2003 RNA Conference
September 5-7, 2003 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Seattle
Thursday, September 4
God & Law: Religious Liberty and the Courts
Friday, September 5
Address by Bishop Wilton Gregory, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Religion & the Environment
Moderator: Shelby Oppel, The Oregonian
John Carr, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Sally Bingham, Grace Cathedral
Paul Gorman, National Religious Partnership for the Environment
In Search of Progressive Islam
Moderator: Debrah Caldwell, Beliefnet.com
Ebrahim Moosa, Duke University
Omid Safi, Colgate University
Kecia Ali, Harvard Divinity School
Tour of St. Ignatius Chapel at Seattle University
Spirituality and the Unchurched
Moderator: Cathy Grossman, USA TODAY
Mark Shibley, Southern Oregon University
Patricia O’Connell Killen, Pacific Lutheran University
Sharon Daloz Parks, Whidbey Institute
Hors d’oeuvre reception at the Space Needle
Saturday, September 6
Mormons: Assimilation at Home and Abroad
Moderator: Peggy Fletcher-Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune
Jan Shipps, IUPUI
Armand Mauss, Washington State University
Mark Paredes, Consulate General of Israel in Los Angeles
Shop Talk: Battling Burnout
Moderator: Douglas Todd, The Vancouver Sun
Steve Maynard, The News Tribune
Peggy Fletcher-Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune
Julia Lieblich, freelancer and former Chicago Tribune reporter
Gayle White, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Immigrants & Faith: Tradition and Change
Moderator: Gustav Niebuhr, Center for the Study of Religion
Sharon Suh, Seattle University
Roberto Lint-Sagarena, University of Southern California