TRANSCRIPT: American Evangelicalism
New Leaders, New Faces, New Issues
Posted: Sunday, June 1, 2008
D. Michael Lindsay, author of Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite, described eight fallacies or misconceptions he held as he began his book during this talk at the Pew Forum's semi-annual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life held in Key West, Florida, in May 2008.  [Full Story]

TRANSCRIPT: Religious Voters in the 2008 Election
What It Means for Democrats, Republicans
Posted: Sunday, June 1, 2008
William A. Galston, a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution and an assistant for domestic policy in the Clinton administration, discussed the importance of the Catholic vote in 2008 during the Pew Forum's semi-annual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life in Key West, Fla., in May 2008.  [Full Story]

TRANSCRIPT: How Our Brains are Wired for Belief

Posted: Sunday, June 1, 2008
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 raised these questions and shared their insights with the journalists gathered in Key West, Florida during the Pew Forum's semi-annual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life in May, 2008.  [Full Story]

TRANSCRIPT: Religious Literacy
What Every American Should Know
Posted: Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Stephen Prothero, chair of the Department of Religion at Boston University and the author of Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know - And Doesn't discussed the issue of religious illiteracy in the United States at the Pew Forum's biannual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life in Key West, Florida, in December, 2007.  [Full Story]

TRANSCRIPT: Religion and Secularism
The American Experience
Posted: Wednesday, January 23, 2008
EPPC Senior Fellow Wilfred McClay spoke on the historical relationship between religion and secularism in America at the Pew Forum's biannual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life in Key West, Florida, in December, 2007.  [Full Story]

TRANSCRIPT: The Religion Factor in the 2008 Election

Posted: Wednesday, January 23, 2008
John Green, author of The Faith Factor: How Religion Influences American Elections, analyzed recent surveys and suggested that the line dividing more observant and less observant voters - so pronounced in the 2004 election - may be blurring during this talk at the Pew Forum's biannual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life held in Key West, Florida, in December, 2007.  [Full Story]

EPPC Vice President Elected as Chair to Religious Freedom Commission

Posted: Wednesday, July 4, 2007
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent, bipartisan federal agency advising the Administration and Congress, has elected Michael Cromartie as chair to succeed Felice D. Gaer, who has served in this capacity since 2006.  Preeta D. Bansal and Richard D. Land were elected Vice Chairs.  The officers will serve for one year effective July 1.  [Full Story]

TRANSCRIPT:Global Schism
Is the Anglican Communion Rift the First Stage in a Wider Christian Split?
Posted: Monday, June 11, 2007
EPPC Vice President Michael Cromartie moderated this discussion featuring Philip Jenkins of Pennsylvania State University at the Pew Forum's biannual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life in May 2007. Mr. Jenkins analyzed the growing schism in the worldwide Anglican communion.  [Full Story]

TRANSCRIPT: God's Will
Iran's Polity and the Challenges of the Future
Posted: Monday, June 11, 2007
EPPC Vice President Michael Cromartie moderated this discussion featuring Ray Takeyh of the Council on Foreign Relations at the Pew Forum's biannual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life in May 2007. Mr. Takeyh shed light on the role religion plays in the complex power structure of the Islamic Republic of Iran.   [Full Story]

TRANSCRIPT: Mormonism and Democratic Politics
Are They Compatible?
Posted: Monday, June 11, 2007
EPPC Vice President Michael Cromartie moderated this discussion featuring Richard Bushman of Columbia University at the Pew Forum's biannual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life in May 2007. Mr. Bushamn addressed Mormonism and American politics.  [Full Story]