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Seminar Leaders
Tony Blair
Former British Prime Minister; Howland Distinguished Professor
Mr. Blair will join Professor Miroslav Volf in leading this seminar.
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Miroslav Volf
Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology and Director for the Yale Center for Faith and Culture
Professor Volf is the leader of this seminar, along with Howland Distinguished Professor, Tony Blair.
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Significance and Ambivalence of Faiths

Harold W. Attridge
Dean of Yale Divinity School and Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament
Dean Attridge interviewed Professor John Kelsay to explore, among other topics, Professor Kelsay's views on the relationship between Christianity and Islam.
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John Kelsay
Associate Dean for Humanities, Distinguished Research Professor and Richard L. Rubenstein Professor of Religion at Florida State University
Professor Kelsay joined the discussion on the Significance and Ambivalence of Faith by appearing as a guest lecturer in the seminar and engaging in an earlier discussion with Harold Attridge, Dean of Yale Divinity School.
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Miroslav Volf
Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology and Director for the Yale Center for Faith and Culture
Professor Volf is the leader of this seminar, along with Howland Distinguished Professor, Tony Blair.
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Stakes in Faith and Globalization

Tony Blair
Former British Prime Minister; Howland Distinguished Professor
Mr. Blair will join Professor Miroslav Volf in leading this seminar.
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Miroslav Volf
Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology and Director for the Yale Center for Faith and Culture
Professor Volf is the leader of this seminar, along with Howland Distinguished Professor, Tony Blair.
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"State of Faiths" in the World Today

David Martin
Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics
Professor Martin will appear as a guest lecturer at the seminar and appears in a sit-down video interview with Professor Volf.
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Miroslav Volf
Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology and Director for the Yale Center for Faith and Culture
Professor Volf is the leader of this seminar, along with Howland Distinguished Professor, Tony Blair.
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Secularization, Religious Resurgence, and Multiple Modernities

Philip S. Gorski
Co-Director of the Center for Comparative Research and Professor of Sociology at Yale University
Professor Gorski will appear as a guest lecturer at the seminar.
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Miroslav Volf
Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology and Director for the Yale Center for Faith and Culture
Professor Volf is the leader of this seminar, along with Howland Distinguished Professor, Tony Blair.
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Role of Faiths in the Processes of Globalization

Timothy C. Collins
Founder, Senior Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Ripplewood Holdings LLC
Timothy C. Collins will appear as a guest lecturer at the seminar.
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Nayan Chanda
Director of Publications and the Editor of YaleGlobal Online Magazine at the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization
A thought leader on the process of Globalization, Mr. Chanda is featured in netcasts discussing the topic.
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Lamin Sanneh
D. Willis James Professor of Missions & World Christianity and Professor of History at Yale University
Professor Sanneh will appear as a guest lecturer at the seminar.
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José Casanova
Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University and Senior Fellow in the Berkley Center
Professor Casanova will appear as a guest lecturer at the seminar.
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Miroslav Volf
Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology and Director for the Yale Center for Faith and Culture
Professor Volf is the leader of this seminar, along with Howland Distinguished Professor, Tony Blair.
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Faith and the Dynamics of Economic Development

John L. Thornton
Professor and Director of Global Leadership, Tsinghua University, Beijing
John L. Thornton will appear as a guest lecturer at the seminar.
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Joel M. Podolny
Dean of the Yale School of Management & William S. Beinecke Professor of Management
Dean Podolny will appear as a guest lecturer throughout the seminar.
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Miroslav Volf
Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology and Director for the Yale Center for Faith and Culture
Professor Volf is the leader of this seminar, along with Howland Distinguished Professor, Tony Blair.
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Persons of Faith Who are Publicly Engaged

Tony Blair
Former British Prime Minister; Howland Distinguished Professor
Mr. Blair will join Professor Miroslav Volf in leading this seminar.
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Miroslav Volf
Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology and Director for the Yale Center for Faith and Culture
Professor Volf is the leader of this seminar, along with Howland Distinguished Professor, Tony Blair.
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Faith and Violence

