Yale Daily News - Prof. pushes religious debate: "'If we think about the problem of deciding not simply what we can justify but what we ought to do, we can have a richer conversation about war and about peace,' he said.

Audience members were generally positive about Carter's lecture, noting his spirit of inclusiveness and religious openness.

'I thought he put religion into a new perspective that I never thought about before,' Joanna Jeon GRD '07 said.

Alex Nizet DIV '07, a practicing lawyer, said he appreciated Carter's belief in the power of religion as a proactive force.

'He has a great reverence for the role of religion in making and shaping firm policy,' Nizet said.

Kristina Scurry LAW '08, co-chair of the Yale Law Christian Fellowship, said she hopes the lecture series will contribute to the religious dialogue at the Law School.

'The Law School really tries to get young people to think about how they want to live their lives as lawyers,' Scurry said. 'The Christian Fellowship thinks we have a lot to add to that discussion.'

This lecture was the first in a series co-sponsored by the Yale Law Christian Fellowship and the Rivendell Institute - a group of campus ministers - called 'Public Voices/Public Faith.'

'The theme of the series regards the challenges and contribution of religious faith in public discourse,' David Mahan, one of the directors of the Rivendell Institute, wrote in an e-mail.

The three remaining speakers in the series - all Yale professors - are Harry Stout, John Hare and Miroslav Volf."

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