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The Yale Forum on Faith and Politics is pleased to offer three exciting events to the Yale Community. All events are free and open to the public.
 
Monday, April 21, 12:30pm, S117:  Professor Phil Gorski on “Obama, the African American Church, and Civil Religion” (drawing on his article Class, Nation and Covenant.  A catered lunch will be served.

Preeminent sociologist Phil Gorski brings his wide-ranging expertise in religion, theology, politics, and civil religion to bear on the recent debate over Barak Obama’s pastor, Jeremiah Wright.  As with all YFFP lunches, we will hear from Professor Gorski for the first twenty minutes and then open the floor for an engaging discussion.
 
 
Tuesday, April 22, 12:00pm, Jonathan Edwards Dining Room: Congressman Mickey Edwards on "Conservatism, the Constitution, and Religion in the Public Square." A catered lunch will be served.

Mickey Edwards—a sixteen-year Republican congressman and founding member of the Heritage Foundation—is a giant in American conservative life.  Yet in his new book, Reclaiming Conservatism: How a Great American Political Movement Got Lost, Edwards narrates the story of the betrayal of conservatism fueled in part by a misunderstanding of the separation of church and state.  “Along with Andrew Sullivan's Conservative Soul, this is the kind of book that's all too rare in American politics: a sincere and thoughtful engagement with the core principles of a leading philosophical tradition,” said Chris Meserole, co-coordinator of the Yale Forum on Faith and Politics.
 
 
Wednesday, April 23, 6:00pm, RSV Room:  YDS Screening of Lord Save Us From Your Followers with a Q&A with the film director Dan Merchant.  A light dinner will be served.

Lord, Save Us From Your Followers is an energetic, accessible documentary that explores the collision of faith and culture in America. Fed up with the angry, strident language filling the airwaves that has come to represent the Christian faith, director Dan Merchant set out to discover why the Gospel of Love is dividing America. Weaving together expert interviews, man-on-the-street bits, hilarious animations and "I've never seen that before" stunts, Lord, Save Us From Your Followers brings everyone into a conversation our country needs to have.
 
With exclusive interviews with comedian/Senatorial candidate Al Franken, former Senator and Religious Right inside man Rick Santorum, noted “liberal evangelical” Tony Campolo, conservative radio host Michael Reagan, racial reconciliation activist Dr. John Perkins and features with Bono, Pastor Rick Warren (“Purpose Driven Life”), James Dobson, Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, no stone is left unturned in this engaging, unpredictable and challenging look at the conflict over religion in America.