Nov 1: Religion, Politics, and the 2008 Election

Religion, Politics, and the 2008 Election
Thursday, November 01, 2007 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

The Wolfson Center for National Affairs at The New School presents a conversation with Wilfred McClay, senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center at the University of Tennessee and co-author of Religion Returns to the Public Square, and Jacques Berlinerblau, with the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and author of The Secular Bible: Why Nonbelievers Must Take Religion Seriously. With the 2008 election season approaching, McClay and Berlinerblau, two of America’s more thoughtful observers of the intersection of politics and religion, comment on how religion is likely to influence segments of the electorate, ranging from white evangelicals to liberal Catholics to militant secularists, with respect to issues such as abortion, stem-cell research, gay marriage, climate change, and the war in Iraq.

Location:
The New School, Wollman Hall, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor (enter at 66 West 12th Street)
Admission:
$8; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
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