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The Impact of Worldviews-Secular and Religious-On the Sustainability of Democracies

4-8 August 2008

Highlands Institute for American Religious And Philosophical Thought

Assisi, Italy

Relevant topics include: Is the concept of worldviews defensible? Which worldviews support healthy democracies; what do they have in common? Are the outspoken advocacy of religious worldviews and the conflicts among them incompatible with democratic processes? How can democracies sustain themselves against threats from extremist worldviews? For information via email, contact: Dr. Robert Tapp tappx001@umn.edu; or Dr. Delwin Brown dbrown@psr.edu.

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