Professor, White House Advisor Scheduled to Discuss Faith & Politics Berry College’s Dr. Peter Lawler Featured Speaker for The Bradley Institute, Belmont Abbey College
BELMONT, NC --- He is one of a handful of leading scientists, doctors, social scientists, theologians and other experts who has the President’s ear.
In fact, whenever President Bush needs some advice on bioethical matters – from stem cell research to human genetics – all he has to do is turn to Berry College’s Dr. Peter Lawler and other members of the President's Council on Bioethics.
Established in January of 2002, The Council not only studies the broader ethical and social issues associated with research and biomedical technologies, but also provides the White House with assistance and guidance when it comes to developing policy on such issues.
The Bradley Institute for the Study of Christian Culture and Belmont Abbey College’s Hintemeyer Program for Catholic Leadership will host a presentation by Dr. Peter Lawler, a member of the President’s Council on Bioethics, entitled, “Faith and Politics Today,” on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 at 7:30 PM in the Student Commons at Belmont Abbey College. The event is free and open to the public.
For more information or to make a reservation, contact the Bradley Institute at (704) 829-7231 or email at events@bradleyinstitute.org.
A Dana Professor and chair of the Department of Government and International Studies at Berry College, Lawler has been teaching courses in political philosophy and American politics there since 1979.
Lawler earned a bachelor’s degree in politics from Allentown College (1973), a master’s and doctorate in government from the University of Virginia (1975, 1978).
In addition to serving as a member of President Bush’s Council on Bioethics, Lawler is executive editor of the acclaimed quarterly journal, Perspectives on Political Science, and serves on the editorial boards of several journals.
Lawler has nearly a dozen books to his credit, including Postmodernism Rightly Understood, Aliens in America: The Strange Truth about Our Souls, and the recently released, Stuck with Virtue: The American Individual Faces Our Biotechnological Future. His American Political Rhetoric (edited with Robert Schaefer) is used in introductory American government courses at a sizeable number of colleges and universities across the country and is currently in its fifth edition.
Lawler has published more than 150 scholarly articles, chapters, and reviews in various journals and magazines.
Lawler has also given invited lectures at more than 50 colleges and universities, including American Enterprise Institute, Boston College, Oxford University, Georgetown University, Wheaton College, Claremont Institute, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Princeton University, and Baylor University. In addition, he has received a large number of grants from the Liberty Fund and the Earhart Foundation, as well as numerous other foundations.
The Bradley Institute for the Study of Christian Culture at Belmont Abbey College was founded in 1996 by its director, Dr. Robert A. Preston. Dr. Preston had served Belmont Abbey College as its 13th president for six years until his retirement in 2001.
The Bradley Institute provides opportunities for business executives, career professionals and clergy to examine relevant ethical, theological and philosophical topics within the context of their modern lives. Program topics range from business, legal and medical ethics to history and philosophy.
The Institute is named for The Reverend John P. Bradley, former president of Belmont Abbey College and former CEO and chairman of the board of Good Will Publishers of Charlotte, North Carolina. The Bradley Institute, in cooperation with the Ingersoll Foundation, presents the annual Ingersoll Prize.
Ranked one of the best comprehensive colleges in the Southeast by U.S. News and World Report and The Princeton Review, Belmont Abbey College celebrates excellence and virtue steeped in its 129-year Catholic Benedictine heritage. The liberal arts College is home to students from over 28 states and 11 countries and welcomes everyone from any background or tradition committed to this vision of excellence and virtue. The campus consists of the College, the Monastery and the Abbey Basilica, which can be found on its sprawling 650 acres of picturesque landscape.
Just minutes from Charlotte, NC, the nation’s second largest banking center, Belmont Abbey College offers students numerous internship opportunities and career placement.
The College believes in development of the whole person – mind, body and spirit. By offering a wide array of clubs and activities including Division II athletics, theatre, publications, and study abroad, Belmont Abbey College invests in the personal growth of its students.
Founded in 1876, the College celebrates its heritage and is inspired by the Benedictine monastic tradition. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the College and Abbey Basilica greet thousands of visitors each year.
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