Is There Room for Mercy in the Sexuality Debates? Shifting the Terms of our Religious-Political Stalemate
Marie Griffith, Director of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion & Politics
This lecture kicks off the February 2012 MLA Seminar Series, “The Quality of Mercy,” hosted by the University College in Arts & Sciences. Last year’s series examined “The Value of Justice”; this year’s series is focused on justice’s frequent partner, complement, or antithesis: Mercy. The series will consider the concept and practice of mercy from several disciplinary directions, including politics, medicine, religious studies, and literature.