The Terrence J. Murphy Institute for Catholic Thought, Law, and Public Policy hosts New York Times op-ed columnist, Ross Douthat, and Harvard professor and political commentator, Dr. Cornel West, for a discussion of “Christianity and Politics in the U.S. Today” in Woulfe Alumni Hall of Anderson Student Center on the St. Paul campus of the University of St. Thomas, Friday, April 7, 2017. Moderator for the evening is Elizabeth Schiltz, a St. Thomas School of Law professor, the Thomas. J. Abood Research Scholar and co-director of the Murphy Institute. Welcoming the crowd is university president, Dr. Julie Sullivan, and introducing the speakers is associate professor of Catholic Studies, Erika Kidd.

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Additional support for this program was provided by St. Thomas’ College of Arts and Sciences, Black Empower Student Alliance, Black Law Student Association, Catholic Students Incorporated, Christian Legal Society, College Democrats, Lex Vitae, Minnesota Justice Foundation, Office for Mission, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, St. Thomas More Society, Students for Human Life and Students for Justice and Peace