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Religion, Security and Strategy: an unholy trinity?

Monday 09 May 2016 6.30pm to 8.00pm

Hosted by LSE Religion in the Public Sphere lecture series

Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building,

Speaker

Professor Gwen Griffith-Dickson

Chair

Professor Craig Calhoun

The uneasy relationship between the state and religion is most sharply seen in the context of security, terrorism and religious violence. Should people of faith serve government strategies on counter-terrorism?

Gwen Griffith-Dickson is the Founder and Director of Lokahi and Visiting Professor at King’s College, London.

Craig Calhoun (@craigjcalhoun) is Director and President of LSE. He is a world-renowned social scientist whose work connects sociology to culture, communication, politics, philosophy and economics.

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