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Rev. Mark Farr President and CEO of The Faith & Politics Institute Reflects on MLK Day

Let King Be King The annual commemoration is nice, but have we lost sight of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the radical? The electrifying oratory has long been silenced: the fearless personal passion ended. But Dr. Martin Luther King’s message still resonates. Nearly sixty years after King climbed the white steps outside Dexter Avenue Baptist to begin ministry there, fifty years after the Freedom Riders boarded buses to challenge a fundamentally immoral transport system, and twenty years after President George H...



Rev. Mark Farr President and CEO of The Faith & Politics Institute Reflects on MLK Day

Let King Be King The annual commemoration is nice, but have we lost sight of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the radical? The electrifying oratory has long been silenced: the fearless personal passion ended. But Dr. Martin Luther King’s message still resonates. Nearly sixty years after King climbed the white steps outside Dexter Avenue Baptist to begin ministry there, fifty years after the Freedom Riders boarded buses to challenge a fundamentally immoral transport system, and twenty years after President George H...



The 2011 Capps-Emerson Lecture featuring The Most Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh

Sponsored by The Faith & Politics Institute, The United States Institute of Peace, and The Walter Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion, and Public Life. This event will be held in the Coolidge Auditorium in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress. Click here to register This years Walter Capps-Bill Emerson Memorial Lecturer is Thich Nhat Hanh...



The 2011 Capps-Emerson Lecture featuring The Most Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh

Sponsored by The Faith & Politics Institute, The United States Institute of Peace, and The Walter Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion, and Public Life. This event will be held in the Coolidge Auditorium in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress. Click here to register This years Walter Capps-Bill Emerson Memorial Lecturer is Thich Nhat Hanh...



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SPOTLIGHT Annual Capps-Emerson Memorial Lecture Featuring Thich Nhat Hanh   Annual Walter Capps - Bill Emerson Memorial Lecture Featuring a talk with Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen Buddhist Master- Path toward Peace: Cultivating Clarity, Compassion, and Courage in Political Life With Honorary Co-Hosts: Congresswomen Lois Capps and Jo Ann Emerson Wednesday, October 26, 2011 6:30pm in the Coolidge Auditorium of the Jefferson building of the Library of Congress For more information please contact us at (202) 546-1299 tnh...



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SPOTLIGHT Annual Capps-Emerson Memorial Lecture Featuring Thich Nhat Hanh   Annual Walter Capps - Bill Emerson Memorial Lecture Featuring a talk with Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen Buddhist Master- Path toward Peace: Cultivating Clarity, Compassion, and Courage in Political Life With Honorary Co-Hosts: Congresswomen Lois Capps and Jo Ann Emerson Wednesday, October 26, 2011 6:30pm in the Coolidge Auditorium of the Jefferson building of the Library of Congress For more information please contact us at (202) 546-1299 tnh...



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SPOTLIGHT Annual Capps-Emerson Memorial Lecture Featuring Thich Nhat Hanh   Annual Walter Capps - Bill Emerson Memorial Lecture Featuring a talk with Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen Buddhist Master- Path toward Peace: Cultivating Clarity, Compassion, and Courage in Political Life With Honorary Co-Hosts: Congresswomen Lois Capps and Jo Ann Emerson Wednesday, October 26, 2011 6:30pm in the Coolidge Auditorium of the Jefferson building of the Library of Congress For more information please contact us at (202) 546-1299 tnh...



Current Stories

SPOTLIGHT Annual Capps-Emerson Memorial Lecture Featuring Thich Nhat Hanh   Annual Walter Capps - Bill Emerson Memorial Lecture Featuring a talk with Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen Buddhist Master- Path toward Peace: Cultivating Clarity, Compassion, and Courage in Political Life With Honorary Co-Hosts: Congresswomen Lois Capps and Jo Ann Emerson Wednesday, October 26, 2011 6:30pm in the Coolidge Auditorium of the Jefferson building of the Library of Congress For more information please contact us at (202) 546-1299 tnh...



Current Stories

SPOTLIGHT Annual Capps-Emerson Memorial Lecture Featuring Thich Nhat Hanh   Annual Walter Capps - Bill Emerson Memorial Lecture Featuring a talk with Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen Buddhist Master- Path toward Peace: Cultivating Clarity, Compassion, and Courage in Political Life With Honorary Co-Hosts: Congresswomen Lois Capps and Jo Ann Emerson Wednesday, October 26, 2011 6:30pm in the Coolidge Auditorium of the Jefferson building of the Library of Congress For more information please contact us at (202) 546-1299 tnh...



Current Stories

SPOTLIGHT Annual Capps-Emerson Memorial Lecture Featuring Thich Nhat Hanh   Annual Walter Capps - Bill Emerson Memorial Lecture Featuring a talk with Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen Buddhist Master- Path toward Peace: Cultivating Clarity, Compassion, and Courage in Political Life With Honorary Co-Hosts: Congresswomen Lois Capps and Jo Ann Emerson Wednesday, October 26, 2011 6:30pm in the Coolidge Auditorium of the Jefferson building of the Library of Congress For more information please contact us at (202) 546-1299 tnh...