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Call for Application "Religious Diversity and the Common Good" National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar 2009 Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life, Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA (USA) 2-9 July 2009 __________________________________________________ This seminar proposes to bring together college teachers in the humanities and social sciences to discuss the challenges of maintaining political liberty in a society in which the diversity of religious worldviews makes it difficult to point to a common morality. The seminar content can be divided into four areas of inquiry: philosophical, such as whether there exists a common morality that is neutral between religions or between religion and non-belief; historical, seeking to understand the transformation of America from a society shaped be a predominant protestant morality into a society of widespread religious diversity and moral disagreement; social science, such as the way in which American culture can influence American religion; and legal, such as whether these transformations in religious experience have, or should, shape our understanding of the free exercise and establishment clauses of the 1st Amendment. This seminar will take place from June 2 until July 9, 2009; participants receive a stipend of $4,400. Contact: Dr. Alan Wolfe Boston College Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life 24 Quincy Road Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 USA Tel: +1 (617) 552-1862 Fax: +1 (617) 552-1863 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.bc.edu/centers/boisi/coursesandseminars/neh_seminars/Welcome_Letter.html __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
