VOICES & VOTES I
In February 2007, YFFP packed dozens of panelists and attendees into Marquand Chapel for Voices & Votes: Religious Convictions in the Public Sphere.
You can find a running transcript of the conference over at the Huffington Post.
The panels included The Media’s Dance with Religion, Candidates Expressing their Faith: How Much is Too Much?, The Political Packaging of Religion, and The Evolution of the Religious Right.
For the conference schedule, please see below.
Sunday, February 11
| 7:30pm | Dessert Reception and Discussion |
| How Should Theology Shape Politics? | |
| Dean Harry Attridge, David Miller, and Yale Divinity School students |
Monday, February 12
| 8:30am | Breakfast and Registration |
| 9:00am | Opening Remarks |
| Miroslav Volf (Director, Yale Center for Faith & Culture) |
| 9:15am | The Media’s Dance with Religion |
| Paul Baumann (Editor, Commonweal Magazine) | |
| Richard Cizik (VP, National Association of Evangelicals) | |
| David Neff (Editor, Christianity Today) | |
| Peggy Wehmeyer (Host, World Vision Report; former ABC Reporter) |
| 10:45am | Candidates Expressing Their Faith-How Much is Too Much? |
| Henry Brinton (Pastor, Columnist and Author, Balancing Act) | |
| Richard Land (President, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission) | |
| Flo McAfee (Former White House Religious Liaison for President Clinton) | |
| Brent Walker (Executive Director, Baptist Joint Com. for Religious Liberty) |
| 12:15pm | Luncheon Program, “America: God’s Chosen Nation?” |
| Presenter: Harry Stout (Prof. of US Religious History, Yale University) |
| 1:30pm | The Political Packaging of Religion |
| Ryan Anderson (Fellow, First Things) | |
| Harlon Dalton (Professor, Yale Law School) | |
| Barrett Duke (VP, Southern Baptist Convention) | |
| Eric Sapp (Democratic Consultant, Common Good Strategies) | |
| Mark Totten (Fellow, Yale Center for Faith & Culture) |
| 3:00pm | The Evolution of the Religious Right |
| Richard Viguerie (Author, Conservatives Betrayed) | |
| Serene Jones (Professor of Theology, Yale Divinity School) | |
| Ralph Reed (former Executive Director, Christian Coalition) | |
| Ron Sider (President and Founder, Evangelicals for Social Action) |
| 7:00pm | Dinner and Informal Discussion |
| Moderated by David Miller (Exec. Director, Center for Faith & Culture) |
Tuesday, February 13
| 8:30am | Breakfast |
| 9:00am | Presidential Campaigns and America’s Global Priorities |
| Lamin Sanneh (Professor of World Christianity, Yale University) |
| 10:15a | Closing Remarks |
| Linda Lader (President, Renaissance Institute) |