James Carroll: A New Religious Call for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

Sponsored by the Religion and Conflict Transformation Program, BU School of Theology and the Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs, BU School of Global Studies, we invite your participation in this important and timely conversation. Light Refreshments will be served. 

James Carroll is the author of twelve novels, most recently The Cloister, and eight works of non-fiction, most recently Christ Actually: The Son of God for the Secular Age. Other books include the National Book Award winning An American Requiem; the New York Times bestselling Constantine’s Sword, now an acclaimed documentary; House of War, which won the first PEN-John Kenneth Galbraith Award; and Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which was named a 2011 Best Book by Publishers Weekly. He lectures widely, both in the United States and abroad, and contributes occasional essays to NEWYORKER.COM. James Carroll’s Boston Globe columns won the 2012 Scripps Howard National Journalism Award for Commentary. The Judges’ comment: “James Carroll’s elegant style and historical depth of knowledge combine with his thoughtful, moral point of view to consistently provide his readers with a unique voice.”

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