FRC Hosts Dr. Os Guinness on Future of Freedom in the U.S.

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Jan 17, 2011, 03:40 ET

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Family Research Council will host Dr. Os Guinness, an expert in faith, public policy and international relations, this week as he lectures on the future of freedom in the United States. Entitled, "Can Freedom Last Forever? The Founders' Forgotten Question, and Where the U.S. is Today," Guinness's lecture will be held at FRC and be webcast live.

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Guinness grew up in China during the Chinese Civil War. In 1951, he left China with his family for England, where he earned an undergraduate degree at the University of London and a D.Phil. in social sciences from Oriel College at the University of Oxford.

Guinness has worked as a freelance journalist for the BBC and as a scholar at the Brookings Institute and the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Affairs. He has written and edited over 25 books, including The American Hour and Unspeakable: Facing up to Evil in an Age of Genocide and Terror. He drafted "The Williamsburg Charter," a bicentennial celebration of the importance of the Constitution's guarantee of religious liberty.

WHO: Dr. Os Guinness, author and public policy expert

WHAT: Lecture, "Can Freedom Last Forever? The Founders' Forgotten Question, and Where the U.S. is Today"

WHERE: FRC Media Center,

801 G. Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001

WATCH ONLINE: http://www.frc.org/guinness

WHEN: 12 p.m. Eastern

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

RSVP: Online: http://www.frc.org/events or

Phone: 1-800-225-4008

Please RSVP by Tuesday, January 18, 2011

*A complimentary light lunch will be served. This event is open to the media. Technical assistance will be available including a multbox and lighting.

SOURCE Family Research Council