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2008 RNA Conference Archives: Washington, D.C.
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Washington, D.C.
Sept. 17–21, 2008
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2008 RNA Conference panel audio
Covering Islam: About Islam
(audio)
- Imam Mohamed Magid, director, All Dulles Area Muslim Society
Women and American Islam
(audio)
- Maha ElGenaidi, founder & president of Islamic Networks Group
- Daisy Khan, executive director, American Society for Muslim Advancement
- Dalia Mogahed, executive director, Gallup Center for Muslim Studies
- Mona Eltahawy, freelance journalist and commentator
American Muslim Civic Participation
(audio)
- Edina Lekovic, communications director, Muslim Public Affairs Council
- Zeenat Rahman, outreach and training coordinator, Interfaith Youth Core
- Farid Senzai, director of research, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding
- Dawud Walid, executive director, Council on American-Islamic Relations—Michigan
Reporting on American Muslims
(audio)
- Maria Ebrahimji, producer, CNN
- Anisa Mehdi, documentary filmmaker
- Tayyibah Taylor, Azizah Magazine
- Jamie Tarabay, NPR
Getting Up to Speed on Multimedia: A Practical Primer for Print Religion Journalists
(video | video | video | audio)
- Lynda Kraxberger, Missouri School of Journalism
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Welcome by Religion Newswriters President Kevin Eckstrom, Religion News Service
(video | video | audio)
Putting Faith in Politics
(audio)
- Michael Gerson, op-ed columnist, The Washington Post, former chief speechwriter for President George W. Bush
- Amy Sullivan, national correspondent, TIME magazine
The New Religion Page
(audio | video | video)
- Cathy Grossman, religion reporter, USA TODAY
- Sam Hodges, religion reporter, The Dallas Morning News
- David Waters, editor & producer, On Faith
Strangers & Aliens Among Us
(video | audio)
- J. Kevin Appleby, director of migration and refugee policy, Migration and Refugee Services of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (video | video)
- Roy Beck, founder and CEO, NumbersUSA (video | video)
- Kim Bobo, founder and executive director, Interfaith Worker Justice (video | video)
We Believe In No God, and You Shouldn't Either
(audio)
- Jennifer Michael Hecht, author, "The End of the Soul: Scientific Modernity, Atheism and Anthropology"
- Barry Kosmin, director, Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society and Culture (PDF)
- Paul Kurtz, founder, Center for Inquiry and author, "Forbidden Fruit: The Ethics of Secularism"
2008 National Survey of Religion & Politics
(audio | PDF of survey)
- John Green, professor of political science, University of Akron; director, Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics
- Luis E. Lugo, director, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
The Spiritual Abraham Lincoln
(audio | PDF of handouts)
- David Early, Library of Congress
- Dewey Wallace, religious studies professor, George Washington University
- Ronald C. White Jr., author of two bestselling books on Abraham Lincoln
Press Conference: Obama campaign representatives
(audio)
- Josh DuBois, Barack Obama's National Director of Religious Affairs
- Shaun Casey, Wesley Theological Seminary
The Challenge of Catholic Schools
(audio)
- Mark Gray, research associate, CARA (PDF)
- Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl, Archdiocese of Washington (video | video | video | video)
Sourcing Islam: Nuanced Reporting on a Contested Faith
(audio)
- Shahed Amanullah, founder, Halalfire Media LLC, and editor-in-chief, Altmuslim.com (PDF)
- Paul Barrett, assistant managing editor, BusinessWeek, and author, "American Islam: The Struggle for the Soul of a Religion"
- Dalia Mogahed, executive director, Gallup Center for Muslim Studies (PDF)
Boggled by Blogging?
(audio)
- Kristen Campbell (video)
- Manya Brachear, Chicago Tribune (video | video)
- Terry Mattingly, GetReligion.org (video | video)
- Andrea Useem, freelancer, ReligionWriter.com (video | video)
Whither Congregations?
(audio)
- Diana Butler Bass, author, speaker and independent scholar specializing in American religion and culture
- Andre Daley, leader, Mosaic Life (Christian faith community)
- Julia Duin, assistant national editor of religion, The Washington Times, and author of the book, "Quitting Church"
The Mission of Architecture
(audio)
- Darrow Kirkpatrick , (retired) First Reader, Third Church of Christ, Scientist
- Bob Jaeger, executive director, Partners for Sacred Places
Surveying Surveys
(audio)
- Roger Finke, director, Association of Religion Data Archives
- Ed Stetzer, president, LifeWay Research
- Dan Cox, research director, Public Religion Research
Wednesday Dinner: The Fetzer Institute’s Love & Forgiveness Campaign
(audio)
- Beverly Dorn Steele, director of Educational Services & Outreach for WTVI (PBS) and project director for the CLF in Charlotte, N.C.
- Josephine Washington, founder and president, Growth Resources International
- Everett L. Worthington, Jr., Ph.D., professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
Press conference by Baylor: "What Americans Really Believe"
(audio)
Thursday Luncheon: Council for America’s First Freedom
(audio)
- Robert A. Seiple, president, CFAFF, former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom
Thursday welcome reception: Zondervan
(audio)
- Cathleen Falsani, columnist and author of "Sin Boldly”
- Jason DeRose, NPR
Friday Luncheon: The DeMoss Group debate, "How ‘Christian’ Does a Presidential Candidate Need to Be?”
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- Dr. Robert Jeffress, senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Dallas, and author of sixteen books
- Jay Sekulow, chief counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice
- Moderator: Mark DeMoss, president, The DeMoss Group
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