Faith, Values, and the 2016 Election: A “Francis Effect” in U.S. Politics?

Do Christians play the same role in U.S. elections today as they did a decade ago? Does the Religious Right have an identity crisis? How is a new generation of young Catholic and evangelical voters reshaping what it means to be a “values voter,” and how might Pope Francis’ strong focus on inequality and climate change influence the American public square? A public lecture by John Gehring, Catholic Program Director for Faith in Public Life and author of the recent book “The Francis Effect.”

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