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]]>Religion has been invoked by political parties and presidential candidates to unite, divide, and mobilize the American people. Prof. Gaston Espinosa will examine the tightropes walked by candidates seeking to balance the separation of church and state and yet win the White House on Election Day. This presentation will explore a number of questions about religion and the 2008 Election, such as: What impact did Obama's spiritual journey, Muslim heritage, and Black church experience have on his campaign? How and why did Obama, a liberal Protestant with a strong secular orientation, harness the power of religious rhetoric and conversion in his outreach to the American people? How did Catholics, Evangelicals, mainline Protestants, Jews, seculars, women, Blacks, Asian Americans, and Latinos vote for Obama? Why? What long-term trends may his election signal for the future of American religion and politics?
Gaston Espinosa is Chair and Arthur V. Stoughton Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Claremont McKenna College and co-editor of the Columbia University Press Series in Religion and Politics. His recent books include Religion and the American Presidency: George Washington to George W. Bush (Columbia, 2008); Religion, Race, and the American Presidency (April 2009); and the forthcoming Religion, Barack Obama, and the 2008 Election.
Light refreshments will be provided.
FMI: Adam Rosenkranz.
The Claremont Discourse Lecture Series is sponsored by the Claremont Colleges Library, Claremont University Consortium.
]]>Students, faculty, and staff of The Claremont Colleges can access Roper Center data via the library web site. On the Databases page, look for Roper Center in the alphabetical list R.
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]]>Workshops are held in the Keck Learning Room, Honnold/Mudd Library. You are welcome to bring your own laptop.
The workshop schedule can be found on the library web site. To register for one of these workshops, email Gale Burrow with a subject line of RefWorks workshop.
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]]>All Claremont students, faculty and staff are welcome. No registration necessary. FMI: Sheree Fu
]]>When we think of South Africa, we often think of the recent past, charged with the history of Apartheid. But South Africa is also one of the world's most important countries because of the natural resources it has provided to fuel the global economy. The history of globalization in this part of the world is over five centuries old; and the impacts both on the pre-colonial populations and the natural environment, including the fragile and spectacular Cape Floristic Province, have been significant. Professor Hazlett, who holds the first Stephen M. Pauley Chair in Environmental Analysis at Pomona College, will take us on a tour through South Africa, examining its environmental situation in the context of the region's history and development, with a brief look at the forecast for its climatic future as well.
Light refreshments will be provided.
FMI: Adam Rosenkranz
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FMI: Candace Lebel