“Religion in the Public Square,” held March 27-28, 2008, brought together Duke Divinity School faculty with a cross section of journalists who cover religion in North Carolina and across the nation.

They participated in four panels:

1. “America’s God: Trends in American Religion”


2. “The Ups and Downs of the Mainline”


3. “Evangelicals after Billy Graham”


4. “Religion in the Public Square: Where Should the Lines Be Drawn?”

Professor of Christian History Grant Wacker presented a public lecture, “Billy Graham’s America,” from research for his forthcoming cultural biography on Graham.

	David Steinmetz A.R. Kearns Professor of the History of Christianity		Jo Bailey Wells Associate Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry and Bible, Director of the Anglican Episcopal House of Studies
	Barbara Bradley Hagerty National Public Radio		Mark Chaves Professor of Society, Religion and Divinity
	Mark Pinsky Orlando Sentinel		Ted Olsen Christianity Today
	Grant Wacker Professor of Christian History		Lauren Winner Assistant Professor of Christian Spirituality