The Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration, and Religion (CDTR) conducts research and training on the interfaces of and tensions between religion, toleration, and democracy in the world.

We've Moved! CDTR is now located in #815 IAB. Our phone number has stayed the same: 212-854-5264.

Trends in Latin American Religions: New Analyses of Pentecostalism and
Charismatics
Friday, November 6, 4:30 - 6:00 pm
International Affairs Building, Room 801
A discussion led by Marta Lagos, director of the Latin Barometer in Santiago, Chile; Margaret Crahan, senior adjunct visiting researcher, Institute of Latin American Studies, Columbia University and Alfred Stepan, Wallace S. Sayre Professor of Government at Columbia University.
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Charles Taylor: Can Human Action Be Explained?
Tuesday 10 November, 6:15-8:15 pm
Davis Auditorium, Schapiro Center
A lecture by Charles Taylor, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at McGill University and winner of the 2007 Templeton Prize and the 2008 Kyoto Prize.
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Secularism in Contemporary India
Monday, November 13, 10:30-12:30 pm
International Affairs Building, Room 1512
A discussion with Christophe Jaffrelot, Alliance Visiting Professor (Sciences Po-CERI, Paris), Thomas Blom Hansen, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam, and Rajeev Bhargava, Professor of Political Science at the University of Delhi.
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Spring 2010 courses:

U6295 Democracy, the World’s Religions, and Problems of the ‘Twin Tolerations’ 
Instructor: Prof. Alfred Stepan

G8434 Issues in Comparative Democracies and Secularisms
Instructors: Prof. Alfred Stepan

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For more information, send an email to cdtr@columbia.edu.