Religion and the New Politics A Kripke Symposium

Thursday, February 13, 2020 8:30–9:15 Jeffrey Maciejewski, “Where the Gift of Counsel Goes Awry: Persuasion and the New Politics” 9:15–10:00 Matthew J. M. Coomber, “Understanding and Confronting the Callousness of Trumpian Politics: A

Biblical-Psychological Approach” 10:30–11:15 Sabrina Danielsen, Dan DiLeo, and Emily Burke, “U.S. Catholic Bishops’ Discussions of President

Obama vs. President Trump, 2014-2019” 11:15–12:00 Daniel Rober, “Beyond ‘Western Civilization’: Toward the Recentering of Catholic Politics” 1:00–1:45 Richard Witmer and Eric Hansen, “Religion and Politics in the Contemporary Era: How Education and

Age Shape Political Belief and Behavior” 1:45–2:30 Kristin Mattson and Jennifer Reed-Bouley, “Dignity and Freedom in the Classroom: A Framework for

Navigating Contentious Issues in the Era of Trump” 3:00–3:45 Trish Ross, “Nothing But The Truth? Discussing Religion and Science” 3:45–4:30 Leonard J. Greenspoon, “‘If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem . . .’: American Jews and Israel in the Twenty-

First Century” 4:30–5:15 Jay Carney, “The Church and Semi-Authoritarian Political Regimes in Great Lakes Africa”

Friday, February 14, 2020 8:30–9:15 Jacob Rump, “From Word to Flesh: Embodied Racism and the New Politics” 9:15–10:00 Laura Alexander, “The New Politics of Religious Freedom: Humanitarian Aid and Sanctuary as Religious

Mandates” 10:30–11:15 Crystal Hall, “Unholy Economics and Environmental Impacts: Reading Revelation in the Climate Crisis” 11:15–12:00 Richard Miller, “Laudato Si, Catholic Social Teaching, and the Green New Deal” 1:00–1:45 Kevin McCabe, “From the ‘Culture of Death’ to the ‘Crisis of Liberalism’: Recent Shifts in Catholic

Politics” 1:45–2:30 Todd Salzman and Michael Lawler, “The New Politics on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and

Discrimination” 3:00–3:45 Erin Kidd, “Feeling One’s Way at the End of the World” 3:45–4:30 William O. Stephens and Alyssa Ellerbusch, “Religion, Politics, and Carnism” 4:30–5:15 Matthew Reznicek, “Working for Dignity: Laborers and the Nineteenth-Century Novel”

All presentations will be given in the Skutt Student Center 105 The symposium is free and open to the public

For more information, contact Colleen Hastings at ColleenHastings@creighton.edu or (402) 280-2303