Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy
Cultivating Free and Flourishing Communities
Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy
Cultivating Free and Flourishing Communities
Our Vision
The Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy envisions democratic societies which affirm the essential role of religious convictions, peoples, and institutions in cultivating free communities where all people can flourish.
Our Vision
The Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy envisions democratic societies which affirm the essential role of religious convictions, peoples, and institutions in cultivating free communities where all people can flourish.
RELIGION
Involving obligations to the divine and others, religion is not merely a private matter. Belief and unbelief have social, political, and cultural consequences.
DEMOCRACY
At its best, democracy respects the dignity of human beings and the rights of citizens, including self-determination, expression, and representation.
CULTURE
In its most comprehensive sense, culture includes everything resulting from human action, flowing from transcendent duties and formed by political realities.
CRCD Programs
CRCD Programs
Fellowship programs provide participants with resources, knowledge, and training to advocate for human freedom in their communities, in their vocations, and in the public square.
Shaftesbury Fellowship
The Shaftesbury Fellowship’s rigorous curriculum consists of weekly readings and discussions on topics such as:
- natural law and natural rights
- the origins and nature of religious liberty
- conflicts and concord between church and state
- the place of the nation-state in the modern world
- global dimensions of religious freedom
Become a fellow and you’ll be paired with a faculty member or professional mentor, who will provide guidance as you develop a publishable research article on a relevant topic of your interest.
D.C. Fellowship
We’ve gathered the best and brightest minds advocating for religious freedom today. As a fellow, you’ll have the opportunity to hear from, meet, and network with these leaders.
When you join us in D.C., you will learn all about public policy–what it is, the role statistics play in research, opinion writing, job searching, and funding and management.
After you officially complete the D.C. Fellowship, you will be equipped with the motivation and information you need to advocate for religious freedom for all Americans, starting right in your own circle of peers.
D.C. Fellowship
Savannah Seminar
The CRCD’s Savannah Seminar provides students the opportunity to explore a wide range of topics related to the American founding, democratic ideals, and the important role that religious ideas and institutions play in the development of free and flourishing societies.
Savannah is an appropriate venue for the CRCD’s Seminar on Democratic Ideals, as it embodied early American experiments in pluralism, religious liberty, and civil society. During the course of this five-day event, participants will enjoy interactive seminars, see the historic areas of the city on guided tours, and develop lasting friendships with peers and mentors.
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News & Events
News & Events
Fellows and staff are at work facilitating scholarship and events you care about. Join us at an event or share an article to become part of the CRCD mission.