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A YFFP CONFERENCE

VOICES & VOTES II: SHAPING A NEW MORAL AGENDA

On Friday, October 12, the Yale Forum on Faith & Politics held "Voices & Votes II: Shaping a New Moral Agenda," its latest symposium on religion and politics.

Cosponsored by the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, Sojourners, Christianity Today, and The Christian Century, the symposium featured lively panels and debates in Marquand Chapel at Yale Divinity School.

We hope to publish transcripts of the symposium soon. In the meantime, you can watch video of the conference here.

Voices & Votes II Schedule

Friday, October 12

Panel I

2:00pmRethinking Theological Foundations for Political Engagement

Moderated by Michael Peppard

Panelists:

Greg Boyd (Woodland Hills Church)

Stephen Carter (Yale University)

Andy Crouch (Editorial Director, Christianity Today)

Serene Jones (Yale Divinity School)

Jim Wallis (Sojourners; author, God's Politics)

Panel II

3:30pmReligious People, Secular Nation: Toward a New Wall of Separation?

Moderated by Chris Meserole

Perspectives:

Rabbi David Saperstein (Religious Action Center)

Ralph Reed (Founder, Christian Coalition)

Norman Ornstein (American Enterprise Institute)

Challenges:

Seamus Hasson (The Becket Fund; author, The Right to be Wrong)

Flo McAfee (Former White House Religious Liaison for President Clinton)

Rev. Richard Nathan (Vineyard Church of Columbus)

Eric Sapp (Common Good Strategies)

Amy Sullivan (Political Editor, Time Magazine)

Panel III

5:00pmGetting Down to Business: Shaping the New Moral Agenda

Moderated by Evan Baehr

Panelists:

Bob Abernethy (Host, Religion & Ethics News Weekly)

Randall Balmer (Barnard College; author, Thy Kingdom Come)

Jennifer Butler (Faith in Public Life)

David Heim (Executive Editor, Christian Century)

David Kinnaman (Barna Research; author, un-Christian)

Richard Land (So. Baptist Convention; author, The Divided States of America)

D. Michael Lindsay (Author, Faith in the Halls of Power)

Marvin Olasky (Editor, World Magazine)

Tom Roberts (Editor, National Catholic Reporter)

Tyler Wigg Stevenson (Coordinator, Faithful Security; author, Brand Jesus)

Jim Wallis (Sojourners; author, God's Politics)

Voices & Votes II

Speaker Confirmations

Updated List (10/3):
Bob Abernethy (Host, Religion & Ethics News Weekly)
Harry Attridge (Dean, Yale Divinity School)
Randall Balmer (Barnard College; author, Thy Kingdom Come)
Greg Boyd (Woodland Hills Church)
Jennifer Butler (Executive Director, Faith in Public Life)
Stephen Carter (Yale Law School)
Andy Crouch (Editorial Director, Christianity Today)
Barrett Duke (Southern Baptist Convention)
Phil Gorski (Yale University)
Tony Hall (Fmr. Ambassador and Congressman)
Anna Halpine (World Youth Alliance)
Seamus Hassen (The Becket Fund; author, The Right to be Wrong)
David Heim (Executive Editor, The Christian Century)
Serene Jones (Yale University)
David Kinnaman (Barna Research; author, un-Christian)
David Kuo (Fmr. White House staff; Author, Tempting Faith)
Richard Land (Southern Baptist Convention; author, Divided States of America)
D. Michael Lindsay (Author, Faith in the Halls of Power)
Flo McAfee (Fmr. White House Staff)
David Miller (Executive Director, Yale Center for Faith & Culture)
Rev. Richard Nathan (Vineyard Church of Columbus)
Marvin Olasky (Editor, World Magazine)
Ted Olsen (Managing Editor, Christianity Today)
Norman Ornstein (American Enterprise Institute)
Jack Pannell (Sojourners)
Ralph Reed (Founder, Christian Coalition)
Tom Roberts (Editor, National Catholic Reporter)
Rabbi David Saperstein (Religious Action Center)
Eric Sapp (Common Good Strategies)
Vivek Sharma (Yale University)
Tyler Wigg Stevenson (Coordinator, Faithful Security; author, Brand Jesus)
Amy Sullivan (Political Editor, Time Magazine)
Miroslav Volf (Yale University)
Ray Waddle (Editor, Reflections)
James Wallis (Sojourners)
Peggy Wehmeyer (World Vision Radio)
*Tentative Speaker