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Religion & Politics: Faith, Democracy, and American Public Life

Presented by National Museum of American Jewish History at National Museum of American Jewish History

October 17, 2012

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Since the founding of the Republic, Americans have struggled with the relationship between religion and public life, a complex issue particularly apparent in this fraught presidential election year. A distinguished panel moderated by Jane Eisner, editor of The Jewish Daily Forward, will tackle this timely subject, exploring the intersections between religion and politics in American life. Light reception to follow.

Panelists include:

-- John J. DiIulio, Frederic Fox Leadership Professor of Politics, Religion, and Civil Society, Faculty Director & Co-Chair of the Director's Advisory Group, Robert A. Fox Leadership Program, University of Pennsylvania; Former Director, White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
-- E.J. Dionne, Jr., Opinion Writer, The Washington Post
-- Sarah Barringer Gordon, Arlin M. Adams Professor of Constitutional Law and Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania

This program is part of an ongoing program series presented by Penn’s Jewish Studies Program and the Museum that seeks to explore and draw between key themes of the American Jewish experience and broader dimensions of American history and culture.

Supported by the Arlene and Stanley Ginsburg Foundation.

Sponsored by the Interfaith Center of Greater Philadelphia, The Jewish Daily Forward, the National Constitution Center, and University of Pennsylvania’s Program for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society.