Center for Religion & Public Affairs

The Center for Religion and Public Affairs promotes research, study and dialogue regarding the intersection of religion and public affairs and provides resources for policymakers, divinity school students and religious leaders on these issues. Melissa Rogers serves as the Center’s director.

Center Projects

• In 2010, the Center released a statement titled Religious Expression in American Life: A Joint Statement of Current Law. A diverse working group of church-state experts drafted the statement, and the Center served as the convener and facilitator of the work.
• Other special projects of the Center include the report, Serving People in Need, Safeguarding Religious Freedom: Recommendations for the New Administration on Partnerships with Faith-Based Organizations. Brookings Senior Fellow E.J. Dionne Jr. and Center Director Melissa Rogers released this report in December 2008.
• In 2006, the Center launched its Congregational Education Project, a resource providing a series of questions and answers on the electioneering prohibition that applies to houses of worship and other tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organizations.

Issue Pages

This website provides a brief introduction to some of the issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs. Web pages are dedicated to the following topics:

• Religion, Policy and Politics
• Religion and Public Schools
• Expression and Public Places
• Religion and the Workplace
• Government Funding
• Free Exercise of Religion 

Contact

We welcome your comments, questions and suggestions regarding this website and the other work of the Center. Email us at rpa@wfu.edu or contact center director, Melissa Rogers.

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• Religion & Public Affairs
  • Center News
  • Director’s Biography
  • Religion, Policy & Politics
  • Religion & Public Schools
  • Expression & Public Places
  • Religion & The Workplace
  • Government Funding
  • Free Exercise of Religion
  • Congregation Education Project