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Voices & Votes: Religious Convictions in the Public Square at Yale Divinity School

Click here to register for the symposium online.

 

Voices & Votes: Religious Convictions in the Public Square will be held Feb. 11-13 at Yale Divinity School. This symposium will provide journalists, political advisors, religious leaders and academics from across the spectrum an opportunity to step back from the fray, address important issues, and gather insights from one another through panels and roundtable conversations.

Hosted by the Yale Center for Faith & Culture and the Yale Forum on Faith and Politics, the symposium is open to the Yale community and interested members of the public without charge. In eight sessions over three days, panels and discussions will focus on issues such as The Media's Dance with Religion, The Political Packaging of Religion, Presidential Campaigns and the Shaping of America's Global Priorities, and Should Theology Shape Politics?

Confirmed speakers at the symposium, in addition to Yale Divinity School and Yale Law School faculty, include: Ryan Anderson (First Things), David Batstone (Editor-at-Large, Sojourners Magazine), Paul Baumann (Commonweal), Henry Brinton  (author, Balancing Acts), Richard Cizik  (vice president for governmental affairs, National Association of Evangelicals), Barrett Duke (VP for Public Policy and Research, Southern Baptist Convention), Richard Land  (president, Southern Baptist Convention Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission), Flo McAfee (former religious liaison, Clinton White House), David Neff (Christianity Today), Ralph Reed (First Executive Director, Christian Coalition), Eric Sapp  (Democratic consultant), Ron Sider (President of Evangelicals for Social Action), Mark Totten (Visiting Scholar, George Washington University Law School), Richard Viguerie (Author, Conservatives Betrayed), Brent Walker (executive director, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty), and Peggy Wehmeyer (former religion correspondent, ABC News).

Representing Yale Divinity School will be Dean Harold Attridge; Randall Balmer, visiting professor of American religious history; David Miller, executive director, Center for Faith & Culture; Lamin Sanneh, D. Willis James Professor of Mission and World Chrstianity;Christian Scharen, Director of the Faith as a Way of Life/Pastoral Excellence Program; Harry Stout, Jonathan Edwards Professor of American Christianity; Miroslav Volf, director, Yale Center for Faith & Culture; and Harlon Dalton, professor (adjunct) of law and religion.

You may register online here. Registration is strongly advised. Download a printable version of the event poster as a PDF file. The agenda follows. Questions about the event can be directed to evan.baehr@yale.edu.

Unless otherwise noted, all events will be held at Yale Divinity School, 409 Prospect St., New Haven

Sunday, February 11

7.30 p.m. Opening Dessert Reception and Discussion
How Should Theology Shape Politics?
Welcome: YDS Dean Harry Attridge, followed by panel of YDS students

Monday, February 12

8.30 a.m. Breakfast and Opening Remarks
Miroslav Volf (Professor of Theology/Director, Yale Center for Faith & Culture)

9.00 a.m. The Media's Dance with Religion (Michael Peppard, moderator)
Paul Baumann (Editor, Commonweal Magazine)
Richard Cizik (VP, Governmental Affairs, National Association of Evangelicals)
David Neff (Editor, Christianity Today)
Peggy Wehmeyer (Host, World Vision Report; formerly ABC News Religion Reporter)

10.30 a.m. Candidates Expressing Their Faith--How Much is Too Much? (Melissa Matthes)
Henry Brinton (Presbyterian pastor/columnist/author, Balancing Acts)
Richard Land (Pres., Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, Southern Baptist Convention)
Flo McAfee (White House Religious Liaison for President Clinton)
Brent Walker (Executive Director, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

12.00 p.m. Luncheon Program
America: God's Chosen Nation?
Presenter: Harry Stout (Professor of American Religious History, Yale University)

1.30 p.m. The Political Packaging of Religion (Linda Lader, moderator)
Ryan Anderson (First Things)
Harlon Dalton (Professor[Adjunct] of Law and Religion, Yale University)
Barrett Duke (VP for Public Policy and Research, Southern Baptist Convention)
Eric Sapp (Democratic consultant, Common Good Strategies)
Mark Totten (Visiting Scholar, George Washington University Law School)

3.00 p.m. The Evolution of the Religious Right (Evan Baehr, moderator )
Randall Balmer (author, Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts the Faith )
Serene Jones (Professor of Theology, Yale Divinity School)
Ralph Reed (CEO, Century Strategies/ former Executive Director, Christian Coalition)
Ron Sider (President & Founder, Evangelicals for Social Action)
Richard Viguerie (Founder, Conservative Digest /author, Conservatives Betrayed )

4.30 p.m. Special Presentation of Faith in Action:
William Wilberforce and the Abolition of the 19th Century Slave Trade

7.00 p.m. Dinner and Informal Discussion
Moderated by David Miller ( Executive Director, Yale Center for Faith & Culture )

 

Tuesday, February 13

8.30 a.m. Breakfast

9.00 a.m. Presidential Campaigns and America 's Global Priorities Lamin Sanneh (Professor of World Christianity and History, Yale University)
Chris Scharen (Director, Faith as a Way of Life, Yale Divinity School)