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Jan 8 2014
Wednesday 12:00 a.m. PDT    

RFRA’s Journey: From Sherbert v. Verner to Hobby Lobby

Speakers:
Kenneth W. Starr
Sponsors:
California - Berkeley Student Chapter
Apr 18 2013
Thursday 12:00 p.m.    

The Court of Disbelief: The Constitution’s Article VI Religious Test Prohibition and the Judiciary’s Religious Motive Analysis

Birmingham, Alabama
Speakers:
Francis Joseph Beckwith
Topics:
Religious Liberties
Sponsors:
Birmingham Lawyer Chapter
  • In-Person Event
Feb 25 2013
Monday 5:00 p.m.    

Fides, Ratio et Juris: How Some Courts and Some Legal Theorists Misrepresent the Rational Status of Religious Beliefs

Speakers:
Francis Joseph Beckwith
Topics:
Federalism & Separation of Powers • Religious Liberties • Civil Rights • Free Speech
Sponsors:
Trinity Student Chapter
  • In-Person Event
Sep 22 2011
Thursday 11:30 a.m.    

Does the Federal Courts' Religious Motive Test Violate Religious Liberty?

Irvine, California
Speakers:
Francis Joseph Beckwith
Topics:
Religious Liberties
Sponsors:
Orange County Lawyer Chapter
  • In-Person Event
Apr 7 2011
Thursday 12:00 p.m.    

Justice Holmes Triumphant: Snyder v. Phelps and Our System of Free Expression

Speakers:
Kenneth W. Starr
Topics:
Religious Liberties • Civil Rights
Sponsors:
SMU Student Chapter
  • In-Person Event
Mar 31 2011
Thursday 12:00 p.m.    

Cloning

Speakers:
Francis Joseph Beckwith
Topics:
Religious Liberties
Sponsors:
Boston College Student Chapter
  • In-Person Event
Mar 30 2011
Wednesday 12:00 p.m.    

Religious Liberty

Speakers:
Kenneth W. Starr
Topics:
Religious Liberties • Free Speech
Sponsors:
Houston Student Chapter
  • In-Person Event
Mar 7 2011
Monday 12:10 p.m.    

Roe v. Wade

Speakers:
Francis Joseph Beckwith
Topics:
Religious Liberties
Sponsors:
Nebraska Student Chapter
  • In-Person Event
Feb 10 2011
Thursday 12:00 a.m.    

Does the Religious Motive Test for Establishment Violate Free Exercise?

Speakers:
Francis Joseph Beckwith
Topics:
Religious Liberties
Sponsors:
Arkansas-Little Rock Student Chapter
  • In-Person Event
Dec 6 2010
Monday 12:00 p.m.    

Judge Kenneth W. Starr

Speakers:
Kenneth W. Starr
Sponsors:
Dallas Lawyer Chapter
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Kenneth W. Starr

Kenneth W. Starr

U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (1983-1989); U.S. Solicitor General (1989-1993)

Biography

Kenneth Starr is a former United States Federal Court of Appeals Judge, U.S. Solicitor General, and Independent Counsel. He is the former President and Chancellor of Baylor University where he held the Louise L. Morrison Chair of Constitutional Law at Baylor University Law School. 

 

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Francis Joseph Beckwith

Francis Joseph Beckwith

Professor of Philosophy & Church-Studies at Baylor University

Biography

Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies at Baylor University, where he also serves as Associate Director of Graduate Studies in Philosophy.  Writing and teaching in the areas of law and religion, jurisprudence, and politics, his over one dozen books include Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith (Cambridge University Press, 2015), A Second Look at First Things: A Case for Conservative Politics (St. Augustine Press, 2013), Politics for Christians: Statecraft as Soulcraft (InterVarsity Press, 2010), Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice (Cambridge University Press, 2007),  and Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air (Baker Books, 1998). His articles have appeared in a wide-range of journals including Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, American Journal of Jurisprudence, Journal of Law & Religion, Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy, Nevada Law Journal, International Philosophical Quarterly, Journal of Medicine & Philosophy, San Diego Law Review, Liberty University Law Review, Ratio Juris, Christian Bioethics, Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Journal of Medical Ethics, Philosophia Christi, Catholic Social Science Review,  Journal of Church & State, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, Chapman Law Review, Journal of Social Philosophy, Human Life Review, and Social Theory and Practice.

