This is the third and final lecture given by Purdue University Professor Frank Lambert at the 2012 Shurden Lectures. This lecture centers on the Federal Convention of 1787 and the state ratifying conventions that debated the draft Constitution. It explores the question of religion at those conventions within the context of trying to create a […]

Melissa Rogers, the director of the Center for Religion and Public Affairs at the Wake Forest University School of Divinity, delivered the 2011 Walter B. and Kay W. Shurden Lectures on Religious Liberty and Separation of Church and State. This is her first lecture in the series, titled “Religious Expression in American Public Life.” During […]

In this presentation, Melissa Rogers gives an American and Christian case for defending Muslims’ free exercise rights. This is her second presentation for the 2011 Walter B. and Kay W. Shurden Lectures on Religious Liberty and Separation of Church and State, held on the campus of Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky. Rogers is a former BJC General Counsel, […]

Melissa Rogers delivered the 2011 Walter B. and Kay W. Shurden Lectures on Religious Liberty and Separation of Church and State. This is her final lecture in the series, titled “Continuity and Change: Faith-based Partnerships under Presidents Bush and Obama.” Rogers is the director of the Center for Religion and Public Affairs at the Wake Forest University […]