Come hear experts discuss questions such as: What is the place of religion in the public sphere? What, if any, is the role of religion in political life and institutions? Should the citizens of a modern liberal democracy keep secular and religious considerations wholly and entirely separate?

Offered as a series of seven lectures of 50 minutes to one hour in length followed by a half-hour open discussion; each lecture will be followed by a reception held in the foyer of the Birks Building.

October 7, 2009
Is religion a "pink slip" in the public square?
Margaret Somerville, Samuel Gale Professor of Law and Director, McGill Centre for Medecine, Ethics, and Law

October 14, 2009
Faith in action
Oliver O’Donovan, Professor of Christian Ethics, University of Edinburgh

October 21, 2009
A secular age
Charles Taylor, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, McGill University

October 28, 2009
Ethics and religious culture: why the fuss?
Douglas Farrow, Associate Professor of Christian Thought, McGill University

November 4, 2009
Limits on religious freedom
Lori Beaman, Canada Research Chair in the Contextualization of Religion, University of Ottawa

November 11, 2009
Legitimating the expression of faith in the public square
Preston Manning, CC, Former Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition and President, Manning Centre for Building Democracy

November 18, 2009
Religion and rights in the public sphere
Daniel Cere, Assistant Professor of Religious Ethics, McGill University

Please note: confirmation of your registration and receipt of your cheque will be acknowledged by a postcard. This postcard is your entrance pass. You will be required to show it at each lecture you attend.