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DESCRIPTION:The Saint Benedict Institute will host Louis Brown\, executive 
 director of the Christ Medicus Foundation\, for a talk titled “Religious
  Freedom and Human Dignity: The Contemporary Crisis in Healthcare” on Tu
 esday\, Sept. 20\, at 7 p.m. at Hope College in Winants Auditorium of Grav
 es Hall.\n\nThe public is invited. Admission is free.\n\nA video recording
  of the event will be made available online afterward on the Saint Benedic
 t Institute website.\n\nBrown will explore the current landscape of religi
 ous freedom\, the sanctity of life\, and civil rights in a range of health
 care concerns and issues. He will discuss current threats to religious fre
 edom\, the foundational importance of human dignity\, and how Christians c
 an respond to the contemporary situation.\n\nThis event is co-sponsored by
  the Hope College departments of nursing\, philosophy\, political science 
 and religion. It is also co-sponsored by the college’s Markets & Moralit
 y student organization and Pre-Law Society\, and has been scheduled in con
 junction with national Constitution Day\, which will be three days earlier
 \, on Sept. 17.\n\nThe Saint Benedict Institute is a ministry of St. Franc
 is de Sales Catholic Church in Holland. It seeks to promote and nurture in
 tellectual work done from the heart of the Catholic Church\, to foster an 
 ecumenical community of Catholic Christians and friends committed to the r
 enewal of culture\, and to aid in the formation of intellectually and spir
 itually mature Christians by making available the riches of the Catholic t
 radition to Hope College and the wider community. More information can be 
 found at saintbenedictinstitute.org.\n\nThe Markets & Morality student org
 anization aims to support and celebrate freedom of expression in the conte
 xt of the liberal arts by hosting speakers and films on topics spanning th
 e economic\, political and cultural aspects of human civilization\, with a
  special concern for human flourishing as understood in Christian perspect
 ive.\n\nAudience members who need assistance to fully enjoy any event at H
 ope are encouraged to contact the college’s Events and Conferences Offic
 e by emailing events@hope.edu or calling 616-395-7222 on weekdays between 
 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Updates related to events are posted when available in t
 he individual listings at hope.edu/calendar
GEO:42.787605;-86.103684
LOCATION:Graves Hall\, 112 Winants Auditorium and Gallery
SUMMARY:Religious Freedom and Human Dignity: The Crisis in Contemporary Hea
 lthcare
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CATEGORIES:Academics
CATEGORIES:Saint Benedict Institute
CATEGORIES:Natural & Applied Sciences Division
CATEGORIES:Nursing
CATEGORIES:Arts and Humanities Divisions
CATEGORIES:Philosophy
CATEGORIES:Social Sciences Division
CATEGORIES:Political Science
CATEGORIES:Religion
CATEGORIES:Pre-Professional Programs
CATEGORIES:Pre-Law
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