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The Religion and the Media program aims to strengthen reporting and commentary on the impact of religious conviction and religiously grounded moral argument in American politics and public life. [Read More]

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Heaven Help Us: Stars Expound on Scripture
By Christine Rosen
Monday, February 4, 2008
In a culture awash in celebrity endorsements, it was only a matter of time before a clever publisher realized the value of branding the Bible.
TRANSCRIPT: Religion and Secularism
The American Experience
By Michael Cromartie
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
EPPC Senior Fellow Wilfred McClay spoke on the historical relationship between religion and secularism in America at the Pew Forum's biannual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life in Key West, Florida, in December, 2007.
TRANSCRIPT: The Religion Factor in the 2008 Election
By Michael Cromartie
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
John Green, author of The Faith Factor: How Religion Influences American Elections, analyzed recent surveys and suggested that the line dividing more observant and less observant voters - so pronounced in the 2004 election - may be blurring during this talk at the Pew Forum's biannual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life held in Key West, Florida, in December, 2007.
TRANSCRIPT: Religious Literacy
What Every American Should Know
By Michael Cromartie
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Stephen Prothero, chair of the Department of Religion at Boston University and the author of Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know - And Doesn't discussed the issue of religious illiteracy in the United States at the Pew Forum's biannual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life in Key West, Florida, in December, 2007.
The Quotable Cromartie
Recent clippings of VP and Senior Fellow Michael Cromartie

Michael Cromartie: "People don't want a President to think that every important decision has a stamp of God's approval and that God is always on his side. ... [Americans] want their Presidents to be pious but not self-righteously so. So there's a paradox, isn't there? A President has to seem to be relying on God's wisdom but not acting like all his decisions are God's decisions." (Time, 6/21/04


Mark Noll
What is an "Evangelical"?
A thoughtful look at a complicated notion

Mark Noll, professor at Wheaton College, delivered a lecture on "Understanding American Evangelicals" at EPPC's 2003 conference in Key West, Florida. He provides the history of evangelical movements, discusses the number of American evangelicals, and takes the measure of evangelical hymns. An elegant and eloquent presentation for those curious about what it means to be an evangelical. 


Religion and Politics
Michael Cromartie
Michael Cromartie on McLaughlin's One-on-One
Joined by National Journal's Carl Cannon

Michael Cromartie, vice president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and National Journal senior writer Carl Cannon appeared on McLaughlin's One-on-One program to discuss religion and politics. To see the transcript of this show, click here. 


American Catholic Opinion on Church Issues
Major new study on the views of American Catholics and opinion leaders

Pollster John Zogby recently came to the Center to discuss the results of a new survey comparing the views of Catholic leaders with those of the laity. The details of his results are now available online, along with a transcript of the analysis provided by George Weigel, Alan Wolfe, and Rev. J. Bryan Hehir. 

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