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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...

ANALYSIS September 28, 2004

Politics and the Pulpit 2004: A Guide to the Internal Revenue Restrictions on the Political Activity of Religious Organizations

Download the complete report Note: An updated version of this report is now available as Politics and the Pulpit: 2008. During every election cycle, many religious congregations find themselves wondering what role, if any, they can play in the pol...

POLL August 24, 2004

GOP the Religion-Friendly Party, But Stem Cell Issue May Help Democrats

August 24, 2004 Download the complete report Navigate this Report GOP More Friendly to Religion Stem Cell Research Views Shifting Catholic Leaders and Communion Churches and Politics Politicians and Faith Gay Marriage Ten Commandments in Public Bu...

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 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 ...

LEGAL REPORT March 19, 2004

One Nation Under God? Pledge of Allegiance Case

Download full backgrounder The Forum's Pledge of Allegiance Issue Backgrounder, written by legal scholars and published in March 2004, details the history of the Pledge and offers analysis of the legal questions raised in Elk Grove Unified School ...

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

POLL July 24, 2003

Religion and Politics: Contention and Consensus

Religion is a critical factor these days in the public's thinking about contentious policy issues and political matters.

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 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 ...

ANALYSIS June 1, 2003

The Sacred and the Sovereign: Religion and International Politics

John D. Carlson and Erik C. Owens, eds. Georgetown University Press, 2003 $26.95 Until September 11th, 2001, few in the West fully appreciated the significance of religion in international politics. The terrible events of that day refocused our at...

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...

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 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

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