The Faith Angle Forum held its semi-annual Conference on Religion, Politics & Public Life May 3-5, 2009 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:
“American Grace: How Religion is Reshaping Our Civic & Political Lives”
Dr. Robert D. Putnam, Peter & Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University
Dr. David Campbell, John Cardinal O’Hara, C.S.C. Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame
“Obama’s Favorite Theologian? A Short Course on Reinhold Niebuhr”
Dr. Wilfred M. McClay, SunTrust Bank Chair of Excellence in Humanities, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
E.J. Dionne, Columnist, The Washington Post
“Religion & Science: Conflict or Harmony?”
Dr. Francis S. Collins, Former Director, National Human Genome Research Institute
Barbara Bradley Hagerty, Religion Correspondent, NPR
Participants:
Perry Bacon, Congressional Reporter, The Washington Post
Fred Barnes, Executive Editor, The Weekly Standard
Claire Brinberg, Producer, CNN
Daniel Burke, National Correspondent, Religion News Service
Carl Cannon, Senior Washington Correspondent, PoliticsDaily.com
Michelle Cottle, Senior Editor, The New Republic
E.J. Dionne, Columnist, The Washington Post
Ross Douthat, Columnist, The New York Times
Clare Duffy, Producer, “NBC Nightly News”
Michael Gerson, Columnist, The Washington Post
Dan Gilgoff, Senior Writer, U.S. News & World Report
Lauren Green, Religion Correspondent, Fox News
Barbara Bradley Hagerty, Religion Correspondent, NPR
Dan Harris, Anchor and Correspondent, ABC News
Jonathan Karl, Senior Congressional Correspondent, ABC News
Kathleen Parker, Columnist, The Washington Post
Sally Quinn, Moderator, The Washington Post/Newsweek‘s “On Faith”
Naomi Schaefer Riley, Deputy Taste Editor, The Wall Street Journal
Reihan Salam, Columnist, Forbes.com
John Siniff, Executive Forum Editor, USA Today
Amy Sullivan, Senior Editor, TIME Magazine
Lynn Sweet, Washington Bureau Chief, Chicago Sun-Times
David Van Biema, Contributor, TIME Magazine
Adrian Wooldridge, Washington Bureau Chief, The Economist