Symposium on Evangelicals and Foreign Policy
March 28, 2007
Copley Formal Lounge
Georgetown University
Sponsored by the Luce/SFS Program on Religion and International Affairs
To read interviews with panelists, click here.
1:30-3:00 Relief, Development, and Evangelical Engagement
Carol Lancaster, Mortara Center for International Studies (chair)
Rachel McCleary, Harvard University
Serge Duss, World Vision
Chris Seiple, Institute for Global Engagement
3:00-3:30 Break
3:30-5:00 American Foreign Policy and the Evangelical Moment
Jacques Berlinerblau, Program for Jewish Civilization (chair)
Luis Lugo, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
Richard Cizik, National Association of Evangelicals
Richard Land, Southern Baptist Convention
Core questions addressed:
On Evangelicals and Development
To what degree has Evangelical engagement around development agendas increased over the last decade, and how do you account for the increase?
What issues and priorities do Evangelicals groups bring to global development policy, and how do they arrive at them?
What form of advocacy coordination exists across Evangelical groups, and in collaboration with other religious and non-religious organizations?
On Evangelicals and Foreign Policy
When did Evangelicals begin to make foreign affairs a priority, and why?
What specific issues have most galvanized the Evangelical community (religious freedom, support for Israel, family values, human trafficking, poverty, genocide, etc.), and why?
How do Evangelical leaders mobilize public support for their positions and collaborate with other religious -- and secular -- advocacy organizations?