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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 10
How the Faithful Voted
A Conversation with John C. Green and John DiIulio
Posted: Monday, March 5, 2001
A seminar held at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in late January featured two well-known commentators on American religion and public life. They made informal remarks and then took part in a general discussion. Moderator Michael Cromartie is vice president of the Center.  [Read More]
Center Conversations, Number 9
Does God Belong on the Stump?
A Conversation with Stephen Carter, Charles Krauthammer, and Leo Ribuffo
Posted: Saturday, December 2, 2000
A seminar held at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in late September featured three well-known commentators on American religion and public life. The three made informal remarks and then took part in a general discussion. Moderator Michael Cromartie is vice president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center.  [Read More]
Center Conversations, Number 9
Can the Jews Survive America?
A Conversation with Jack Wertheimer and David Brooks
Posted: Wednesday, November 1, 2000
In September 1999 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.  [Read More]
Center Conversations, Number 7
New Century, New Story-Line: Catholics in America
A Conversation with George Weigel and Kenneth L. Woodward
Posted: Monday, October 9, 2000
In September 1999 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 5
Conflict on Campus
Religious Liberty versus Gay Rights?
Posted: Monday, August 7, 2000
At a seminar in Washington on June 13, 2000, the Ethics and Public Policy Center joined with the Civitas Program in Faith and Public Affairs of the Center for Public Justice to sponsor a free-wheeling discussion of recent campus conflicts over whether Christian student groups can bar gay and lesbian students from positions of leadership.  [Read More]
Center Conversations, Number 5
Evangelicalism and American Life
A Conversation with Nathan Hatch, Grant Wacker, and Hanna Rosin
Posted: Monday, July 3, 2000
In September 1999 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.  [Read More]
Center Conversations, Number 4
Evolution and the Curriculum
A Conversation with Phillip Johnson and Gregg Easterbrook
Posted: Monday, September 27, 1999
The Center seminar from which this "Conversation" is drawn took place in September 1999, shortly after the decision of the Kansas State Board of Education that a knowledge of evolution would no longer be required on the statewide tests given to students; local schools could teach or not teach evolution, as they chose.  [Read More]
Center Conversations, Number 2
Current Catholic Thought on the Death Penalty
A Conversation with Joseph Bottum, Russell Hittinger, and Keith Pavlischek
Posted: Monday, May 24, 1999
At an informal Center seminar on May 12, 1999, two Catholics and one Protestant spoke briefly to set the framework for a discussion of capital punishment.  [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.