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Listen to experts discuss the impact of religion on economic development.
Speakers: Lawrence Harrison, Director, Cultural Change Institute and Lecturer, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
Timur Kuran, Professor of Economics and Political Science, and Gorter Family Professor in Islam and the Social Sciences, Duke University
Robert Woodberry, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin
Presider: Peter Steinfels, Codirector, Fordham Center on Religion and Culture
March 25, 2008
This event is part of the Religion and Foreign Policy Symposia Series, which is made possible by the generous support of the Henry Luce Foundation.
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