Saturday, April 19, 2025 |  9:30 AM – 6:00 PM PDT

Location | Albrecht Auditorium
Claremont Graduate University

RELIGION IN PUBLIC: BUSINESS, PHILANTHROPY, MEDIA

Conference Schedule

9:30   Welcome

Matthew Bowman, Claremont Graduate University
David Specht, Claremont Graduate University

9:45   Religion and Business

Where does “religion” end and “business” begin? Do we imagine “religion” and “business” as organizations? Sets of beliefs? Do different models for what “religion” and “business” might be shape how we think about how they interact?

Deonnie Moodie, University of Oklahoma

Nathan Oman, College of William and Mary

Reid Steadman, Bountiful Financial

11:30   Lunch

1:00   Religion and Philanthropy

How do religious organizations and ideas define “philanthropy” in distinctive ways? How is philanthropy related to broader questions of religious identity and purpose?

Kate Rosenblatt, Emory University

Heather Curtis, Tufts University

Tanise Chung Hoon, LDS Philanthropies

2:30   Break

3:00  Religion and Media

How do changing forms of media shape what we understand “religion” to be? How are contemporary religious organizations grappling with – or failing to grapple with – transformations in modern forms of media?

Benjamin Peters, University of Tulsa

Heidi Campbell, Texas A&M University

Brooke Zaugg, Radiant Foundation

4:30   Break

5:00   Plenary Address

Warner Woodworth, Brigham Young University

6:00   Conclusion

Matthew Bowman, Claremont Graduate University
David Specht, Claremont Graduate University