Raymond Helmick-How Are the Faith Communities & the Government to be Insulated from One Another?.mp4

The Committee on Religion & Faith in the Public Square (the "RFPS Committee"), was formed in Boston this May to examine the four great issues presented by the White House Office of Faith-Based Funding, under both Presidents Bush and Obama. These issues concern constitutional law, public policy, the diversity of public theologies in America, and the unique history of Church-&-State relations in America. They are crystallized in the question, "How can the government and the faith communities be insulated from undue interference in each other's affairs?" That question is one, not only for the United States, but for all democracies, and particularly at a time when an uncertain global economic outlook requires governments and churches to work together more than ever. This Roundtable in the Rumi Forum hopes to launch an international dialogue on these issues. A summit will follow in DC on Wednesday, and then a national conference in Boston next spring.