 

  • M.J.S., School of Law, Washington University (St. Louis)
  • M.A., Ph.D., Fordham University

 

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Francis Joseph Beckwith

Francis Joseph Beckwith

Professor of Philosophy & Church-Studies at Baylor University

Biography

Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies at Baylor University, where he also serves as Associate Director of Graduate Studies in Philosophy.  Writing and teaching in the areas of law and religion, jurisprudence, and politics, his over one dozen books include Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith (Cambridge University Press, 2015), A Second Look at First Things: A Case for Conservative Politics (St. Augustine Press, 2013), Politics for Christians: Statecraft as Soulcraft (InterVarsity Press, 2010), Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice (Cambridge University Press, 2007),  and Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air (Baker Books, 1998). His articles have appeared in a wide-range of journals including Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, American Journal of Jurisprudence, Journal of Law & Religion, Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy, Nevada Law Journal, International Philosophical Quarterly, Journal of Medicine & Philosophy, San Diego Law Review, Liberty University Law Review, Ratio Juris, Christian Bioethics, Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Journal of Medical Ethics, Philosophia Christi, Catholic Social Science Review,  Journal of Church & State, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, Chapman Law Review, Journal of Social Philosophy, Human Life Review, and Social Theory and Practice.

 

  • M.J.S., School of Law, Washington University (St. Louis)
  • M.A., Ph.D., Fordham University

 

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Speaker Information
Francis Joseph Beckwith

Francis Joseph Beckwith

Professor of Philosophy & Church-Studies at Baylor University

Biography

Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies at Baylor University, where he also serves as Associate Director of Graduate Studies in Philosophy.  Writing and teaching in the areas of law and religion, jurisprudence, and politics, his over one dozen books include Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith (Cambridge University Press, 2015), A Second Look at First Things: A Case for Conservative Politics (St. Augustine Press, 2013), Politics for Christians: Statecraft as Soulcraft (InterVarsity Press, 2010), Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice (Cambridge University Press, 2007),  and Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air (Baker Books, 1998). His articles have appeared in a wide-range of journals including Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, American Journal of Jurisprudence, Journal of Law & Religion, Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy, Nevada Law Journal, International Philosophical Quarterly, Journal of Medicine & Philosophy, San Diego Law Review, Liberty University Law Review, Ratio Juris, Christian Bioethics, Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Journal of Medical Ethics, Philosophia Christi, Catholic Social Science Review,  Journal of Church & State, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, Chapman Law Review, Journal of Social Philosophy, Human Life Review, and Social Theory and Practice.

 

  • M.J.S., School of Law, Washington University (St. Louis)
  • M.A., Ph.D., Fordham University

 

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Kenneth W. Starr

Kenneth W. Starr

U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (1983-1989); U.S. Solicitor General (1989-1993)

Biography

Kenneth Starr is a former United States Federal Court of Appeals Judge, U.S. Solicitor General, and Independent Counsel. He is the former President and Chancellor of Baylor University where he held the Louise L. Morrison Chair of Constitutional Law at Baylor University Law School. 

 

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Speaker Information
Francis Joseph Beckwith

Francis Joseph Beckwith

Professor of Philosophy & Church-Studies at Baylor University

Biography

Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies at Baylor University, where he also serves as Associate Director of Graduate Studies in Philosophy.  Writing and teaching in the areas of law and religion, jurisprudence, and politics, his over one dozen books include Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith (Cambridge University Press, 2015), A Second Look at First Things: A Case for Conservative Politics (St. Augustine Press, 2013), Politics for Christians: Statecraft as Soulcraft (InterVarsity Press, 2010), Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice (Cambridge University Press, 2007),  and Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air (Baker Books, 1998). His articles have appeared in a wide-range of journals including Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, American Journal of Jurisprudence, Journal of Law & Religion, Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy, Nevada Law Journal, International Philosophical Quarterly, Journal of Medicine & Philosophy, San Diego Law Review, Liberty University Law Review, Ratio Juris, Christian Bioethics, Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Journal of Medical Ethics, Philosophia Christi, Catholic Social Science Review,  Journal of Church & State, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, Chapman Law Review, Journal of Social Philosophy, Human Life Review, and Social Theory and Practice.

