Red Faith/Blue Faith? Religion in the 2008 Election and Beyond

November 7, 2008, 1:00pm – 2:30pm

About This Event

***This event has been rescheduled to 1:00 p.m. on Friday, November 7th.***

From Jeremiah Wright and anti-Muslim rhetoric to interfaith alliances and Compassion Forums, religion has been a front-burner issue during much of the 2008 presidential campaign. It has been used both as a divisive weapon and as a force that unites and inspires. Since 2004, the face of religion has changed dramatically across the country. The values debate is broader, the religious right is weaker, and a diversity of faith communities has gained visibility and strength.

What does the 2008 election tell us about the hopes and concerns of the country? What issues do we care about most? What role did faith communities play in the election, and what should they be doing in the days ahead? Please join our distinguished panel of experts for a provocative, enlightening conversation on religion and politics in 2008 and beyond.

Featured Panelists:

Shahed Amanullah, Editor-in-Chief of AltMuslim.com
Alexia Kelley, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good
Terrance McKinley, Minister to Young Adults of the Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral of New York
Paul Raushenbush, Associate Dean of Religious Life at Princeton University; Moderator of the Progressive Revival blog at beliefnet.com
Burns Strider, Founding Partner of the Eleison Group

Moderated by:

Sally Steenland, Senior Policy Advisor, Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative at the Center for American Progress

Location

Center for American Progress
1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20005

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A project of the Center for American Progress, the Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative works to identify and articulate the moral, ethical, and spiritual values underpinning policy issues, to shape a progressive stance in which these values are clear, and to increase public awareness and understanding of these values. The initiative also works to safeguard the healthy separation of church and state that has allowed religion in our country to flourish. In all its efforts, the Initiative works for a society and government that strengthen the common good and respect the basic dignity of all people.

Beliefnet, winner of the 2007 National Magazine Award for General Excellence Online, is the largest online community for spirituality and inspiration. Its mission is to help people find and walk a spiritual path that instills comfort, hope, clarity, strength and happiness for people who are exploring their own faith or curious about other spiritual traditions. Beliefnet has approximately three million unique visitors each month and a daily email newsletter readership of nearly 11 million subscribers. Progressive Revival: Faith, Values, and Politics in the 21st Century is a group blog on Beliefnet.com featuring more than two dozen of the nation's leading religious progressives offering their insight, passion, outrage and humor to topical matters facing the nation and the world, from the '08 presidential contest to the Arab-Israeli conflict.