Religion and Politics: Into the Divide

October 28, 2013

Location: Seeley Hall at Trinity College

Faith remains a powerful force for both unifying people to achieve common goals, and for entrenching divisions. In this event, the panelists will be addressing several important facets of the relationship between religion and politics, including:

• The boundaries that exist between religion and politics
• Expressions of faith in the public realm
• The position of religious organizations to affect change
• Universities as interlocutors between faith-based organizations and public policy discourse

Join the Association of Political Science Students and the panelists for this event as we explore the intimate relationships between private faith and its public expression. Our distinguished panel of experts will include:

Melissa Williams (moderator) – Professor of Political Science and founding director of the centre for ethics at the University of Toronto.
Colin Johnson – Archbishop of the Anglican Diocese of Toront and Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical province of Ontario.
Anver Emon – Faculty of Law (University of Toronto), and an scholar of Islamic law and Islam in public policy discourse.
Ruth Marshall – Professor of Political Science & Religious Studies, specializing on the Pentacostal Revolution in Nigeria.
David Rayside – David Rayside is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science, and long associated with the Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies at the University of Toronto.

RSVP Required. You may do so here.