The Faith Angle Forum held its semi-annual Conference on Religion, Politics & Public Life April 3-5, 2011, in South Beach, Florida. The series brings together a select group of nationally respected journalists and distinguished scholars for in-depth discussions of cutting-edge issues at the intersection of religion and public life. Under the leadership of Michael Cromartie, Vice President at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, the Faith Angle Forum provides extended discussion and the kind of deep reflection that is not always possible in today's fast paced world of breaking news.

Conference topics:

" Radical Islam: The Challenge in Pakistan and Beyond "
Speaker: Ambassador Husain Haqqani, Pakistani Ambassador to the U.S.
Respondent: Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic
Transcript now available here.

" Faith, Film, and Culture: The Challenges, the Prospects "
Speaker: Micheal Flaherty, President and Co-Founder, Walden Media.
Transcript now available here.

" The Retreat From Marriage: How It Has Affected Religion!!and Religion's Response "
Speaker: Dr. Bradford Wilcox, Director, National Marriage Project, and Associate Professor, University of Virginia.
Respondent: Jim Daly, President and CEO, Focus on the Family.
Transcript now available here.


Participants:

Micheal Flaherty, President and Co-Founder, Walden Media
Ambassador Husain Haqqani, Pakistani Ambassador to the U.S.
Dr. Bradford Wilcox, Director, National Marriage Project and Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Virginia
Michael Cromartie (Moderator), Vice President, Ethics and Public Policy Center

Jim Daly, President and CEO, Focus on the Family
Jeffrey Goldberg, National Correspondent, The Atlantic

Fred Barnes, Executive Editor, The Weekly Standard
Claire Brinberg, Producer, This Week, ABC News
Peter Boyer, Senior Writer, Newsweek/Daily Beast
Carl Cannon, Washington Editor, RealClearPolitics.com
Shelby Coffey, Trustee, Newseum
Timothy Dalrymple, Columnist/ Director of Content, Patheos.com
Peter David, Washington Bureau Chief, The Economist
Clare Duffy, Producer, NBC Nightly News
Paul Farhi, Media Critic, The Washington Post
Andrew Ferguson, Senior Editor, The Weekly Standard
Michael Gerson, Columnist, The Washington Post
Dan Gilgoff, Religion News Desk Editor, CNN
Jeffrey Goldberg, National Correspondent, The Atlantic
Barbara Bradley Hagerty, Religion and Culture Correspondent, NPR
Dan Harris, Anchor and Correspondent, ABC News
Tom Krattenmaker, Columnist, USA Today
David Paul Kuhn, Chief Political Correspondent, RealClearPolitics.com
Ryan Lizza, Washington Correspondent, The New Yorker
Lisa Miller, Society and Religion Editor, Newsweek/DailyBeast
Kirsten Powers, Political Analyst, FOX News; Columnist, Daily Beast
Sally Quinn, Moderator, "On Faith," The Washington Post
Karen Tumulty, National Political Correspondent, The Washington Post