Wednesday, September 8

Religion Reporting 101 Fellowships Program (invitation only)

Thursday, September 9

Religion Reporting 101 Fellowships Program

Press conference
Pew Forum

Welcome reception at the National Cathedral

Saturday, September 10

Breakfast

New member breakfast with RNA board (invitation only)

Welcome & announcements
Jeffrey Sheler, RNA president

Keynote address
Jim Towey, director of the White House Office of Faith-Based Community Initiatives

Politics, Polls and God

• Tony Mauro, Legal Times/American Lawyer Media

• James Standish, Seventh-day Adventist Church

• Sarah Barringer Gordon, University of Pennsylvania

Catholic Politicians: Conscience v. Faith?

• George Weigel, Ethics and Public Policy Center

• Amy Sullivan, Political Aims

• Rosa DeLauro, U.S. House of Representatives, D-Conn.

Reception on Capitol Hill

Twilight tour of D.C. monuments

Saturday, September 11

Breakfast sponsored by Thomas Nelson Publishers
Paula White, author

Shoptalk: Readership, Religion & News: What’s Wrong With This Picture?

• Debra Mason, Religion Newswriters Association

• Stephen Scott, St. Paul Pioneer Press

• Cristal Williams, American Society of Newspaper Editors

Challenges to Contemporary Theological Education

• Richard Mouw, Fuller Theological Seminary

• Katarina Schuth, St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity

• Daniel Aleshire, Association of Theological Schools

God and the White House

• Maureen Shea, The Episcopal Church, USA

• David Aikman, author of "A Man of Faith: The Spiritual Journey of George W. Bush"

• Shaun Casey, Wesley Theological Seminary

Lunch with Marcus Borg: The Two Christianities in North America Today (invitation only)

The State of Our Unions: The Fight Over Marriage

• Robert Knight, Culture & Family Institute, Concerned Women for America

• Jonathan Rauch, The Brookings Institution

• Theodora Ooms, Center for Law and Social Policy

Muslims and Political Life

• Karen Leonard, University of California, Irvine

• Muqtadar Khan, Adrian College

• Amaney Jamal, Princeton University

Shoptalk: Mainstreaming Religion News and Surviving Turf Wars

• David Colton, USA TODAY

• Caryle Murphy, The Washington Post

• Ann Rodgers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Reception and silent auction

Awards banquet

Dessert reception

Sunday, September 12

Breakfast

RNA member meeting

RNA board meeting

RNA & RNF board lunch

RNF board meeting