For more on this event, visit: http://bit.ly/1gcO2Ny For more on the Berkley Center, visit: http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu For more on the Religious Freedom Project, visit: http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/rfp December 13, 2013 | From Cairo and Damascus to Tehran and Beijing, religious freedom is under siege. Ironically, it is Christianity—a faith that contributed decisively to the rise of religious liberty—that now finds itself increasingly persecuted around the world. In view of this global crisis, Georgetown University's Religious Freedom Project hosted a two-day conference in Rome highlighting Christianity's contributions to the understanding and practice of freedom for all people. The conference presented findings from a two-year study by dozens of scholars concerning Christianity's contributions to freedom. This event was co-sponsored by Baylor University's Institute for Studies of Religion and made possible by a generous grant from the Historical Society's Religion and Innovation in Human Affairs Program. Moderator/Presenter - Timothy Samuel Shah, Theological and Secular Arguments for Religious Freedom in Early Christian Thought Presenter - Robert Louis Wilken, The Christian Roots of Religious Freedom Presenter - Elizabeth Depalma Digeser, Lactantius' Doctrine of Religious Freedom and Its Influence on Constantine Presenter - John Rist, Augustine on Religious Freedom and Religious Coercion Presenter - Ian Christopher Levy, Tolerance and Freedom in the Age of the Inquisition

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