In this short video, Contending Modernities Director Scott Appleby explains the impetus for and expected outcomes of this major global research project.
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Scott Appleby is the Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Global Affairs in the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. He joined the Notre Dame faculty in 1994. The author or editor of fifteen books on modern religion and conflict, he currently serves as the interim director of the Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion.
Previously Appleby served as the Marilyn Keough Dean of the Keough School (2014-2024), as the John M. Regan Director of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies (2000-2014), and as the director of Notre Dame's Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism (1994-2002). In 2010 Appleby founded Contending Modernities, a multidisciplinary study of religions and secularisms in interaction. A Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, he holds the Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (1985) and is the recipient of five honorary doctorates.
Previously Appleby served as the Marilyn Keough Dean of the Keough School (2014-2024), as the John M. Regan Director of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies (2000-2014), and as the director of Notre Dame's Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism (1994-2002). In 2010 Appleby founded Contending Modernities, a multidisciplinary study of religions and secularisms in interaction. A Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, he holds the Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (1985) and is the recipient of five honorary doctorates.