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EVENT TRANSCRIPT March 28, 2003
Separation of Church and States: An Examination of State Constitutional Limits on Government Funding for Religious Institutions
Separation of Church and States: An Examination of State Constitutional Limits on Government Funding for Religious Institutions 2003-03-28 9:00 am-5:00 pm Chapel Hill, NC Due to technical difficulties, we are unable to provide the transcript from the Q&A of these panels. Session 1 : History o
EVENT TRANSCRIPT March 5, 2003
The Faith-Based Initiative Two Years Later: Examining its Potential, Progress and Problems
Featured Speakers: Stanley Carlson-Thies, Fellow, Center for Public Justice; former White House Associate Director for Cabinet Affairs Barry Lynn, Executive Director, Americans United for Separation of Church and State Respondents: Anne Farris, Wa...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT February 28, 2003
Religion Returns to the Public Square: Faith and Policy in America
Speakers Wilfred McClay, SunTrust Chair of Humanities and Professor of History, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Hugh Heclo, Robinson Professor of Public Affairs, George Mason University E.J. Dionne Jr., Co-Chair, the Pew Forum on Religion a...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT February 26, 2003
Theology, Morality, and Public Life
Theology, Morality, and Public Life 2003-02-26 Conference will take place Wed and Thurs, Feb 26-27 University of Chicago Divinity School Chicago, Illinois Professor Elshtain: Good afternoon, I want to welcome you to this conference, to this event and to the Divinity School and to Swift Hall at the
EVENT TRANSCRIPT February 5, 2003
Religion and American Foreign Policy: Prophetic, Perilous, Inevitable
Presenters: Fr. Bryan Hehir, President, Catholic Charities, USA; Distinguished Professor of Ethics and International Affairs, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University Michael Walzer, Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J....
EVENT TRANSCRIPT January 27, 2003
Sources of Basic Human Rights Ideas: A Christian Perspective
Dr. Max Stackhouse is director of the Kuyper Center for Public Theology and Stephen Colwell Professor of Christian Ethics at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is the author and editor of numerous books on a wide variety of topics including most r...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT November 15, 2002
Stem Cells & Clones: Theological Perspectives on Biomedical Research
Gilbert Meilaender is the Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Professor of Christian Ethics at Valparaiso University. His work focuses upon theological and medical ethics. In 2001 he was appointed to the President's Council on Bioethics, which recently...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT October 2, 2002
Religion on the Stump: Politics and Faith in America
Keynote presentations and discussion with Governor Mario Cuomo Congressman Mark Souder Moderated by Forum Co-chairs E.J. Dionne Jr. Jean Bethke Elshtain
EVENT TRANSCRIPT September 30, 2002
Iraq and Just War: A Symposium
Panelist include: Gerard Bradley is Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School. A noted scholar in the fields of constitutional law and law and religion, his books include Catholicism, Liberalism, and Communitarianism. He is the director of Notre D...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT September 10, 2002
Remembering September 11th: What is the Truth that has been Revealed to Us?
Featuring: Jean Bethke Elshtain, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, the University of Chicago Fred Dings, the University of South Carolina E.J. Dionne, Jr., Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, the Brookings Institution, Washington Post Jame...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT July 16, 2002
The Compassion Component: Welfare Reform and the Tradition of Social Justice
Panelists: Ken Connor, President, Family Research Council Ron Haskins, Senior Advisor for Welfare Policy at the Domestic Policy Council of the White House Sharon Parrott, Co-director of Federal TANF Policy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities J...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT June 28, 2002
Judgment Day for School Vouchers
Panelists include: Mark Chopko, General Counsel, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Judith French, former Assistant Attorney General, State of Ohio; argued Zelman case on behalf of Ohio before the Supreme Court Ira (Chip) Lupu, Louis Harkey Mayo ...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT June 12, 2002
Value Pluralism and the Challenges of Freedom
Panelists include: William Galston, Professor, School of Public Affairs and Director, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Maryland; Director, Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) Steph...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT June 3, 2002
Governor George Ryan: An Address on the Death Penalty
George H. Ryan is the Governor of Illinois. He was elected the state's 39th governor on November 3, 1998, continuing a career of public service that included terms as secretary of state (1991-1999) and lieutenant governor (1983-91). Ryan also had ...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT May 21, 2002
Reconciling Obligations: Accommodating Religious Practice on the Job
9:15 - 9:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast 9:30 - 10:50 History of Relevant Law, Legislation and Enforcement Efforts Roberto Corrada, University of Denver Law School Richard Foltin, American Jewish Committee David Frank, Equal Employment O...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT May 7, 2002
Religion, the Marriage Movement & Marriage Policy
Presentation of paper by: W. Bradford Wilcox, Assistant Professor, University of Virginia and Non-Residential Fellow, The Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion, Yale University Panelists include: Wade Horn, Assistant Secretary for Children ...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT March 20, 2002
Pew Forum and Pew Research Center Release Second Annual Poll
Data presented by: Andrew Kohut, Director, Pew Research Center for the People and the Press Respondents include: Karlyn H. Bowman, Resident Fellow, the American Enterprise Institute William A. Galston, Professor, School of Public Affairs and Direc...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT February 27, 2002
Moral Status of the Human Embryo
A discussion including: Ronald Cole-Turner, H. Parker Sharp Professor of Theology and Ethics, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Kevin FitzGerald, Dr. David Lauler Chair in Catholic Health Care Ethics at the Center for Clinical Bioethics and Research...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT February 20, 2002
Can an Office Change a Country? The White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, A Year in Review
Read report on White House office (Updated September 19, 2002) Participants Gregg Ivers, Professor and Chair, Department of Government, The American University Paul Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies Program, the Brookings In...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT February 6, 2002
God Bless America: Reflections on Civil Religion After September 11
Participants Peter Berkowitz, Professor, George Mason University Law School Derek Davis, Professor, J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies at Baylor University Amber Khan, former Communications Director, the Interfaith Alliance Richard John...
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