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Center Conversations

"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 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 3
Reform Judaism: A New Path?
A Conversation with Rabbis Jack Luxemburg, David Novak, and Joshua Haberman
Posted: Monday, November 22, 1999
At an Ethics and Public Policy Center seminar on June 25, 1999, the subject was the “Statement of Principles for Reform Judaism” adopted a month earlier in Pittsburgh by the Central Conference of American Rabbis.  [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]
Center Conversations, Number 1
From Plato to NATO
A Conversation with David Gress
Posted: Monday, May 24, 1999
On February 8, 1999, David Gress, the author of From Plato to NATO: The Idea of the West and Its Opponents, spoke at an informal Center seminar.  [Read More]
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EPPC on Book TV
Weigel Featured on "In Depth"

On Sunday, June 1, EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel was featured on C-SPAN2/Book TV's program "In Depth."

Click here to view the program online.   


Religion and the Media
Michael Cromartie
Faith Angle Conference -- May 2008

EPPC Vice President Michael Cromartie moderated a series of discussions in May at the semi-annual Faith Angle Conference sponsored by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life and held in Key West, Florida. Transcripts of the informative talks are now available online.


American Evangelicalism: New Leaders, New Faces, New Issues -- D. Michael Lindsay, author of Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite, describes eight fallacies or misconceptions he held as he began his book.

Religious Voters in the 2008 Election: What It Means for Democrats, Republicans -- William A. Galston, a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution and an assistant for domestic policy in the Clinton administration, discusses the importance of the Catholic vote in 2008.

How Our Brains are Wired for Belief -- What does brain science add to age-old debates about the existence of God and the value of religion? Can political parties and religious groups use scientific insights to influence the beliefs of others? Dr. Andrew Newberg and Mr. David Brooks raise these questions and share their insights with journalists.