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Under God? | Michael Sandel & Jean Bethke Elshtain

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Under God? | Michael Sandel & Jean Bethke Elshtain

April 28, 2017
The Veritas Forum
The Veritas Forum

Throughout our 25 year history, we've had the privilege of creating conversations between some of academia's giants and of modeling dialogue across difference at the heart of the university. The 2013 Veritas Forum at Harvard was a stunning example of this: a dialogue between University of Chicago political scientist Jean Bethke Elshtain and Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel on the role of religion in public life.

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