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EVENT TRANSCRIPT November 10, 2004
Religion and Security: The New Nexus in International Relations
Speakers: Ambassador Robert A. Seiple (Ret.), Founder and Chairman of the Board, Institute for Global Engagement; co-editor, Religion & Security Colonel Charles P. Borchini, USA (Ret.), Research Fellow, Center for Emerging Threats and Opportun...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT October 19, 2004
Anglicanism and Global Affairs: The Windsor Report and Beyond
Speakers: The Rt. Rev. Dr. Josiah Idowu-Fearon, Archbishop, Anglican Church of Nigeria The Most Rev. Frank T. Griswold, Presiding Bishop, Episcopal Church USA Dr. David Martin, Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics (Emeritus) Moderato...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT October 19, 2004
American Jews and the Current Challenges of Church-State Separation
10:00am-11:30am Washington, D.C. MR. BOB WEINBERG: Friends, we are about to begin the program while you continue to enjoy this delicious luncheon. And the speakers, I'm sure, will be up to the challenge of competing with the clacking of the...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT October 15, 2004
Liberty and Power: A Dialogue on Religion and U.S. Foreign Policy
Speakers: J. Bryan Hehir, Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Charles Krauthammer, Columnist, The Washington Post* Walter Russell Mead, Henry Kis...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT September 28, 2004
Pushing the Envelope? The Political Activities of Religious Organizations in Campaign 2004
Speakers: Richard Land, President, Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission Robert Tuttle, Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School Ronald Walters, Director, African American Leadership Institute; Pr...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT July 21, 2004
One Electorate Under God? A Dialogue on Religion and American Politics
Speakers: Congressman David Price (D-NC) Congressman Mark Souder (R-IN) David Brooks, columnist, The New York Times; Contributing Editor, Newsweek E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution; columnist, Washington Post Writers Group...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT June 23, 2004
The Body Politic and the Body of Christ: Candidates, Communion and the Catholic Church
Speakers include: Thomas J. Reese, S.J., Editor-in-Chief, America: The National Catholic Weekly George Weigel, Senior Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center Moderator: Luis Lugo, Director, the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
EVENT TRANSCRIPT May 19, 2004
Is the Market Moral? A Dialogue on Religion, Economics & Justice
Panelists: Rebecca M. Blank, Dean, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy; Professor of Policy and Economics, University of Michigan; Co-director of the National Poverty Center, Ford School William McGurn, Chief Editorial Writer, Wall Street Journ...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT April 28, 2004
The Ties That Divide: A Conversation on Gay Marriage with Andrew Sullivan and Gerard Bradley
Speakers: Gerard V. Bradley, professor of law at the University of Notre Dame; filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court on behalf of the Family Research Council and Focus on the Family in Lawrence and Garner v. Texas (2003), the Texas anti-sod...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT April 19, 2004
The Veil Controversy: International Perspectives on Religion in Public Life
Speakers: E.J. Dionne, Co-Chair, the Pew Forum, and Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution Raja Elhabti, Director of Research, Karamah: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights Husain Haqqani, Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International ...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT March 31, 2004
The Pursuit of Perfection: A Conversation on the Ethics of Genetic Engineering
Featuring: Michael Sandel, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government, Harvard University; member, President's Council on Bioethics; author of "The Case Against Perfection," The Atlantic Monthly, April 2004 Responding: Lee M. Sil...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT March 19, 2004
Under God? Pledge of Allegiance Constitutionality
Speakers: Doug Laycock, Counsel of Record for 32 Christian and Jewish clergy, urging the Court to affirm the 9th Circuit's ruling Jay Alan Sekulow, Chief Counsel, American Center for Law and Justice; Counsel of Record for United States Senators an...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT February 27, 2004
Locke v. Davey and Beyond
Speakers Anthony Picarello, Vice President and General Counsel, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty; filed amicus brief in Locke case on behalf of Joshua Davey Marc D. Stern, General Counsel, American Jewish Congress; filed amicus brief in Locke...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT November 21, 2003
Lifting Up the Poor: A Dialogue on Religion, Poverty and Welfare Reform
Featured Speakers Include: Mary Jo Bane, Thornton Bradshaw Professor of Public Policy and Management, Harvard University; Co-Chair, Working Group on Welfare Reform (Clinton Administration) Lawrence M. Mead, Professor of Politics, New York Universi...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT September 17, 2003
Muslim Politics and U.S. Policies: Prospects for Pluralism and Democracy in the Muslim World
Muslim Politics and U.S. Policies: Prospects for Pluralism and Democracy in the Muslim World 2003-09-17 9:00 a.m.-2:15 p.m. Washington, D.C. Welcome & Project Overview Scaling Up Pluralism and Democracy Download transcript Political Transitions and Contests Download transcript
EVENT TRANSCRIPT July 10, 2003
God and Foreign Policy: The Religious Divide Between the U.S. and Europe
Featured Speaker: Andrew Kohut, Director, the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press Respondents: Craig Kennedy, President, German Marshall Fund Justin Vaisse, Visiting Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, Center on the U.S. and France, the...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT June 17, 2003
God and the Inner City: A One-Hour Documentary
Comments by: Michael Pack, Producer and Director of God and the Inner City Featured Speakers: Rev. Dr. Wilson Goode, Sr., Senior Advisor, Faith-Based Initiatives at Public/Private Ventures and former Mayor of Philadelphia Richard Nathan, Director,...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT June 4, 2003
Ministering to Those in Need: The Rights and Wrongs of Missions and Humanitarian Assistance in Iraq
Speakers Dr. Michael Lawrence, Associate Pastor, Capitol Hill Baptist Church Kate Moynihan, Deputy Regional Director for Middle East and North Africa, Catholic Relief Services Dr. Abdulaziz Sachedina, Professor of Religious Studies, University of ...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT May 20, 2003
Teaching About Religion in Public Schools: Where do We Go From Here?
Teaching About Religion in Public Schools: Where do We Go From Here? 2003-05-20 Conference took place May 20-22, 2003 Freedom Forum Arlington, VA Discussions (click discussion title for transcript)   Note: All publications are provided in PDF format. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required. Key
EVENT TRANSCRIPT April 9, 2003
Ambassador's Address His Excellency Martin Palouš, Czech Ambassador to the United States
Ambassador Palouš is a political philosopher and was among the first signatories of the Charter 77 document calling on the communist regime in power in Czechoslovakia to respect human rights. In November 1989 he became one of the founders o...
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