Join the Bellah Legacy Group and the Graduate Theological Union on October 8, 2026 for a major event:
2nd Annual Robert N. Bellah Memorial Lecture
Dr. Eddie Glaude
Distinguished University Professor of African American Studies
Princeton University
Princeton University
Professor Eddie Glaude is a leading scholar of African-American political and religious life, New York Times-bestselling author of We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For and other prominent books, and a dynamic public speaker. He will draw on his own and Robert Bellah’s intellectual work to reflect on the current moment facing American society and its trajectory going forward.
Thursday, October 8
Opening reception: 4:45pm
Welcome, address, and discussion: 5:00-6:30pm
Welcome, address, and discussion: 5:00-6:30pm
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Our Purpose
This website is supported by the Bellah Legacy Group, a circle of former colleagues and others dedicated to furthering the reflections on the role of religion in public life that were initiated by the great sociologist of religion, Robert N. Bellah.
These include the concept of civil religion, the moral challenges to modernity, the role of religion in sustaining communities and ‘the good society,’ and religion in human evolution.
This website will highlight the activities of the group in conducting lectures, seminars, panels at academic conferences, and the annual Bellah Lecture on Religion in Public Life, held at Berkeley in conjunction with the Graduate Theological Union. It will also include discussions of the contributions of members of the Legacy Group and other contemporary thinkers in furthering Bellah’s ideas and concepts. In these ways we hope to continue the conversation that Bellah initiated among the academic community and the general public in elevating the discussion about the moral character of civic order and the role of religions in public life.
These include the concept of civil religion, the moral challenges to modernity, the role of religion in sustaining communities and ‘the good society,’ and religion in human evolution.
This website will highlight the activities of the group in conducting lectures, seminars, panels at academic conferences, and the annual Bellah Lecture on Religion in Public Life, held at Berkeley in conjunction with the Graduate Theological Union. It will also include discussions of the contributions of members of the Legacy Group and other contemporary thinkers in furthering Bellah’s ideas and concepts. In these ways we hope to continue the conversation that Bellah initiated among the academic community and the general public in elevating the discussion about the moral character of civic order and the role of religions in public life.
Past Events
The Bellah Legacy Group partnered with the GTU to create an annual lecture designed to preserve, build on, sustain, and promote awareness of the corpus and legacy of Robert N. Bellah’s work within a contemporary context.
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