Michael Cromartie

In Memoriam, 1950-2017

Michael Cromartie was Vice President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, where he directed both the Evangelicals in Civic Life and Faith Angle Forum programs. His area of expertise included issues at the cross-section of religion and politics.

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Michael Cromartie was Vice President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, where he directed both the Evangelicals in Civic Life and Faith Angle Forum programs. His area of expertise included issues at the cross-section of religion and politics.

Mr. Cromartie contributed book reviews and articles to many prominent publications, including First Things, the Washington PostChristianity Today, and World magazine. Mr. Cromartie also appeared on numerous radio and television programs, including National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, NBC’s Evening News with Brian Williams, ABC World News Tonight, C-SPAN’s Washington Journal, and the PBS news program The News Hour with Jim Lehrer.

Mr. Cromartie was the editor of fifteen books, including Religion and Politics in AmericaReligion, Culture, and International Conflict; and A Public Faith: Evangelicals and Civic Engagement.

A senior advisor to the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life and a senior fellow with The Trinity Forum, he was also an advisory editor of Christianity Today magazine.

On September 20, 2004, Mr. Cromartie was appointed by President George W. Bush to a six-year term on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, where he was later twice elected chairman.

Mr. Cromartie was a graduate of Covenant College (Ga.), and held an M.A. in Justice from The American University in Washington, D.C.


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Dr. David Campbell at the November 2011 Faith Angle Forum

Michael Cromartie

Dr. David Campbell, Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, spoke at the November 2011 Faith Angle Forum about Mormonism in politics.

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Can Evangelicals Fill John Stott's Shoes?

Michael Cromartie

This past Friday, a memorial service was held at College Church in Wheaton, Ill., for the Rev. John R.W. Stott,…

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USA Today / November 13, 2011

Ambassador Husain Haqqani and Jeffrey Goldberg at the April 2011 Faith Angle Forum

Michael Cromartie

Ambassador Husain Haqqani, the Pakistani Ambassador to the United States, and Jeffrey Goldberg, national correspondent for The Atlantic, spoke at the April 2011 Faith Angle Forum about the challenge of radical Islam in Pakistan and beyond.

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Micheal Flaherty at the April 2011 Faith Angle Forum

Michael Cromartie

Micheal Flaherty, President and co-founder of Walden Media, spoke at the April 2011 Faith Angle Forum about the prospects and challenges of incorporating faith into popular film.

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Dr. Bradford Wilcox and Jim Daly at the April 2011 Faith Angle Forum

Michael Cromartie

Dr. Bradford Wilcox, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University at the University of Virginia, and the director of the National Marriage Project, and Jim Daly, the President and CEO of Focus on the Family, spoke at the April 2011 Faith Angle Forum about religion’s response to the retreat from marriage.

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Dr. Elaine Howard Ecklund and Barbara Bradley Hagerty at the November 2010 Faith Angle Forum

Michael Cromartie

Dr. Elaine Howard Ecklund, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rice University, and Barbara Bradley Hagerty, religion correspondent for NPR, spoke at the November 2010 Faith Angle Forum about scientists’ real thoughts about faith and science.

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Dr. William A. Galston, E.J. Dionne, and Michael Barone at the November 2010 Faith Angle…

Michael Cromartie

Dr. William A. Galston, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, E.J. Dionne, columnist for the Washington Post, and Michael Barone, Senior Political Analyst for the Washington Examiner, spoke at the November 2010 Faith Angle Forum about the impact of religious voters in the 2010 elections.

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The Dead Are Not Raised by Politics

Michael Cromartie

Michael Cromartie is Vice President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and director of its programs on Evangelicals in…

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Patheos / August 11, 2010

Dr. David Gelernter and Rabbi David Saperstein at the March 2010 Faith Angle Forum

Michael Cromartie

Dr. David Gelernter, Professor of Computer Science at Yale University, and Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, spoke at the March 2010 Faith Angle Forum about Judaism in American politics.

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Dr. James Davison Hunter, Ross Douthat, and Amy Sullivan at the March 2010 Faith Angle…

Michael Cromartie

Dr. James Davison Hunter, Professor of Religion, Culture, & Social Theory at the University of Virginia, Ross Douthat, columnist for the New York Times, and Amy Sullivan, contributing editor for Time Magazine, spoke at hte March 2010 Faith Angle Forum about Christianity in the modern world.

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Dr. Philip Jenkins at the March 2010 Faith Angle Forum

Michael Cromartie

Dr. Philip Jenkins, professor of humanities at Pennsylvania State University, spoke at the March 2010 Faith Angle Forum on the subject of the reach and perils of global Christianity.

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Dr. Wilfred M. McClay and E.J. Dionne at the May 2009 Faith Angle Forum

Michael Cromartie

Dr. Wilfred M. McClay, Professor of Humanities at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and E.J. Dionne, columnist for the Washington Post, spoke at the May 2009 Faith Angle Forum about the theologian, Reinhold Niebuhr.

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