Kraig Beyerlein is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Director of the Center for the Study of Religion and Society at the University of Notre Dame. In his Chapel Talk, Prof. Beyerlein will help us answer the question: how does the public respond when progressive faith communities invoke their right to religious freedom, such as the right to provide aid to migrants?

Join LRRP on Wednesday, Feb. 11th, from 4-6pm, for a screening and conversation on the Black Religious Liberty Curriculum in honor of Black History Month. We’ll screen selections from BRLC’s session on religious liberty and segregation, featuring Prof. Brandon Paradise and Dr. Carolyn Dupont in conversation on how racist laws and policies have been justified on religious grounds, how a theological emphasis on personal salvation served to shield the Church from responsibility for systemic racial inequalities, and how legal approaches to religious liberty during Jim Crow failed to protect Black religious freedom.

Join LRRP and Columbia Law's If/When/How for an in-person screening of the groundbreaking documentary Preconceived: The Unexpected World of Crisis Pregnancy Centers.

The screening will be followed by an expert panel featuring Jenifer McKenna, Senior Advisor at Reproductive Health & Freedom Watch, Tara Murtha, journalist and gender justice advocate, and Dr. Christine Ryan, Associate Director of Reproductive Rights & Religion here at LRRP. Tara and Jenifer are co-authors of Designed to Deceive, a 2021 report on the first multi-state study of crisis pregnancy centers.

Panel recording now available.

Join panelists Rahmah Abdul Aleem, Dr. Sabrina Dent, and Dr. Judith Weisenfeld for a discussion on Black religious liberty and why it matters now more than ever. This virtual panel will mark the launch of LRRP’s Black Religious Liberty Curriculum.