Engage December 2009

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Speakers:

Kathleen Johnson - Vice President and Military Director, American Atheists; Founder and Past President, Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers
Rev. Joseph C. Parker, Jr. - Senior Pastor, David Chapel Missionary Baptist Church
Tom Spencer - Executive Director, Austin Area Interreligious Ministries
Discussion moderated by Jim Walker - Director of Sustainability, The University of Texas at Austin

Summary:

To what degree is faith a factor in leadership, and how does it impede or empower faith-based and other organizations? How can we use a potentially polarizing topic to bring about collaboration?

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References from the Discussion:

American Atheists
Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers
David Chapel Missionary Baptist Church
Austin Area Interreligious Ministries
American Religious Identification Survey 2008

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