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I S I R E G I O N A L L E A D E R S H I P C O N F E R E N C E

Patriot Sage: George Washington and the American Political Tradition

"Religion and the American Founding"
Saturday, March 3, 2007

Program Overview
The role of religion in the American Founding has long been hotly contested. This conference brings together some of the nation's top students of the subject to discuss and debate the relevance or irrelevance of religion in the era—and its implications for law and politics today.

Location
Lemmons Center
George Fox University
Newberg, Oregon
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Schedule
9:00-9:15 a.m.	Opening Remarks Darryl Hart, ISI
9:15-10:15	"Revolutionary-Era Americans: Were They Enlightened or Protestant? Does it Matter?" Barry Alan Shain, Colgate University
10:15-10:30	Break
10:30-12:00 p.m.	Panel: "Forgotten Founders on Church and State" Chair: Jeffry H. Morrison Thomas Buckley on Patrick Henry Jonathan Den Hartog on John Jay Patrick Deneen on Nathaniel Niles
12:00-1:45	Banquet, with speaker "Famous Founders and Forgotten Founders: What's the Difference, and Does the Difference Matter?" Daniel L. Dreisbach, author, Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation between Church and State
1:45-2:00	Break
2:00-3:00	"Religion and the American Presidency" Gary Smith, Grove City College
3:00-3:15	Break
3:15-4:45	Debate: "Did America Have a Christian Founding?" Barry Alan Shain and Mark David Hall vs. Steven Green and Derek Davis
4:45-5:00	Closing Remarks Darryl Hart, ISI

See the conference brochure.