, September 19, 2005, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Blocker Auditorium
"Those who would give up Liberty to purchase temporary Security deserve neither."
-- Benjamin Franklin
Are we losing civil liberties guaranteed to us by our Constitution in the ongoing quest for a secure America? A look at the impact of the USA PATRIOT Act and other issues regarding security and privacy.
Forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters, and hosted by the Center for the Study of Religious Freedom. Panelists: Congressman Bobby Scott; Professor Robert Ash, Regent University Law School; Kent Willis, executive director, American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia; Sgt. David Squires, Virginia Beach Police Department First Responder. Moderator: Paul Rasor, CSRF Director. Voter registration will be available.
NEXUS Interfaith Dialogue Series: Rites of Passage: Interfaith Perspectives on Life's Transitions
Mondays, September 26 and November 28, 2005, and January 30, March 27, and April 24, 2006, 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Boyd Dining Hall
The 2005 - 2006 NEXUS interfaith dialogue series will explore "rites of passage." All religious traditions have beliefs, practices and rituals that help make meaning of key life transitions. These programs will consider how an interfaith exploration of these practices can deepen our understanding of our own life transitions.
The series is sponsored by the Center for the Study of Religious Freedom, the Tidewater Chapter of The National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ), The Virginian-Pilot, and Cox Communications.
What Now for the Center for the Study of Religious Freedom?
Thursday, October 6 / 11 a.m. and repeated at 7:30 p.m.
Boyd Dining Hall East
Dr. Paul Rasor, the new Joan and Macon Brock Director of the Center for the Study of Religious Freedom, begins his first year at Virginia Wesleyan College with a public lecture outlining his vision for the Center. Followed by questions and discussion.
Religious Freedom Dialogues: CSRF Brown-Bag Conversation Series
Thursdays, October 20, November 3 and 17 /
11:00 - 11:50 a.m.
Boyd Center
The CSRF Brown-Bag conversation series will give the campus and the broader community an opportunity to explore several issues relating to religious freedom. Topics include "Is There a Right to Religious Privacy?" "Religious Freedom: Why Bother? Why Here?" "Christianity and Religious Freedom"
Religious Freedom and National Security
January 28, February 7, February 9, February 18, March 30, and April 6
What is the impact of national security policy on religious freedom in America? This question forms the point of departure for this semester-long interdisciplinary symposium.
Civil liberties are often curtailed in times of national crisis. There is a tendency for people to become more fearful and less tolerant, and a parallel tendency for civil liberties to be treated as commodities that can be bargained away or simply deemed expendable. Religious liberty and tolerance are often among the casualties.
Since September 11, these tendencies have been apparent in the political and social situation in the United States. These programs will explore their implications for religious freedom from a variety of perspectives, including historical, legal, social, political and religious.