December 2009 Engage - Faith and Leadership

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?

Kathleen Johnson, Jim Walker, Rev. Joseph C. Parker, Jr., and Tom Spencer

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
• Moderated by Jim Walker – Director of Sustainability, The University of Texas at Austin

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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