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"Center Conversations," edited by senior editor Carol Griffith, are based on conferences and seminars related to various Center projects. To receive a hard copy of "Center Conversations" please join as an associate of the Center by going to the Support EPPC page.

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Center Conversations, Number 23
The Rise of Global Christianity
A Conversation with Philip Jenkins and David Brooks
Posted: Thursday, August 21, 2003
In December 2002, two dozen journalists gathered at the Pier House in Key West, Florida, at the invitation of the Ethics and Public Policy Center for a two-day seminar. Its purpose was to enhance journalistic understanding of current religious and cultural issues.  [Read More]
Center Conversations, Number 22
Political Islam
A Conversation with Gilles Kepel and Jeffrey Goldberg
Posted: Monday, July 28, 2003
In December 2002, twenty-five print and broadcast journalists gathered at the Pier House in Key West, Florida, at the invitation of the Ethics and Public Policy Center for a two dayseminar called "Toward an Understanding of Religion and International Conflict." The session from which this "Conversation" is drawn featured Gilles Kepel, author of Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam, with a response by New Yorker writer Jeffrey Goldberg[Read More]
Center Conversations No21
Just War and Jihad: Two Views of War
A Conversation with James Turner Johnson and Christopher Hitchens
Posted: Friday, June 27, 2003
In December 2002, two dozen journalists gathered at the Pier House in Key West, Florida, at the invitation of the Ethics and Public Policy' Center for a two-day seminar. Its purpose was to enhance journalistic understanding of current religious and cultural issues.  [Read More]
Center Conversations No20
War in Iraq: Is it Just?
Christopher Hitchens, William Galston, and George Weigel
Posted: Friday, May 30, 2003
In a seminar on February 6, 2003, three prominent commentators offered differing views on whether the U.S. war in Iraq-then on the near horizon-could be pronounced a "just war." Journalist Christopher Hitchens says the United States has a moral debt as well as a political responsibility to intervene. Political philosopher William Galston takes issue with the notion of "preventive" war. And theologian George Weigel looks at three just war criteria that he says have framed the public debate in the United States. Michael Cromartie is vice president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center.   [Read More]
Center Conversations, Number 16
Religion and Terrorism
A Conversation with Bruce Hoffman and Jeffrey Goldberg
Posted: Monday, January 6, 2003
In January 2002, two dozen journalists gathered at the Pier House in Key West, Florida, at the invitation of the Ethics and Public Policy Center for a two-day seminar. Its purpose was to enhance journalistic understanding of current religious and cultural issues. The session from which this "Conversation" is drawn featured terrorism expert Bruce Hoffman of the RAND Corporation. What follows is an edited version of Dr. Hoffman’s remarks, a brief response by Jeffrey effrey Goldberg Goldberg, and the ensuing general discussion as moderated by Center vice president Michael Cromartie.   [Read More]
Center Conversations, Number 15
Islam: A Primer
A Conversation with Roy Mottahedeh and Jay Tolson
Posted: Sunday, September 8, 2002
In January 2002 a group of journalists gathered at the Pier House in Key West, Florida, at the invitation of the Ethics and Public Policy Center for a two-day seminar. Its purpose was to enhance journalistic understanding of current religious and cultural issues. The session from which this "Conversation" is drawn featured Harvard historian Roy Mottahedeh, with a response by journalist Jay Tolson. Their remarks here are followed by an edited version of the ensuing general discussion, moderated by Center vice president Michael Cromartie. A seminar session featuring Samuel P. Huntington appeared as "Center Conversation" 14, and a session with Bruce Hoffman is forthcoming. These seminars for journalists are made possible by a generous grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts.  [Read More]
Center Conversations, Number 14
Religion, Culture, and International Conflict After September 11
A Conversation with Samuel P. Huntington
Posted: Monday, June 17, 2002
An Occasional Publication of the Ethics and Public Policy Center In January 2002 two dozen journalists gathered at the Pier House in Key West, Florida, at the invitation of the Ethics and Public Policy Center for a two-day seminar. Its purpose was to enhance journalistic understanding of current religious and cultural issues. The session from which this "Conversation" is drawn featured Harvard political scientist Samuel P. Huntington, author of the highly acclaimed book The Clash of Civilizations. His remarks here are followed by an edited version of the ensuing general discussion, moderated by Center vice president Michael Cromartie. These seminars for journalists are made possible by a generous grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts.  [Read More]
Center Conversations, Number 13
The Rights and Wrongs of Religion in Politics
A Conversation with Stephen Carter and Jeffrey Rosen
Posted: Sunday, July 1, 2001
I come to these issues of religion and politics as a scholar, but also as an evangelical Christian. I didn’t start out as an evangelical; I became one in the course of writing about law and religion and politics. And so although I try to maintain a tone of scholarly neutrality, some of it has become personal in a way that I wouldn’t have expected fifteen years ago.   [Read More]
Center Conversations, Number 11
How Should We Talk? Religion and Public Discourse
A Conversation with Jean Bethke Elshtain and William McGurn
Posted: Saturday, June 2, 2001
In June 2000 a group of journalists gathered at the Black Point Inn in Prouts Neck, Maine, at the invitation of the Ethics and Public Policy Center for a two-day seminar. Its purpose was to enhance journalistic understanding of current Protestant evangelical, Catholic, and Jewish cultural and religious issues.  [Read More]
Center Conversations, Number 12
The New Christian Right in Historical Context
A Conversation with Leo Ribuffo and David Shribman
Posted: Friday, June 1, 2001
In June 2000 a group of journalists gathered at the Black Point Inn in Prouts Neck, Maine, at the invitation of the Ethics and Public Policy Center for a two-day seminar. Its purpose was to enhance journalistic understanding of current Protestant evangelical, Catholic, and Jewish cultural and religious issues.  [Read More]
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New Books
The Latest Books from EPPC Scholars

Faith, Reason and the War Against JihadismEPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel's new book is essential reading in a time of momentous political decisions. Drawing on a quarter century of experience at the intersection of moral argument and public policy, he describes rigorously and clearly the threat posed by global jihadism and points a new direction for both public policy and interreligious dialogue, one that meets the challenge of jihadism forthrightly while creating the conditions for a less threatening, more mutually enriching encounter between Islam and the West.
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EPPC Resident Scholar James Bowman recounts the history of honor, noting that it is inseparable from the history of mankind. While honor has been disregarded or actively despised for three quarters of a century in the West, it is still essential to an understanding of the Islamic cultures of the Middle East and the sense of grievance they often foster against the West, and especially the United States.
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EPPC Fellow Christine Rosen writes a warm and affectionate memoir of her days as a school girl in a fundamentalist Christian school in St. Petersburg, Florida where "the Bible was our textbook," God the guide, and after entering the school gates, nothing was ever quite the same again.
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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. 


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.