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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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TRANSCRIPT: Obama's Favorite Theologian? A Short Course on Reinhold Niebuhr By Michael Cromartie Sunday, August 2, 2009 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 Conflict or Harmony? By Michael Cromartie Saturday, August 1, 2009 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 A Conversation With the Most Rev. Charles Chaput, Archbishop of Denver By Michael Cromartie Friday, July 31, 2009 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.

TRANSCRIPT: Religion and Race A Historical and Contemporary Perspective By Michael Cromartie Sunday, March 1, 2009 Eddie S.Glaude Jr., author of In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America, discussed religion and race in America in a talk from the Pew Forum's semi-annual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life in Key West, Fla., in December 2008.

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)

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 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.