Spring 2026 Summit Reader
Capital, Conscience, and Knowledge: Religion and the Common Good in a Market-Driven Society
Thursday, March 26 - Friday, March 27, 2026
Keynote Panel:
Religion, Capital, and the University: Purpose, Power, and Democratic Norms
| Speaker | Readings |
|---|---|
Benjamin M. Friedman - Harvard University, Department of Economics | |
Nikki W. Kraus - CEO, Strategic Investment Group | |
Corey D.B. Walker - Dean, Wake Forest School of Divinity |
Keynote Address:
Universities at the Crossroads: The State, the Endowment, and the Crisis of Legitimacy
| Speaker | Readings |
|---|---|
Laurie L. Patton - President, American Academy of Arts & Sciences |
Panel: Risk, Return, and Responsibility
| Speaker | Readings |
|---|---|
George Bulman – University of California Santa Cruz | |
John Y. Campbell – Harvard University, Department of Economics | |
Darren Dochuk – University of Notre Dame, Department of History | |
Luis M. Viceira – Harvard Business School |
Panel: Private Money and the Crisis of the Common Good
| Speaker | Readings |
|---|---|
Mark S. Cladis – Brown University, Department of Religious Studies | |
John W. Rogers, Jr. – Ariel Investments | |
Deondra Rose – Duke University, Sanford School of Public Policy | |
Jonathan F.P. Rose, Jonathan Rose Companies |
Keynote: Leading Mission-Driven Institutions
| Speaker | Readings |
|---|---|
Linda A. Livingstone – President, Baylor University |
Panel:
Institutional Power: Perspectives, Evidence, and Accountability
| Speaker | Readings |
|---|---|
Nabih Haddad – Michigan State University, Department of Religious Studies | |
Susannah Heschel – Dartmouth College, Department of Jewish Studies | |
Timothy M. Rainey – St. Olaf College, Department of Religious Studies | |
K. Wayne Yang – Provost, John Muir College, University of California San Diego |
Leadership Roundtable: Stewardship, Moral Formation, and Public Trust
| Participant | Readings |
|---|---|
Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld – President, Hebrew College | |
Michael L. Lomax – President and CEO, United Negro College Fund | |
Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado – Provost, Lebanon Valley College | |
David Quigley – Provost and Dean of Faculties, Boston College |
Book List
- Religious Influences on Economic Thinking (2024) - Benjamin M. Friedman
- Religion and the Rise of Capitalism (2021) - Benjamin M. Friedman
- Endowment Management for Higher Education, Second Edition (2022) - Nikki W. Kraus
- Endowment Management for Foundations and Nonprofits (2022) – Nikki W. Kraus
- African Americans and Religious Freedom (2025 , digital) – Corey D.B. Walker
- Community Wealth Building and the Reconstruction of American Democracy: Can We Make American Democracy Work (2020) - Corey D.B. Walker
- To Stand With and For Humanity (2020, digital) – Corey D.B. Walker
- Who Owns Religion (2019) - Laurie L. Patton
- Financing Institutions of Higher Education (2026, University of Chicago Press / NBER) — John Y. Campbell (co-editor) and Kaye Husbands Fealing (co-editor)
- Anointed with Oil: How Christianity and Crude Made Modern America (2019) - Darren Dochuk
- Radical Romanticism: Democracy, Religion and the Environmental Imagination (2025) - Mark S. Cladis
- 12 Ways to Get a Ticket to the Dance of Life (2019) – John W. Rogers, Jr.
- The Power of Black Excellence: HBCUs and the Fight for American Democracy (2024) - Deondra Rose
- Citizens by Degree: Higher Education Policy and the Changing Gender Dynamics of American Citizenship (2018) – Deondra Rose
- The Well-Tempered City: What Modern Science, Ancient Civilizations, and Human Nature Teach Us About the Future of Urban Life (2016) - Jonathan F.P. Rose
- Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays of Abraham Joshua Heschel (2022) – Susannah Heschel
- Toward What Justice? Describing Diverse Dreams of Justice in Education (2018) — K. Wayne Yang
- Indigenous and Decolonizing Studies in Education: Mapping the Long View (2018) — K. Wayne Yang
- A Third University Is Possible (2017) — la paperson (K. Wayne Yang)
- Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire (2020) — Rebecca Henderson