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Approved 8/9/24 for 6.0 standard CLE on-demand credits (511273)
Program Description:
Symposium co-sponsored by the Journal of Law and Public Policy and the Terrence J. Murphy Institute for Catholic Thought, Law, and Business.
Access to quality health care is essential to human thriving, indeed, to human survival. Last year when speaking to health care workers, Pope Francis said: A world that rejects the sick, that does not assist those who cannot afford care, is a cynical world with no future. Let us always remember this: health care is not a luxury, it is for everyone. The culture of care has long been upheld in human societies around the world, predating the familiar story of the Good Samaritan. Although nearly all agree on the aspirational ideal of access to quality health care, difficult questions remain as to how best to achieve that goal in a manner that does not create more harm than it cures. The conventional wisdom has been that a public health model may succeed in providing universal coverage but at the significant cost of quality health care. By contrast, while a largely private model may provide high quality health care to those who can afford it, many are left without meaningful access. In this symposium, we will hear from leading scholars and those on the front lines of health care provision on the subjects of universal access to quality health care, including both public and private models. In addition, speakers will address the distinct calling and mission of Catholic health care provision. The program contact is Gregory Sisk (gcsisk@stthomas.edu).
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Approved 8/9/24 for 1.0 standard CLE on-demand credits (511272)
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Professor Helen Alvaré, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, presents on themes from her 2022 book, Religious Freedom after the Sexual Revolution: A Catholic Guide. In this work, Alvaré examines the pressing religious liberty challenges of the day. She counsels leaders in the Church and her institutions to provide a more compelling, intelligent and compassionate voice on Catholic teachings on life, marriage, family and sexual identity. Without such a voice, the true mission and identity of Catholic institutions are at risk. As noted by Alvaré in the introductory chapter, explaining the place of sexual expression norms in the life of the Church and her institutions is an important part of the contemporary vocation of Catholics. This is not because sexual expression is the most important facet of the Catholic life, but because the world's need is great. The program contact is Gregory Sisk (gcsisk@stthomas.edu).
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Part of the "Hot Topics: Cool Talk" series, this program features School of Law Professors Julie Jonas and Greg Sisk presenting their contrasting views on the merits of gun ownership for self-defense in a spirited yet civil conversation. The discussion is moderated by University of St. Thomas President Rob Vischer. The program contact is Gregory Sisk (gcsisk@stthomas.edu).
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The year 2023 was an end and a beginning for the field of law and religion. It saw the passing of Professor Kent Greenawalt and Professor Steven Shiffrin. It witnessed the retirement of Professor Douglas Laycock, Professor Steven Smith, and Professor Gerard Bradley. All were and are giants in law and religion. In this talk, Professor DeGirolami of Saint John's University School of Law discusses the history of the field in the U.S. and the questions that motivated it to emerge in the 1970s and 1980s. These include the nature of religion and the secular in the law, the division between these concepts, and the implications for law and religion as an independent academic discipline; the concept of state neutrality as to religion and the connected public-private divide as respects what is religious and what is non-religiously political; and the regime of religious exemption for everyone with a sincere objection to a law as the central feature of religious free exercise. Yet for both conceptual and practical reasons, these are now, or will soon become, dead issues. The program contact is Gregory Sisk (gcsisk@stthomas.edu).
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Andrew Koppelman (Northwestern University) and Asma Uddin (Catholic University of America) joined St. Thomas School of Law Professor Thomas Berg to discuss topics including the foundations of religious liberty, its potential use in reducing or managing cultural/religious conflict, the importance of protecting religious liberty for all and also protecting other significant interests, the specific challenges of balancing LGBTA rights and religious liberty, and more. The program contact is Gregory Sisk (gcsisk@stthomas.edu).
The event was held to celebrate the release of Professor Berg's new book, Religious Liberty in a Polarized Age. It was co-sponsored by the Terrence J. Murphy Institute for Catholic Thought, Law and Public Policy and the Initiative on Restorative Justice and Healing.
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