Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life

Islamic jumma prayers will take place Friday at 1 pm in the Islamic Prayer Room on the ground level of Forest Hall. Everyone is welcome.

Islamic jumma prayers will take place Friday at 1 pm in the Islamic Prayer Room on the ground level of Forest Hall. Everyone is welcome.

Islamic jumma prayers will take place Friday at 1 pm in the Islamic Prayer Room on the ground level of Forest Hall. Everyone is welcome.

Islamic jumma prayers will take place Friday at 1 pm in the Islamic Prayer Room on the ground level of Forest Hall. Everyone is welcome.

Islamic jumma prayers will take place Friday at 1 pm in the Islamic Prayer Room on the ground level of Forest Hall. Everyone is welcome.

Islamic jumma prayers will take place Friday at 1 pm in the Islamic Prayer Room on the ground level of Forest Hall. Everyone is welcome.

Jubilation! Papal Jubilees Past and Present With a joyful Papal Bull, Pope Francis declared this year a Jubilee Year of Mercy, a year of indulgence, where pilgrimage can lead to the forgiveness of sins and freedom from “every residue left by the consequences of sin.” Is this just a papal “Get Out of Purgatory Free” card? Federico Canaccini will take us back to Pope Boniface VIII’s first Papal Jubilee in 1300 and explore the context, history and meanings of such extraordinary papal promises.

“Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay” —Oliver Goldsmith, “The Deserted Village” (1770) Inequality is on the rise in the contemporary global economy, both within prosperous economies and between developed and developing countries. Can democracy sustain itself while acquiescing in a growing gap between the world’s haves and have-nots? Does the American dream depend on a foundation of shared prosperity that is increasingly a historical artifact?

Roundtable Discussion: Peter LIndert, Paul Pierson, and David Rueda Chair: Will Pyle, Director, International Politics and Economics Event will also be “live streamed” to Crossroad’s Cafe. SPONSORS: International Politics and Economics Program, Jones Economics Enrichment Fund, Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Academic Enrichment Fund, the Departments of History, Political Science, and Religion, the Programs in European Studies and in Privilege & Poverty, the Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life, and Atwater, Brainerd, and Cook Commons

Panel Two: Who Wants What?