Faith Angle Forum: December 2008


The Faith Angle Forum held its semi-annual Conference on Religion, Politics & Public Life December 7-9, 2008 in Key West, 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. Under the leadership of Michael Cromartie, Vice President at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, the Faith Angle Forum provides extended discussion and the kind of deep reflection that is not always possible in today’s fast paced world of breaking news.

 

Conference topics:

“America & Islam After Bush”

Dr. Vali R. Nasr, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Jeffrey Goldberg, National Correspondent, The Atlantic

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“A Post-Election Look at Religious Voters in the 2008 Election”

Dr. John C. Green, Senior Fellow in Religion & American Politics, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life

Anna Greenberg, Senior Vice President, Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research

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“Religion & Race: A Historical & Contemporary Perspective”

Dr. Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., William S. Tod Professor of Religion & African American Studies, Princeton University

transcript

 

 

Participants:

Michael Allen, Chief Political Correspondent, POLITICO

Perry Bacon, Politics Reporter, The Washington Post

Peter Boyer, Staff Writer, The New Yorker

Carl Cannon, Washington Bureau Chief, Reader’s Digest

Eleanor Clift, Contributing Editor, Newsweek

Eve Conant, Correspondent, Newsweek

Matt Continetti, Associate Editor, The Weekly Standard

E.J. Dionne, Columnist, The Washington Post

Kevin Eckstrom, Editor, Religion News Service

John Fund, Columnist, The Wall Street Journal

Jeffrey Goldberg, National Correspondent, The Atlantic

Lauren Green, Religion Correspondent, Fox News

Cathy Grossman, Religion Writer, USA Today

Barbara Bradley Hagerty, Religion Correspondent, NPR

Mark Katkov, Producer, “CBS Evening News with Katie Couric”

David Paul Kuhn, Senior Political Writer, POLITICO

Rachel Martin, Correspondent, ABC News

Michael Paulson, Religion Reporter, The Boston Globe

Kirsten Powers, Political Analyst and Columnist, Fox News/The New York Post

Sally Quinn, Host, The Washington Post/Newsweek’s “On Faith”

Jacqui Salmon, Religion Reporter, The Washington Post

Richard Starr, Deputy Editor, The Weekly Standard

Jacob Weisberg, Editor-in-Chief, The Slate Group

Byron York, White House Correspondent, National Review