Yale University – Media Information: Prime Minister Blair to Teach at Yale
New Haven, Conn. — Yale University is pleased to announce the appointment of Prime Minister Tony Blair as the Howland Distinguished Fellow for the next academic year.
Mr. Blair will lead a seminar at Yale and participate in a number of events around the campus. The course in which he will participate with Yale faculty will examine issues of faith and globalization. His efforts at Yale relate to the work of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation that he will be launching later this year.
The Deans of the Yale School of Management and Divinity are working with Mr. Blair on finalizing details of the program.
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The foundation will promote understanding between the major faiths and increase understanding of the role of faith in the modern world.
Yale School of Management
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Yale Divinity School
Fall 2008
YM&D 666 01
Issues of Faith and Globalization
Toni Blair
Within this seminar Mr. Blair will hold eight lectures, each followed by plenary discussions. Topics for four of these lectures were set by Mr. Blair. The community is invited to propose topics for the remaining lectures.
Lecture plan:
- From the Spanish Inquisition to Abu Ghraib – Faithful humbleness in the service of discovering divine truth
- Jews and Muslim – Solving inter-faith conflicts by submitting to papal guidance
- Schism and ‘long wars’ – Europe’s Thirty Years’ War: a template for globalizing the Middle East and Africa
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- Blessed oil and its use in anoitments – An argument for applying force to liberate Khuzestan
This lecture series is sponsored by the Initiative on Religion and Politics at Yale, Freedom’s Watch, Lockheed Martin, Halliburton Inc and British Petroleum.
