On October 26th-27th, Providence and the Institute on Religion and Democracy will host the fourth annual Christianity and National Security conference at the Army and Navy Club in Washington, DC. The schedule and list of speakers are as follows, with speaker topics and order to be announced soon.
Thursday, October 26th:
11:00am Assemble at the IRD office at 1023 15th St NW # 200, Washington, DC for lunch.
12:30pm Depart from the IRD to the ANC at 901 17th Street NW.
1pm Conference begins
5:30pm Thursday programming ends
6pm Chik-fil-A catered reception at the IRD office
Friday, October 27th:
8am Assemble at ANC for breakfast
9am Conference begins
12pm Lunch
1pm Resume conference
5pm Conference concludes
Providence is grateful to the following speakers who have agreed to participate in the conference this year:
J. Daryl Charles – J. Daryl Charles, a fellow of the John Jay Institute and contributing editor of Providence, is author or co-author of Between Pacifism and Jihad (IVP, 2005), The Just War Tradition: An Introduction (ISI Books, 2012), and War, Peace, and Christianity: Questions and Answers from a Just-War Perspective (Crossway, 2010), and co-editor of Just War and Christian Traditions (University of Notre Dame Press, 2022).
Elbridge Colby – Elbridge Colby is the cofounder and principal of The Marathon Initiative and author of The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict. He served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy and force development from 2017 through 2018, leading the Pentagon’s 2018 National Defense Strategy that shifted U.S. defense focus toward great power rivalry. He has written for Foreign Affairs, The Wall Street Journal, Time, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The National Interest, among other publications.
Marc LiVecche – Marc LiVecche is the McDonald Distinguished Scholar of Ethics, War, and Public Life at Providence. He is also a non-resident research fellow at the US Naval War College, in the College of Leadership and Ethics. His first book, The Good Kill: Just War & Moral Injury, was published in 2021 by Oxford University Press. With Eric Patterson he co-edited Responsibility and Restraint: James Turner Johnson and the Just War Tradition, published by Stone Tower Press in the fall of 2020.
Paul Marshall – Paul Marshall is the Wilson Professor of Religious Freedom at Baylor University, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and the Religious Freedom Institute, and a contributing editor of Providence.
Paul Miller – Paul D. Miller is a professor in the practice of international affairs at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, a contributing editor of Providence, a research fellow with the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, and a senior fellow with the Atlantic Council. He also served in the administrations of George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
Rebecca Munson – Rebecca Munson is an associate professor and department chair at Liberty University’s Helms School of Government. Within the School of Government she oversees the doctoral program in public policy and teaches a range of courses on international relations, foreign policy, human rights, and research methods.
Eric Patterson – Eric Patterson serves as President of the Religious Freedom Institute. Patterson is past dean of the Robertson School of Government at Regent University and a Research Fellow at Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, where he previously served full-time.
Michael Singh – Michael Singh is the managing director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a nonpartisan think tank dedicated to advancing American interests in the Middle East. He was senior director for Near East and North African Affairs at the White House from 2007-2008, and director for several Middle Eastern countries, including Iran and Syria, on the NSC staff from 2005-2007. Earlier, he served as special assistant to Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice, as well as staff aide to the US ambassador to Israel.
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