The Politics of Faith

October 23-24, 2008

The Religion, Politics and Globalization Program at UC Berkeley
Co-sponsored by the Graduate Theological Union

Thursday, October 23rd at 6:30 p.m., Lipman Room, Barrows Hall:
Keynote Address with Professor Allen Hertzke

Friday, October 24th, 9-4 p.m., Heyns Room, Faculty Club:
Panels on History, Media and Religious Influence in American Politics

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Thursday, October 23rd

6:30 p.m. Keynote Address: "Religion and US Foreign Policy: Assessing its Surprising Turn"
Allen Hertzke, Presidential Professor of Political Science, University of Oklahoma

Friday, October 24th

9-11 a.m. "Religion in the Public Square"
Allen Hertzke, Presidential Professor of Political Science, University of Oklahoma
Barbara McGraw, Director of the Center for Engaged Religious Pluralism, St. Mary’s College of California; author of Rediscovering America's Sacred Ground
Kenneth Wald, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of Florida; author of The Politics of Cultural Differences

11-12:45 p.m. "Religion in the Media"
Roberta Green Ahmanson, Award-winning journalist, Chair of the Media Project of the Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life; Co-Editor and author of Blind Spot: When Journalists Don't Get Religion, Oxford University Press
James A. Donahue, President and Professor of Ethics at the Graduate Theological Union
Matthai Kuruvila, Religion and Spirituality Reporter, San Francisco Chronicle

12:45-2 p.m. Lunch Break

2-3:45 p.m. "Religious Influence in Politics"
Marc Dollinger, Richard and Rhoda Goldman Chair in Jewish Studies and Social Responsibility at San Francisco State University; author of Quest for Inclusion: Jews and Liberalism in Modern America
Amaney Jamal, Assistant Professor, Department of Politics, Princeton University; Senior Advisor on the Pew Project on Islam in America
J. Matthew Wilson, Associate Professor of Political Science, Southern Methodist University; author of The Blame Game: Political Sophistication and the Politics of Attribution