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BYU\u2019S TOCQUEVILLE PROJECT
\nWith funding from
\nTHE JOHN ADAMS CENTER
\n For the Study of Faith, Philosophy and Public Affairs<\/strong><\/p>\n

PRESENT A SYMPOSIUM
\nReligion and Politics:
\nThe Philosophical Problem and its Contemporary Implications<\/p>\n

October 29-30, 2009.<\/p>\n

Thursday, October 29<\/strong><\/p>\n

5pm<\/strong> B192 JFSB: Keynote Address: Daniel Mahoney (Professor of Political Science and Chair, Assumption College, Worcester, MA), \u201cMoral Foundations of Liberal Democracy\u201d
\nResponse by Neal Kramer (BYU, English)<\/p>\n

Friday, October 30<\/strong><\/p>\n

9am<\/strong> 4010 JFSB: Jeremiah John <\/a>(Southern Virginia University, Politics): \u201cThe Site of Mormon Political Theology\u201d
\nResponse by Richard Sherlock (Utah State University, Philosophy)<\/p>\n

10am <\/strong>4010 JFSB: \u201cMormons and the Public Square: the Facts on the Ground\u201d
\nChris Karpowitz <\/a>& Quin Monson <\/a>(BYU Political Science)
\nResponse by David O. Leavitt (Attorney)<\/p>\n

1pm<\/strong> B192 JFSB: Peter Lawler (Dana Professor of Political Science, Berry College, GA) Science): \u201cDignity and Higher Education Today\u201d
\nResponse by Brant Bishop (Attorney)<\/p>\n

3pm<\/strong> 4010 JFSB: Roundtable & Open Discussion: \u201cMormons and the Public Square\u201d
\nThomas B. Griffith (U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit)
\nFrederick Gedicks (BYU Law)
\nRalph Hancock (BYU Political Science)<\/a><\/p>\n

5pm<\/strong> 4010 JFSB: Scott Sprenger <\/a>(BYU French): \u201cReligion and Modernity in the Work of Honor\u00e9 de Balzac\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"