January Christian Realism Social Hour
You are invited to partake in drinks and smart Christian Realist conversation with your friends at The Institute on Religion...
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Upcoming Events
You are invited to partake in drinks and smart Christian Realist conversation with your friends at The Institute on Religion...
Please join us on January 26th at 6:00PM for our monthly New Whiggery dinner. Our speaker will be Dan Rothschild,...
Providence will be hosting its January foreign policy luncheon with Carrie Filipetti, Executive Director of the Vandenberg Coalition, as our...
The Institute on Religion and Democracy's Wednesday Worship will take place on January 28th at noon. This month we will...
On January 28th IRD invites you to join us for a book talk with Dana and Bill Wichterman. They will...
“Because Christ is Lord,
Caesar is not”
– Rev. Richard Neuhaus
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