H. L. Seneviratne
Professor, Emeritus at the University of Virginia
H. L. Seneviratne will appear as a guest lecturer at the seminar.
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Dr. Peter Kuzmič
Eva B. and Paul E. Toms Distinguished Professor of World Missions and European Studies at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Dr. Kuzmic will appear as a guest lecturer at the seminar.
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Miroslav Volf
Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology and Director for the Yale Center for Faith and Culture
Professor Volf is the leader of this seminar, along with Howland Distinguished Professor, Tony Blair.
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Faith and Reconciliation

Roberto S. Goizueta
Professor of Theology at Boston College.
Roberto S. Goizueta's article "Put Your Finger Here..." - initially published in the Winter 2006 edition of "Reflections" - appears as part of the discussion on Faith and Reconciliation.
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Wesley Avram
Pastor of Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church in Bryn Mawr, PA
Wesley Avram's article, "Christian Anarchy and Reconciliation: A View from the Pulpit" - initially published in the Fall 2007 edition of "Reflections" - appears as part of the discussion on Faith and Reconciliation.
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Tony Blair
Former British Prime Minister; Howland Distinguished Professor
Mr. Blair will join Professor Miroslav Volf in leading this seminar.
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Miroslav Volf
Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology and Director for the Yale Center for Faith and Culture
Professor Volf is the leader of this seminar, along with Howland Distinguished Professor, Tony Blair.
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Faith and Economic Activity

Joel M. Podolny
Dean of the Yale School of Management & William S. Beinecke Professor of Management
Dean Podolny will appear as a guest lecturer throughout the seminar.
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Miroslav Volf
Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology and Director for the Yale Center for Faith and Culture
Professor Volf is the leader of this seminar, along with Howland Distinguished Professor, Tony Blair.
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Faith and Human Rights

Kamari Maxine Clarke
Associate Professor of Anthropology at Yale University and Research Scientist at the Yale Law School
Professor Clarke will appear as a guest lecturer at the seminar.
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John Witte, Jr.
Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University
Professor Witte will appear as a guest lecturer at the seminar.
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Miroslav Volf
Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology and Director for the Yale Center for Faith and Culture
Professor Volf is the leader of this seminar, along with Howland Distinguished Professor, Tony Blair.
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Public Role of Faith in Liberal Democracy

Harry S. Stout
Jonathan Edwards Professor of American Christianity at Yale Divinity School
Harry S. Stout's article, "In Search of Christian America" - initially published in the Fall 2007 edition of "Reflections" - appears as part of the discussion on the Public Role of Faith in Liberal Democracy.
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John Danforth
Former three-term U.S. Senator (R-MO), former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, ordained Episcopal priest
John Danforth's article, "Paul's Primer for Politics" - initially published in the Fall 2007 edition of "Reflections" - appears as part of the discussion on the Public Role of Faith in Liberal Democracy.
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Randall Balmer
Professor of American Religious History at Barnard College, Columbia University and author
Randall Balmer's article, "The Challenge of Christian Citizenship" - initially published in the Fall 2007 edition of "Reflections" - appears as part of the discussion on the Public Role of Faith in Liberal Democracy.
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John E. Hare
Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology at Yale Divinity School
John Hare's article "Politics and Salt"- initially published for the Fall 2004 issue of "Reflections" - appears as part of the discussion on the Public Role of Faith in Liberal Democracy.
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Nicholas Wolterstorff
Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology at Yale University
Professor Wolterstorff will appear as a guest lecturer at the seminar.
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Tony Blair
Former British Prime Minister; Howland Distinguished Professor
Mr. Blair will join Professor Miroslav Volf in leading this seminar.
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Miroslav Volf
Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology and Director for the Yale Center for Faith and Culture
Professor Volf is the leader of this seminar, along with Howland Distinguished Professor, Tony Blair.
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