RELIGION IN AMERICA

November 6 - 9, 2011

In his Farewell Address, George Washington wrote, “Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports.” And religion—which Washington went on to call one of the “great pillars of human happiness”—has played a crucial role in America from colonial times on.

This second CCA of the 2011-2012 academic year will examine religion in American life from the Puritans to the present, including current controversies.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6

4:00 p.m.     “The Puritans and Colonial America”
                   Mark A. Noll
                   University of Notre Dame
                   Author, America’s God: From Jonathan Edwards to
                   Abraham Lincoln
  
8:00 p.m.     “Religion in Early 19th Century America”
                   Daniel Walker Howe
                   University of California, Los Angeles
                   Author, What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation
                   of America, 1815-1848

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7

4:00 p.m.     “The American Founders and Religious Liberty”
                   Vincent Phillip Munoz
                   University of Notre Dame
                   Author, God and the Founders

8:00 p.m.     “Faith and the Civil Rights Movement”
                   Juan Williams
                   FOX News
                   Author, This Far by Faith: Stories from the
                   African American Religious Experience

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8

4:00 p.m.     “The Social Gospel Movement”
                   Russell R. Reno
                   Creighton University
                   Author, Fighting the Noonday Devil

8:00 p.m.     “The Rise of Secularism: Religion and the Public
                   Square Today”
                   Hunter Baker
                   Union University
                   Author, The End of Secularism
  

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9

4:00 p.m.     Faculty Roundtable
                   Paul Moreno, Chairman

All Speakers Confirmed