FW from Marie Failinger re: Journal of Law and Religion

[Volokh, Eugene]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marie A. Failinger [mailto:Mfailinger at gw.hamline.edu] 
> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 10:18 AM
> To: Volokh, Eugene
> Subject: Writing for a favor
> . . .

> Please join the Editorial Board of the Journal of Law and 
> Religion, the Hamline community, and others on Thursday and 
> Friday, October 21 and 22, 2004, for three important 
> conversations at the core of many problems in law, religion 
> and ethics.  Our fifteenth annual symposium, this year is 
> entitled  The Sacred and the Secular:  Encountering the Other 
> from the Interpersonal to the International----Three 
> Conversations in Law, Religion and Ethics.
> 
> After a Thursday evening public lecture by Dr. Richard Falk, 
> Law, Religion, and Morality in an Era of Terror and Torture, 
> the Friday symposium will explore such topics as:
> 
> Why does it sometimes seem so difficult to talk meaningfully 
> and to come to consensus on public matters with people of 
> other religious or secular, political and moral beliefs? What 
> are the rewards in these conversations? Do the religious 
> traditions have something to teach us about whether we can 
> succeed in the project of constructing political and public 
> dialogues that are simultaneously receptive, critical, and 
> constructive?
> 
> How do different national communities construct an 
> understanding of the place of religion and religious argument 
> in public life and public institutions? What are the 
> assumptions and limits of liberal principles of public 
> conversation, and what is the relationship between liberal 
> understandings of dialogue and the search for truth? 
> 
> Can very diverse national political and global communities 
> come to a mutual understanding about the requirements of 
> human dignity and human rights, and the nature of the common good?
> 
> We are pleased to have a wonderfully thoughtful, diverse 
> group of scholars to lead these conversations.  They include 
> Anthony E. Cook, Georgetown Law Center; Elliot 
> Dorff-Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University 
> of Judaism and Visiting Professor of Law at UCLA School of 
> Law; Emily Albrink Hartigan, St. Mary's University School of 
> Law; Howard Lesnick, University of Pennsylvania Law School; 
> Hilal Elver, Department of  Global Studies and Center for 
> Middle East Studies, University of California-Santa Barbara; 
> Jeremy Gunn-Senior Associate, Institute for Global 
> Engagement; Kathleen M. Sands,  Director, Program for the 
> Study of Religion, University of Massachusetts 
> Boston;Abdullahi An-Na'im Emory Law School; Rabbi Barry 
> Cytron-Executive Director, Jay Phillips Center for 
> Jewish-Christian Learning, University of St. Thomas; Michael 
> Perry-Emory Law School' and Recep Senturk---Associate 
> Professor of Sociology, Islamic Research Institute, Istanbul
> 
> Dr. Dorff will receive the Journal of Law and Religion 
> Achievement award for a lifetime of contributions to law and 
> religion on Saturday, October 23.
> 
> We  hope you will attend and join in the discussions.  You 
> can find more information on the conference or registration 
> by visiting the conference website at 
> http://www.hamline.law.edu/jllr/symp or calling Deb > Lange at 
> 651-523-2122
> 
> 
> Marie A. Failinger
> Editor, Journal of Law and Religion
> Hamline University School of Law
> 1536 Hewitt Avenue
> St. Paul, MN 55104
> mfailinger at gw.hamline.edu 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Marie A. Failinger
> Hamline University School of Law
> 1536 Hewitt Avenue
> St. Paul, MN 55104-1236
> Phone (651) 523-2124
> Fax (651) 523-2236
> Email:  mfailinger at gw.hamline.edu
> Editor, Journal of Law and Religion
> Journal of Law and Religion website:  http://web.hamline.edu/jlr
>