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Religion & Politics 2012 includes news, analysis and data on the role of religion in politics, social issues, candidates and political parties relevant to the 2011-12 primary and general election cycle.

 

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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 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...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT January 25, 2002
A Call for Reckoning: Religion and the Death Penalty
At a time of heightened controversy surrounding the death penalty, most discourse relies upon the political, philosophical, and legal dimensions of the practice, and its racial and social implications. Quite often in this debate, religious traditions and theological perspectives are not fully explored beyond an occasional reference to "an eye for an eye" or calls for mercy and forgiveness. Religious voices, however, provide unique standpoints and important reflective dimensions that illuminate these political and other accounts of capital punishment.
EVENT TRANSCRIPT December 18, 2001
The Role of Religion in Public Life (Washington)
The Role of Religion in Public Life (Washington) 2001-12-18 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. National Press Club Washington, D.C. MIKE ARMACOST (President, Brookings Institution): It's a great pleasure to welcome you on behalf of the Brookings Institution and, of course, the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Li
EVENT TRANSCRIPT December 17, 2001
The Role of Religion in Public Life (New York)
The Role of Religion in Public Life (New York) 2001-12-17 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. New York, New York E.J. DIONNE: I'd like to welcome everyone to this discussion and celebration of our book, Sacred Places, Civic Purposes: Should Government Help Faith-Based Charity? We are blessed to have so many wonderful
EVENT TRANSCRIPT October 5, 2001
Just War Tradition and the New War on Terrorism
A discussion with: Jean Bethke Elshtain, Professor, University of Chicago and Co-chair, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life Professor Elshtain is a political philosopher whose task has been to show the connections between our political and our e...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT May 9, 2001
Charity Tax Credits: Federal Policy and Three Leading States
Charity Tax Credits: Federal Policy and Three Leading States, paper presented by Margy Waller, Former White House Senior Advisor for Welfare and Working Families Discussants: Mark Anderson, Arizona State Representative (R) Robert Boisture, Counsel...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT April 10, 2001
Faith-Based Funding: Broad Support, Profound Questions
Data presented by: Andrew Kohut, Director, Pew Research Center for the People and the Press Discussants: Sulayman Nyang, Professor of African Studies, Howard University and Director, Muslims in American Public Square project Melissa Rogers, Execut...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT March 1, 2001
The Launch of The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
Address by: Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) Participants Representative Chet Edwards (D-TX) Representative Mark Souder (R-IN) Azizah Al-Hibri, Professor of Law, University of Richmond David Brooks, Senior Editor, The Weekly Standard David Saperste...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT January 30, 2001
From Promise to Policy: A Discussion of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
Discussants: John DiIulio, White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Richard Foltin, American Jewish Committee Senator Rick Santorum,(R-PA) Representative Bobby Scott, (D-VA) Jim Wallis, Call to Renewal Moderated by: E.J. Dionne,...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT January 10, 2001
For Goodness' Sake: Why So Many Want Religion to Play a Greater Role in American Life
Data presented by: Deborah Wadsworth, President, Public Agenda Steve Farkas, Director of Research and Senior Vice President, Public Agenda Respondents: Andrew Kohut, Director, Pew Research Center for the People and the Press Rev. Eugene F. Rivers,...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT September 20, 2000
God Fearing Voters, God Fearing Candidates: Does Religion Really Matter in the 2000 Elections?
Panel E.J. Dionne, The Brookings Institution Andrew Kohut, Pew Research Center for the People & the Press Michael Cromartie, The Evangelical Community in American Civic Life project, and the Ethics and Public Policy Center David Devlin-Foltz, ...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT August 15, 2000
What's God Got to Do with the American Experiment?
Americans, almost all of us, can be quite inconsistent in our views of how and when religion should influence politics.
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