Religion in the Race for the White House
AAR Religion and Media Workshop, Friday, October 31st
Chicago Hilton Towers, 9:30 AM - 5 PM
Forty-seven years after John F. Kennedy became the first successful Roman Catholic contender for a White House previously occupied only by Protestant men, Americans again have watched candidates for the White House publicly confront questions about their religious beliefs. Scrutiny over both Mitt Romney’s and Barack Obama’s respective church affiliations dominated early and late primaries. More recently, the Pentecostal roots and evangelical credentials of Republican Vice President nominee Sarah Palin have raised questions about how her beliefs would influence public policy. In this charged atmosphere, the Religion and Media Workshop invites you to discuss Election 2008 with nationally-renown reporters and scholars. Sessions include:
Making Religion in the Public Square
- Steve Waldman (co-founder and CEO of Beliefnet.com)
- Christian Lundberg (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
When "Mitt’s a Mormon" Is News
- Kathleen Flake (Vanderbilt Divinity School)
- Melissa Proctor (Harvard University)
- Manya Brachear (The Chicago Tribune)
Race and Religion in the Race for the White House
- Dwight N. Hopkins (University of Chicago)
- Melissa Harris-Lacewell (Princeton University)
Roundtable on Evangelicalism and Politics
- Michael Lindsay (Rice University)
- Jeff Sharlet (TheRevealer.org)
- Randall Balmer (Columbia University)
Transatlantic Perspectives on Election 2008
- Former BBC journalist Jane Little
Contact
Share your comments and questions with the workshop coordinators.
Kaley Carpenter
Jenna Tiitsman