Join this event organized by Blackfriars Oxford’s Las Casas Institute, featuring AfP’s Acting President & CEO Liz Hume!

Religious actors in the United States and Northern Ireland each face ongoing challenges of conflict and violence tied to political polarization. While the two cases present distinct dynamics and call for distinct responses, what lessons might be learned about how religion can be a force for peace, justice and reconciliation in deeply-polarized societies?

Sponsors:
Las Casas Institute for Social Justice, Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford
Peace Studies Department, College of St Benedict and St John’s University
Catholic Peacebuilding Network
Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame

Participants:
Maria Power, Fellow, Las Casas Institute for Social Justice, Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford
Rev Dr John Dunlop, Former Moderator, Presbyterian Church in Ireland
John Carr, Co-director, Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, Georgetown University
Elizabeth Hume, Acting President, Alliance for Peacebuilding

Moderator: Gerard Powers