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Prothero and Bacevich to discuss religion and foreign policy

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On Wednesday night (Oct. 27), from 7 to 8pm, Boston University professors Stephen Prothero and Andrew Bacevich will discuss “the role played by religious ideas in U.S. public policy today, from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to the ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ debate.” The event will be open to the public, and it will also be streamed live online. For more information, see the B.U. Department of Religion website here.

American politics foreign policy Publics & Public Sphere Stephen Prothero

David Walker is associate professor of religious studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His recent publications treat ritual innovations in spiritualism and stage magic; and railroad companies’ influence on popular understandings of Mormonism. He is the author of Railroading Religion: Mormons, Tourists, and the Corporate Spirit of the West (University of North Carolina Press, 2019).

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