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VIDEO: Six Decades as a Worldwide Religion Watcher: Observations and Lessons Learned

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST

Watch selections from Dr. Peter Berger's presentation at EPPC's most recent Faith Angle Forum on Religion, Politics, and Public Life.

EVENT TRANSCRIPT: Current Controversies in the Religion and Science Debates

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST

Some of the nation’s leading journalists gathered in South Beach, Miami in November 2011 for EPPC’s semi-annual Faith Angle Forum on Religion, Politics, and Public Life. Dr. Ard Louis, Reader in Theoretical Physics at the University of Oxford, presented on the topic, “Current Controversies in the Religion and Science Debates.”

EVENT TRANSCRIPT: Six Decades as a Worldwide Religion Watcher: Observations and Lessons Learned

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST

Some of the nation’s leading journalists gathered in South Beach, Miami in November 2011 for EPPC’s semi-annual Faith Angle Forum on Religion, Politics, and Public Life. Dr. Peter Berger, University Professor of Sociology, Emeritus at Boston University, presented on the topic, “Six Decades as a Worldwide Religion Watcher: Observations and Lessons Learned.”

EVENT TRANSCRIPT: Mormonism and Politics: Historical and Contemporary Issues

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST

Some of the nation’s leading journalists gathered in South Beach, Miami in November 2011 for EPPC’s semi-annual Faith Angle Forum on Religion, Politics, and Public Life. Dr. David Campbell, Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, presented on the topic, “Mormonism and Politics: Historical and Contemporary Issues.”

Can Evangelicals Fill John Stott’s Shoes?

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST

A reflection on the legacy of the late Rev. John Stott and what his legacy means for the future of worldwide evangelicalism.

EVENT TRANSCRIPT: Radical Islam: The Challenge in Pakistan and Beyond

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:00:00 EST

Some of the nation's leading journalists gathered in South Beach, Miami in April 2011 for EPPC's semi-annual Faith Angle Forum on Religion, Politics, and Public Life. Ambassador Husain Haqqani, Pakistani Ambassador to the U.S., presented on the topic, "Radical Islam: The Challenge in Pakistan and Beyond." Jeffrey Goldberg, National Correspondent for The Atlantic, responded.

EVENT TRANSCRIPT: Faith, Film, and Culture: The Challenges, the Prospects

Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 EST

Some of the nation's leading journalists gathered in South Beach, Miami in April 2011 for EPPC's semi-annual Faith Angle Forum on Religion, Politics, and Public Life. Micheal Flaherty, President and Co-Founder of Walden Media, presented on the topic, "Faith, Film, and Culture: The Challenges, the Prospects."

EVENT TRANSCRIPT: The Retreat from Marriage: How It Has Affected Religion—and Religion’s Response

Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 EST

Some of the nation's leading journalists gathered in South Beach, Miami in April 2011 for EPPC's semi-annual Faith Angle Forum on Religion, Politics, and Public Life. Dr. Bradford Wilcox, Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia, presented on the topic, "The Retreat from Marriage: How It Has Affected Religion—and Religion's Response." Jim Daly, President of Focus on the Family, responded.

EVENT TRANSCRIPT: Science v. Religion: What Scientists Really Think

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST

Some of the nation's leading journalists gathered in South Beach, Miami in November 2010 for the semi-annual Faith Angle Forum on Religion, Politics, and Public Life. Dr. Elaine Howard Ecklund, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rice University, presented on the topic, "Science v. Religion: What Scientists Really Think." Barbara Bradley Hagerty, Religion Correspondent for NPR, responded.

EVENT TRANSCRIPT: Religious Voters and the 2010 Election

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST

Some of the nation's leading journalists gathered in South Beach, Miami in November 2010 for the semi-annual Faith Angle Forum on Religion, Politics, and Public Life. William Galston, Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution, and E.J. Dionne, Columnist for The Washington Post, presented on the topic, "Religious Voters and the 2010 Election." Michael Barone, Senior Political Analyst for the Washington Examiner, responded.

EVENT TRANSCRIPT: Sex Abuse, the Catholic Church, and the Media

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST

Some of the nation's leading journalists gathered in South Beach, Miami in November 2010 for the semi-annual Faith Angle Forum on Religion, Politics, and Public Life. George Weigel, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, presented on the topic, "Sex Abuse, the Catholic Church, and the Media." John L. Allen, Jr., Senior Correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter, responded.

World Journalism Institute Annual Alumni Conference

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EST

The Ethics and Public Policy Center, in co-operation with the World Journalism Institute, hosted a two-day conference for seventeen WJI alumni. This select group met with seven prominent journalists and opinion editorial writers. The purpose is to expose these young aspiring journalists, each of whom is currently working for a newspaper, magazine, or television station, to some of the most accomplished writers in America.

The Dead Are Not Raised by Politics

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST

EPPC Vice President Michael Cromartie recently spoke with Timothy Dalrymple of Patheos, a website designed to serve as a resource for those looking to learn more about different belief systems, as well as participate in productive, moderated discussions on some of today's most talked about and debated topics, on the topic of the future of evanglicalism.

EVENT TRANSCRIPT: The Paradox of Judaism and American Politics

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EST

Some of the nation's leading journalists gathered in South Beach, Miami in March 2010 for the semi-annual Faith Angle Conference on Religion, Politics, and Public Life. David Gelernter, Professor of Computer Science at Yale University and Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, presented on the topic, "The Paradox of Judaism and American Politics."

EVENT TRANSCRIPT: To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EST

Recently the Ethics and Public Policy Center held its Faith Angle Conference in Miami Beach, Florida. James Davison Hunter, LaBrosse-Levinson Distinguished Professor of Religion, Culture and Social Theory at the University of Virginia spoke on the topic: "To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World." Ross Douthat of The New York Times and Amy Sullivan of Time responded.

EVENT TRANSCRIPT: Have the Culture Wars Gone Global? Religion and Sexuality in the Global South

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EST

Some of the nation's leading journalists gathered in South Beach, Miami in March 2010 for the semi-annual Faith Angle Conference on Religion, Politics, and Public Life. Professor Philip Jenkins, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Humanities at Pennsylvania State University and Distinguished Senior Fellow at Baylor University's Institute for Studies of Religion, presented on the topic, "Have the Culture Wars Gone Global? Religion and Sexuality in the Global South."

Faith Angle Conference on Religion, Politics & Public Life

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST

The Faith Angle Program will hold its Conference on Religion, Politics & Public Life March 7-9 in South Beach, 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.

TRANSCRIPT: Obama’s Favorite Theologian?

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST

Ever since then-Sen. Barack Obama spoke of his admiration for Reinhold Niebuhr in a 2007 interview with New York Times columnist David Brooks, there has been speculation about the extent to which the 20th-century theologian has influenced Obama's views on faith, politics and social change.

TRANSCRIPT: Religion and Science

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST

Francis S. Collins, the former director of the Human Genome Project, discussed why he believes religion and science are compatible and why the current conflict over evolution vs. faith, particularly in the evangelical community, is unnecessary.

TRANSCRIPT: The Political Obligations of Catholics

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST

In his recent book (2008), the Most Rev. Charles J. Chaput, archbishop of Denver, argues that Catholics should take an active, vocal and morally consistent role in public debates, particularly on issues such as abortion, the death penalty and other matters they consider central to social justice.