Lakelight Talk with Professor Robert P George
Listen to this fascinating conversation between Robert George and Mike Woodruff
Date
30 Oct
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30 Oct
2024
Location
Christ Church Lake Forest / Online
Start time
7:00 pm
Cost
Standard:
$
0
Early Bird:
$
Student:
$
Speakers
Nancy Ortberg
Overview
Dr. Robert P. George is the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University and Director of Princeton’s James Madison Program. He is a Fellow of the Witherspoon Institute and the American Enterprise Institute.
Professor George has chaired the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom and served on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and the President’s Council on Bioethics.
A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Swarthmore, he holds JD and MTS degrees from Harvard University as well as the degrees of DPhil, BCL, DCL, and DLitt from Oxford University. He holds twenty-three honorary doctorates.
He has written widely on topics of the foundations of law, freedom of religion, marriage, constitutional policies, and more. See books here
Speakers
We are excited to learn from the following thought leaders:
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Mike Woodruff
Senior Pastor and Lakelight Board Chairman
Mike Woodruff has served as the Senior Pastor at Christ Church since 2002. Prior to this he was a college pastor (’85-92), a management consultant (’92-99) and an associate pastor (‘99-02). Mike has published more than 200 articles and written and edited ten books. He has degrees from DePauw University and Trinity International University. He is the chairman of the board for Lakelight Institute.
Robert P George
McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University
Robert P. George is the sixth McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University and Director of Princeton’s James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, which was founded under his leadership in 2000. George holds honorary visiting professorships in law and public policy at Pepperdine University and has frequently been a Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School. He is a Fellow of the Witherspoon Institute and the American Enterprise Institute. Professor George has chaired the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom and served on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and the President’s Council on Bioethics. In addition, Professor George has been the U.S. member of UNESCO’s World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology. He was also a Judicial Fellow at the Supreme Court of the United States, where he received the Justice Tom C. Clark Award. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Swarthmore, he holds JD and MTS degrees from Harvard University as well as the degrees of DPhil, BCL, DCL, and DLitt from Oxford University. He holds twenty-three honorary doctorates. Professor George is a recipient of the U.S. Presidential Citizens Medal, the Honorific Medal for the Defense of Human Rights of the Republic of Poland, the Bradley Prize for Intellectual and Civic Achievement, the Barry Prize of the American Academy of Sciences and Letters, the Irving Kristol Award of the American Enterprise Institute, the Canterbury Medal of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, the James Q. Wilson Award of the Association for the Study of Free Institutions, the Philip Merrill Award of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, and Princeton University’s President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching.
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