Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This session, led by University of Notre Dame professor David Campbell and host of NYT’s Believing newsletter Lauren Jackson, looks at the many diverse ways in which religion has influenced American politics over the last decades. What we might expect from the midterm elections this November? In the age of the smartphone, how does religion influence contemporary civic engagement? Are politicians still appealing to religious communities, or circumventing them? When 49 percent of Americans are still regularly engaged with a house of worship, does faith inform their political life—or is it the other way around?
This talk is part of the Religion & Society Program's Faith Angle Forum series, which equips mainstream journalists with resources to strengthen reporting and commentary on how religious communities and convictions shape politics and public life. This session was filmed June 4, 2026, in Park City, UT.
Read more about Faith Angle at our website: faithangle.org
This session, led by University of Notre Dame professor David Campbell and host of NYT’s Believing newsletter Lauren Jackson, looks at the many diverse ways in which religion has influenced American politics over the last decades. What we might expect from the midterm elections this November? In the age of the smartphone, how does religion influence contemporary civic engagement? Are politicians still appealing to religious communities, or circumventing them? When 49 percent of Americans are still regularly engaged with a house of worship, does faith inform their political life—or is it the other way around?
This talk is part of the Religion & Society Program's Faith Angle Forum series, which equips mainstream journalists with resources to strengthen reporting and commentary on how religious communities and convictions shape politics and public life. This session was filmed June 4, 2026, in Park City, UT.
Read more about Faith Angle at our website: faithangle.org
