Since our nation’s founding, conservative Protestantism has been a critical force shaping American culture. Today the evangelical movement is clearly ascendant even as its health and integrity are widely debated. Can the movement survive the challenges of increasing secularization, technological innovation, political tumult, and other phenomena?  In the fifth annual William E. and Carol G. Simon Lecture on Religion in American Public Life, Dr. Russell Moore will examine the current state of evangelical Christianity in America and set forth a prescription for its future.

Dr. Russell Moore is president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. The lecture, co-sponsored by the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, will take place in Bowen Hall 222 on the Princeton University campus at 4:30 pm on Tuesday, April 17.

Matthew J. Franck, Director of the Witherspoon Institute’s William E. and Carol G. Simon Center on Religion and the Constitution, will join a distinguished lineup of speakers for a conference at the University of Alabama’s Law School on March 23, 2018. 

Speakers and topics include: 

•  Victoria Nourse, Georgetown University Law School, Justice Scalia’s Textualist Legacy and His Influence on Justice Gorsuch

• Matthew J. Franck, The Witherspoon Institute, The Politics of Judicial Nominations

• Hillel Levin, University of Georgia Law School, Justice Gorsuch on Judicial Precedent

• Heather Elliot, University of Alabama Law School, and Kristin Hickman, University of Minnesota Law School, Justice Gorsuch and the Future of Chevron

For a detailed schedule of events, including times and locations, please visit the conference webpage.