Sunday, May 12 (11am)
Upstate New York's highest-rated local public affairs program is sponsored by the University of Rochester, Messenger-Post Newspapers, and WROC Television, Rochester's CBS-TV affiliate.

Topic:
Curt and the panelists will discuss how religion shapes American culture and politics.

• How have the demographics of religion changed in the last decade? Which groups have grown? Which have declined?
• Is the Bible meant to be interpreted literally of figuratively?
• Is Jesus a literal, mythological, and/or historical figure?
• Has organized religion become less judgmental in the last 10-20 years? If so, is that good or bad?
• Why did the avalanche of sexual abuse occur in the last 30-40 years in the Catholic Church?
• Since the 1960s, membership in the mainline Protestant denominations has dropped by 35-40 percent. Why?

Panelists:

• William Scott Green, Dean of the College, Professor of Religion and Philip S. Bernstein Profess of Judaic Studies, University of Rochester
• Anne Meredith, Assistant Professor, Religion and Classics, University of Rochester
• Gregory Osterberg, University Protestant Chaplain, University of Rochester