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