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The Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict at Arizona State University advances multidisciplinary research and education on the religious dynamics of conflict and peace.
By fostering exchange and collaboration, the center creates networks — local, national and global — that expand knowledge, deepen understanding and promote wiser, more effective responses to some of the world's most pressing challenges.
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Ep. 418 So after 250 years, is America what those Founding Fathers had in mind?
Pat McMahon talks with Professor John Carlson, Director of the Center for the Study of Religion and Confict about whether today's America is what the Founding Fathers had in mind.
The God Show with Pat McMahon
July 5, 2026
NEH Sponsors CSRC Exhibition and Panel on Art and Religious Freedom
“Repression, Resilience and Renewal: Religious Freedom and the Art of Mohammad Yousof Asefi” at the ASU Washington Center will feature original artwork and inspiring story of the artist who rescued Afghan art from the Taliban.
NEH Press Release
July 1, 2026
The Show: Professor faced decades in prison for aid work at the border. He says it's a 'sacred act'
Lauren Gilger talks with Scott Warren about aid work at the border
The Show
May 6, 2026
Warren presented "Compassion Beyond Borders: Spirituality, Migration and Moral Courage in Public Life" at the CSRC on March 17, 2026
