December 14, 2012 | Political turbulence in the Middle East poses a grave threat to some of the oldest and most vibrant Christian communities in the world. Within the West, debates about the roots of freedom have often sidestepped the contributions of Christians and Christian ideas. Against this backdrop, the Religious Freedom Project launched a major initiative on "Christianity and Freedom: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives," a two-year exploration of Christianity's contributions to the construction and diffusion of freedom in its political, religious, and economic dimensions, in interaction with other religious traditions and secular ideas and institutions.
Robert Louis Wilken is a Distinguished Fellow of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology and William R. Kenan, Jr.
Professor of the History of Christianity Emeritus at the University of Virginia. Wilken is the author of ten books, including The Spirit of Early Christian Thought: Seeking the Face of God (2005), Remembering the Christian Past (1995), and The Christians as the Romans Saw Them (2003). He received his PhD from the University of Chicago, and has taught at Gregorian University, Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the University of Notre Dame, Fordham University, and Lutheran Theological Seminary.
Professor of the History of Christianity Emeritus at the University of Virginia. Wilken is the author of ten books, including The Spirit of Early Christian Thought: Seeking the Face of God (2005), Remembering the Christian Past (1995), and The Christians as the Romans Saw Them (2003). He received his PhD from the University of Chicago, and has taught at Gregorian University, Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the University of Notre Dame, Fordham University, and Lutheran Theological Seminary.
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