Thursday, January 29, 2009

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY SPONSORS SYMPOSIUM ON PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE CATHOLIC SOCIAL AGENDA


WHAT: "The Obama Administration and the Catholic Social Agenda"

WHEN: 4-6 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 29

WHERE: The Catholic University of America
Vincent Walter Room, Curley Hall
620 Michigan Ave., N.E.
Washington, D.C.

DETAILS:. How will the Barack Obama administration address issues of importance to the Catholic Church, such as poverty, peace, immigration, life issues, environmental stewardship and globalization? A panel of experts, moderated by William Barbieri, associate dean and associate professor in CUA's School of Theology and Religious Studies, will discuss such topics in a panel titled "The Obama Administration and the Catholic Social Agenda."

Panelists will include: John Langan, S.J., Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Professor of Catholic Social Thought at Georgetown University; Maryann Cusimano Love, associate professor of politics at CUA and Life Cycle Institute fellow; John Steinbruner, professor and director of the Center of International and Security Studies at the University of Maryland and Leslie Tentler, professor of history at CUA and Life Cycle Institute fellow. Stephen Schneck, director of the Life Cycle Institute and associate professor of politics at CUA, will provide the introduction to the panel.

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