Daniel Philpott, associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, has edited a new book titledThe Politics of Past Evil: Religion, Reconciliation and the Dilemmas of Transitional Justice.

Published by Notre Dame Press, the book explores religions impact on the politics of peace and reconciliation through the views of theologians, philosophers and political scientists.

A lot of societies are becoming democracies after long periods of totalitarianism,Philpott said,while other societies are coming out of civil war into peace.Many theologians have looked at these transitions, but they dont tell us what theology means in the context of politics. Likewise, politicians, journalists and others pay attention to politics, but dont pay much attention to religion. Whether the impact of religion on those transitions is good or bad, it cant be ignored.

In his own essay for the volume, Philpott cites the role of Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu in shaping the work of South Africas Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which he chaired in the 1990s. Upon hearing people testify to their misdeeds or their suffering during the apartheid era, Tutu often responded with religious language and ritual, urging them to take the next steps of repentance or forgiveness.He was both praised and criticized for this approach.

A senior associate at the International Center for Religion and Diplomacy and faculty fellow in Notre Dames Kroc Institute for International Peace 91视频, Philpott travels regularly to Kashmir, where he trains leaders in faith-based diplomacy. His first book, titledRevolutions in Sovereignty: How Ideas Shaped Modern International Relations,is a historical account of how new ideas about justice and legitimate authority fashioned the global sovereign states system. He also has written on the morality of self-determination and religious freedom as an end of American foreign policy.

Other Notre Dame contributors to the book are Rev. David Burrell, C.S.C., Theodore Hesburgh Professor of Philosophy and Theology and fellow of the Kroc Institute; A. James McAdams, William M. Scholl Professor of International Affairs, fellow of the Kroc Institute and director of the Nanovic Institute for European 91视频; and Scott Appleby, professor of history and John M. Regan, Jr. Director of the Kroc Institute.

Contact: Julie Titone, Kroc Institute director of communications, 574-631-8819 or jtitone@nd.edu

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Mary Kaldor, an internationally known expert on civil society issues, will deliver the Joan B. Kroc Institutes 12 ^th annual Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Lectures on Ethics and Public Policy at4:15 p.m.March 28 (Tuesday) and12:30 p.m.March 29 (Wednesday), both in the auditorium of theHesburghCenterfor International 91视频 at the University of Notre Dame.

On March 28 Kaldor will deliver a talk titledThe New Wars inIraqandAfghanistan,and on March 29 she will discussJust War and Human Security.Both lectures are free and open to the public.

A professor of global governance, Kaldor is co-director of the Centre for the Study of Global Governance at the London 91视频 of Economics and Political Science.She is an expert on democratization, conflict and globalization and is the author ofNew and Old Wars: Organized Violence in a Global Era,which has been translated into 12 languages.Kaldor also is the author ofGlobal Civil Society: An Answer to War,and is co-author of the annualGlobal Civil Society Yearbook.

Kaldor is a founding member of European Nuclear Disarmament, founder and co-chair of the Helsinki CitizensAssembly, and a member of the International Independent Commission to investigate the Kosovo crisis.She was the convenor of the Study Group on European Security Capabilities, which produced the influential Barcelona Report,A Human Security Doctrine forEurope.In 2003 in recognition of her work, she received a Commander of the British Empire Award forservices to democracy and global governance.

* Contact: * _Julie Titone, Kroc Institute director of communications,574-631-8819 or jtitone@nd.edu _

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Internationally known Israeli philosopher Avishai Margalit will be the featured speaker at the Kroc Institute for International Peace 91视频annual John Howard Yoder Dialogues on Religion, Nonviolence and Peace at11 a.m.Monday (Feb. 20) in the auditorium of theHesburghCenterfor International 91视频 at the University of Notre Dame.

Margalits talk, titledThe Kiss of Betrayal: From Family to 聭Friendship in Faith,is free and open to the public and will be followed by an informal discussion.

The Schulman Professor of Philosophy atHebrewUniversityinJerusalem, Margalit is a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books and helped found the organization Peace Now.In 2001 he was awarded the Spinoza Lens Prize fora significant contribution to the normative debate on society.

Margalit is the author ofThe Ethics of MemoryandA Decent Societyand has published widely in philosophical journals on topics including philosophy of language, logical paradoxes and rationality, social and political philosophy, and the philosophy of religion.

Born inIsraelin 1939, Margalit began his study of philosophy at theHebrewUniversity, where he earned his bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees before joining the faculty in 1970.

Yoder, a founding fellow of the , taught at Notre Dame from 1968 until his death in 1997.

A devout Mennonite who believed that nonviolence is an imperative for all Christians, Yoder resisted the notion that Christians should be assimilated into secular society and insisted that the Church is itself an entirely new society which embodies the forgiveness and self-sacrificing love of Jesus. His scholarship and teaching have profoundly influenced theological discussions about war, social justice, and the relationship between church and state. He wrote several books, including 鈥淭he Priestly Kingdom,鈥� 鈥淲hat Would You Do?鈥� and 鈥淭he Politics of Jesus.鈥�

* Contact: * _Julie Titone, Kroc Institute, 574-631-8819, jtitone@nd.edu
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