 

  • M.J.S., School of Law, Washington University (St. Louis)
  • M.A., Ph.D., Fordham University

 

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Kenneth W. Starr

Kenneth W. Starr

U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (1983-1989); U.S. Solicitor General (1989-1993)

Biography

Kenneth Starr is a former United States Federal Court of Appeals Judge, U.S. Solicitor General, and Independent Counsel. He is the former President and Chancellor of Baylor University where he held the Louise L. Morrison Chair of Constitutional Law at Baylor University Law School. 

 

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Speaker Information
Francis Joseph Beckwith

Francis Joseph Beckwith

Professor of Philosophy & Church-Studies at Baylor University

Biography

Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies at Baylor University, where he also serves as Associate Director of Graduate Studies in Philosophy.  Writing and teaching in the areas of law and religion, jurisprudence, and politics, his over one dozen books include Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith (Cambridge University Press, 2015), A Second Look at First Things: A Case for Conservative Politics (St. Augustine Press, 2013), Politics for Christians: Statecraft as Soulcraft (InterVarsity Press, 2010), Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice (Cambridge University Press, 2007),  and Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air (Baker Books, 1998). His articles have appeared in a wide-range of journals including Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, American Journal of Jurisprudence, Journal of Law & Religion, Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy, Nevada Law Journal, International Philosophical Quarterly, Journal of Medicine & Philosophy, San Diego Law Review, Liberty University Law Review, Ratio Juris, Christian Bioethics, Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Journal of Medical Ethics, Philosophia Christi, Catholic Social Science Review,  Journal of Church & State, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, Chapman Law Review, Journal of Social Philosophy, Human Life Review, and Social Theory and Practice.

 

  • M.J.S., School of Law, Washington University (St. Louis)
  • M.A., Ph.D., Fordham University

 

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Speaker Information
Francis Joseph Beckwith

Francis Joseph Beckwith

Professor of Philosophy & Church-Studies at Baylor University

Biography

Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies at Baylor University, where he also serves as Associate Director of Graduate Studies in Philosophy.  Writing and teaching in the areas of law and religion, jurisprudence, and politics, his over one dozen books include Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith (Cambridge University Press, 2015), A Second Look at First Things: A Case for Conservative Politics (St. Augustine Press, 2013), Politics for Christians: Statecraft as Soulcraft (InterVarsity Press, 2010), Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice (Cambridge University Press, 2007),  and Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air (Baker Books, 1998). His articles have appeared in a wide-range of journals including Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, American Journal of Jurisprudence, Journal of Law & Religion, Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy, Nevada Law Journal, International Philosophical Quarterly, Journal of Medicine & Philosophy, San Diego Law Review, Liberty University Law Review, Ratio Juris, Christian Bioethics, Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Journal of Medical Ethics, Philosophia Christi, Catholic Social Science Review,  Journal of Church & State, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, Chapman Law Review, Journal of Social Philosophy, Human Life Review, and Social Theory and Practice.

 

  • M.J.S., School of Law, Washington University (St. Louis)
  • M.A., Ph.D., Fordham University

 

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Speaker Information
Kenneth W. Starr

Kenneth W. Starr

U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (1983-1989); U.S. Solicitor General (1989-1993)

Biography

Kenneth Starr is a former United States Federal Court of Appeals Judge, U.S. Solicitor General, and Independent Counsel. He is the former President and Chancellor of Baylor University where he held the Louise L. Morrison Chair of Constitutional Law at Baylor University Law School. 

 

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