Join us at the Boisi Center for a Luncheon Colloquium titled "From 'America First' to 'Western Civilization' or How MAGA 2.0 Learned to Love Europe" with Philip Gorski on Thursday, October 8th from 12:30-1:30pm. RSVPs Required forms.gle/9yPqKmj8ykYm...

Our first event for academic year 2026/27 has started in Gasson 100; a panel discussion on "Pope Leo on AI: Safeguarding Humanity Amid Technological Transformation."

Join us on Tuesday, September 22nd for a panel discussion on Pope Leo on AI: Safeguarding Humanity Amid Technological Transformation, from 4 - 5:30pm in Gasson 100. For more information: www.bc.edu/content/bc-w...

Our spring 2026 newsletter is now available on our website www.bc.edu/content/dam/...

Congratulations to one of the Boisi Center’s Religion and Public Life minors on an amazing accomplishment! Bravo, Ryan! www.bc.edu/content/bc-w...

A reception was held on Monday, May 4 to honor the Religion & Public Life Minors class of 2026 as well as celebrate the nine year directorship of Mark Massa, S.J. Take a look at our slideshow from events over the last 9 years. youtu.be/dowO4Ns97E8

David Buckley, associate professor of political science and the Paul Weber Endowed Chair in Politics, Science, and Religion at the University of Louisville, has been named director of Boston College’s Boisi Center for Religion & American Public Life effective this summer. www.bc.edu/content/bc-w...

As part of the Boisi Center's 25th Anniversary celebration last fall, here is a slideshow created that contains photos of our invited speakers for Boisi Center events. Also included are photos of former (and current) staff, students, and visiting scholars. youtu.be/X3IXZNusON8?...

ICYMI: Dmytro Vovk spoke at a recent luncheon colloquium on the topic of "President Zelensky, Religion, and the War." His presentation has been uploaded to our YouTube channel. youtu.be/NF_5cTOpcUI

ICYMI: Dennis Wieboldt III presented his research at a luncheon colloquium titled "William Bentley Ball and the 'Century of Struggle' for School Choice." His presentation has been uploaded to our YouTube channel. youtu.be/5_EnLz5GMBg

ICYMI: Paul Elie recently delivered our 7th Annual Wolfe Lecture on Religion and American Politics with Kim Garcia (BC English) as respondent. His lecture titled, "To the Margins: Francis, Leo, and the Crypto-Religious 1980s," has been uploaded to our YouTube channel. youtu.be/qBMwojnO1Xc

ICYMI: Dr. Megan Loumagne Ulishney presented her current research in a luncheon colloquium titled "Theology in the Wild: Finding God in Nature with Wild Churches." Her presentation has been uploaded to our YouTube channel. youtu.be/7N7Pno_-6Ds

Join us for a reception celebration on Monday, May 4th from 4 - 5:30pm to say farewell to Mark Massa, S.J. who is stepping down as the Boisi Center director; Murray Function Room, Yawkey Ctr. We are also celebrating the graduating Religion and Public Life minors. TO RSVP: forms.gle/1KaKiW6XfCxq...

Our 7th Annual Wolfe Lecture on Religion and American Politics titled "To the Margins: Francis, Leo, and the Crypto-Religious 1980s" featuring Paul Elie has begun in 245 Beacon St. (Schiller Institute), room 214. BCs Kim Garcia is the respondent.

Our final luncheon colloquium for this academic year featuring Dr. Megan Loumagne Ulishney on “Theology in the Wild: Finding God in Nature with Wild Churches” is taking place at the Boisi Center.

ICYMI: Our lecture featuring Dr. Kevin Coleman on "Theopolitical Authorization: Óscar Romero, Far-Right Christianity, and a Contest for the Soul of the Americas" is now available on our YouTube channel. youtu.be/_kCssasxY_M

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Join us next week as we welcome Paul Elie to deliver our 7th Annual Wolfe Lecture on Religion and American Politics titled "To the Margins: Francis, Leo, and the Crypto-Religious 1980s." BCs Kim Garcia will be the respondent. It will take place on Wed. April 8th at 6pm in 245 Beacon St., room 214

ICYMI: Our luncheon colloquium featuring Dr. Peter Mandaville on "The New Geopolitics of Religion: Sacred Statecraft in a Changing World Order" is now available on our YouTube channel. youtu.be/hHt5MDlJVYI

The New Geopolitics of Religion: Sacred Statecraft in a Changing World Order

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Our latest podcast features Superintendent of the Archdiocese of Boston, Eileen McLaughlin, interviewed by Boisi Center director, Mark Massa, S.J. on the future of Catholic education. raal.podbean.com/e/the-future...

Our luncheon colloquium on “The New Geopolitics of Religion: Sacred Statecraft in a Changing World Order” featuring Dr. Peter Mandaville has begun at the Boisi Center.

Friends of the Boisi Center have put together a conference you may be interested in titled “Rule of Law and the Common Good: An Emerging Synergy between Legal Theory and Catholic Social Thought." It will be held in Gasson 100 on March 12-13, 2026.

A write-up about BCs conference on Law, Conscience, and Migration Today, which included our graduate student conference, is available on America Magazine’s website. www.americamagazine.org/catholic-boo...

Graduate Student Poster Presenters: * Eryn Reyes Leong, Boston College * M. Mookie Manalili, Boston University, and Andrew Bogatz, Boston College * Jaret Ornelas, S.J., Boston College * Margaret Ruthven, Princeton Theological Seminary

Graduate Student Art Displays: * Ingrid Bustos Aleman, Boston College, “Te Pido” * Jaret Ornelas, S.J., Boston College, Desert Relics * Molly Snakenberg, Boston College, Hands Gripped Wide Open

Our second panel on “Grief, Grace, and Conversion in the Context of Migration” is now taking place.

Our Graduate Student conference first panel titled “Borders, Belonging, and Moral Responsibility” is now taking place in Stokes Hall S195.

Our lecture on “Theopolitical Authorization: Óscar Romero, Far-Right Christianity, and a Contest for the Soul of the Americas“ featuring Kevin Coleman (University of Toronto) has begun at the Boisi Center.

Join us on Friday, February 20th, for our 6th Annual Graduate Student Conference - part of an all day conference - on Law, Conscience, and Migration Today. Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

One of Boisi Center's Board of Advisors, and life-long friend of the center, Dr. Susannah Heschel, is giving 3 lectures next week (Mon - Wed) at the University of Manchester, England -12:30pm EST. If you would like to sign up, use the online registration links in the photos or scan the QR code.

Join us on Wednesday, February 18th for a lecture featuring Kevin Coleman titled "Theopolitical Authorization: Óscar Romero, Far-Right Christianity, and a Contest for the Soul of the Americas,” at the Boisi Center for Religion & American Public Life, 24 Quincy Rd, conference room, 3:30-5pm.