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11Sep2007

Religion and the Welfare State

Posted on DateTuesday, September 11, 2007 at 06:11PM in

Throughout the months of Octorber and November four lectures under the auspices of the Centre for Jewish Studies, the CRPC and the Manchester Reformed Synagogue will be presented:

  • Thursday October 11th: Clive Lawton: "Judaism: Religion or Welfare State?" chaired by Reuven Silverman; welcome by Alistair Ulph, the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities.
  • Wednesday October 24th: Graham Ward: "Poverty and Piety: On the Loss of a Civic Virtue" chaired by Max Elstein
  • Thursday November 8th: Imtiaz Husain: "Religion and the Welfare State: a Muslim perspective" chaired by David Berkley
  • Thursday November 22nd: Michael Hoelzl: "Solidarity and Altruism: Who is Running the Extra Mile in a Secular State?" chaired by Bernard Jackson

All lectures commence at 6.00 p.m. in the Arts Lecture Theatre, Samuel Alexander Building, Oxford Road, and will be followed by discussion and reception.

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