Distinguished Civic & Community Engagement Award: Religion and Civic Engagement

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Session Description

Co-sponsored by the Religion and Politics and Civic Engagement organized sections, this panel honors the work of Rebecca Glazier, the recipient of APSA’s 2023 Distinguished Award for Civic and Community Engagement and Director of the Little Rock Congregations Study. Glazier’s latest book “Faith and Community: How Engagement Strengthens Members, Places of Worship, and Society” (Temple University Press) will be published in summer 2024. Panelists will each discuss the importance of religion and civic engagement in this election year and attendees will have the opportunity to discuss and network during a brief, catered reception to follow.

This event is sponsored by the Ivywood Foundation

Sub Unit

• Panels

Cosponsors

• Division 33: Religion and Politics

• Division 58: Civic Engagement

Chair

• Rebecca A. Glazier University of Arkansas, Little Rock

Presenters

• David E. Campbell University of Notre Dame

• Paul A. Djupe Denison University

• Eric L. McDaniel University of Texas

• J. Cherie Strachan The University of Akron