Melissa Rogers
Visiting Professor, Wake Forest University Divinity School - Falls Church, VA
Melissa Rogers is visiting professor of religion and public policy at Wake Forest University Divinity School and the founder and director of its Center for Religion and Public Affairs. She previously served as executive director of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life in Washington, D.C. and as general counsel of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty. In 2004, Rogers was recognized by National Journal as one of the church-state experts "politicians will call on when they get serious about addressing an important public policy issue." Rogers is currently co-authoring a case book on religion and law for Baylor University Press.
Areas of Expertise:
• Religion’s role in public life
• Church-state issues
Recent articles and interviews:
• TomPaine.com: Religious Freedom For All: Why the Supreme Court is right and the Family Research Council is wrong about religious freedom
• Beliefnet.com: O'Connor Got it Right on Religion
• Testimony of Ms. Melissa Rogers to United States Senate Judiciary Committee on "Beyond the Pledge of Allegiance: Hostility to Religious Expression in the Public Square "
• NPR's Morning Edition: Religion and Politics: The Faith of President Bush
• On Point Radio: Keeping the Faith (discussing Professor Noah Feldman's book, Divided by God: America's Church-State Problem — and What We Should Do About It)
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