The Faith Angle Forum held its semi-annual Conference on Religion, Politics & Public Life May 4-6, 2008 in Key West, Florida. The series brings together a select group of nationally respected journalists and distinguished scholars for in-depth discussions of cutting-edge issues at the intersection of religion and public life. Under the leadership of Michael Cromartie, Vice President at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, the Faith Angle Forum provides extended discussion and the kind of deep reflection that is not always possible in today’s fast paced world of breaking news.
Conference topics:
“American Evangelicalism: New Leaders, New Faces, New Issues”
Dr. D. Michael Lindsay, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Rice University
David Kirkpatrick, Washington Correspondent, The New York Times
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“Religious Voters in the 2008 Election: What it Means for Democrats, What it Means for Republicans”
Dr. William A. Galston, Senior Fellow in Governance studies, The Brookings Institution
Michael Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
“Why Belief in God Persists: Why We Believe What We Believe”
Andrew Newberg, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania
David Brooks, Columnist, The New York Times
Participants:
Michael Allen, Chief Political Correspondent, POLITICO
Claire Brinberg, Producer, CNN
Carl Cannon, Washington Bureau Chief, Reader’s Digest
Eve Conant, Correspondent, Newsweek
Ana Marie Cox, Columnist/Contributor, TIME Magazine
Andrew Ferguson, Senior Editor, The Weekly Standard
Tom Foreman, Anchor, “This Week in Politics,” CNN
Lauren Green, Religion Correspondent, Fox News
Barbara Bradley Hagerty, Religion Correspondent, NPR
Sam Hodges, Religion Reporter, The Dallas Morning News
Cindy Johnston, Religion Editor, NPR
Chris Lehmann, Senior Editor, CQ Weekly
Jonathan Martin, Senior Political Writer, POLITICO
Kathleen Parker, Columnist, Washington Post Writer’s Group
Christopher Quinn, Religion Reporter, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Reihan Salam, Associate Editor, The Atlantic
William Saletan, National Correspondent, Slate
Jacqui Salmon, Religion Reporter, The Washington Post
Rebecca Sinderbrand, Associate Political Editor, CNN
Kathy Slobogin, Managing Editor, CNN
Edward Stoddard, News Reporter, Reuters