# Spring 2026 Summit Reader ## expand\_more ## 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 SortSpeakerReadingsBenjamin M. Friedman - Harvard University, Department of Economics - [*Religion and the Rise of Capitalism* - An Interview with the Institute for New Economic Thinking](https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/videos/religion-and-the-rise-of-capitalism) - [Book talk on *The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth*](https://www.c-span.org/program/book-tv/the-moral-consequences-of-economic-growth/152971) - [Max Weber - *The Protestant Ethic and The Spirit of Capitalism*](https://gpde.direito.ufmg.br/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/MAX-WEBER.pdf) Nikki W. Kraus - CEO, Strategic Investment Group - [Navigating the OCIO Landscape with Nikki Kraus - Podcast Episode](https://rosemontinv.com/navigating-the-ocio-landscape-with-nikki-kraus/) - [*Theology and Economics: Two Different Worlds*](https://www.anglicantheologicalreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/williams_92.4.pdf) Corey D.B. Walker - Dean, Wake Forest School of Divinity - [*Why Professor Corey D.B. Walker Looks to the Past to Understand Today’s World -* Podcast Episode](https://www.pbk.org/visitingscholars/key-conversations-archive/corey-d-b-walker-d9db62749dc11045ee16243b6077d08e) - [*How Does It Feel to Be a Problem:* (Local) Knowledge, Human Interests, and The Ethics of Opacity](https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0xj5402h) --- ### Keynote Address: Universities at the Crossroads: The State, the Endowment, and the Crisis of Legitimacy SortSpeakerReadingsLaurie L. Patton - President, American Academy of Arts & Sciences - [What Does Productive Protest Look Like on Campus? - Podcast Episode](https://www.interfaithamerica.org/podcast/laurie-patton/) - [Our Common Purpose | Democracy Reignited Speaker Series - Talk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBvM07D6aIA) - [Who Owns Religion? - Podcast Episode](https://newbooksnetwork.com/who-owns-religion) --- ### Panel: Risk, Return, and Responsibility SortSpeakerReadingsGeorge Bulman – University of California Santa Cruz - [The Effect of Endowments on Access to Selective Colleges and Universities - Paper](https://people.ucsc.edu/~gbulman/endowment_8_2025.pdf) - [The Effect of College and University Endowments on Financial Aid, Admissions, and Student Composition - Paper](https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w30404/w30404.pdf) John Y. Campbell – Harvard University, Department of Economics - [Fixing Personal Finance - Podcast Episode](https://econofact.org/podcast/fixing-personal-finance) - [Understanding Risk and Return - Paper](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=481483) Darren Dochuk – University of Notre Dame, Department of History - [Religion and Market - Essay in The Conference of Religion and American Culture](https://raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Proceedings2015-1.pdf) Luis M. Viceira – Harvard Business School - ‘[It’s a balancing act’ - News Story](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/09/its-a-balancing-act/) - [The Term Structure of the Risk-Return Tradeoff - Paper](https://www.nber.org/papers/w11119) --- ### Panel: Private Money and the Crisis of the Common Good SortSpeakerReadingsMark S. Cladis – Brown University, Department of Religious Studies - [Religion and the Rise of Capitalism - Video Lecture](https://cswr.hds.harvard.edu/news/2021/04/26/video-religion-and-rise-capitalism) John W. Rogers, Jr. – Ariel Investments - [John Rogers on The David Rubenstein Show - Interview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1i0TWmNO9U) - [John W. Rogers Jr. discusses the importance of socially responsible business practices - News Story](https://news.uchicago.edu/story/john-w-rogers-jr-discusses-importance-socially-responsible-business-practices) Deondra Rose – Duke University, Sanford School of Public Policy - [Higher Education and the Transformation of American Citizenship - Article](https://politicalsciencenow.com/higher-education-and-the-transformation-of-american-citizenship/) [Interview on Higher Education - Transcript](https://www.goacta.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/DeondraRose-podcast-transcript.pdf) Jonathan F.P. Rose, Jonathan Rose Companies - [Building Sustainable, Equitable Communities - Podcast Episode](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/building-sustainable-equitable-communities/id1439926763?i=1000729266394) - [Urban Land Interview with Jonathan F.P. Rose - Interview Transcript](https://urbanland.uli.org/inside-uli/ul-interview-jonathan-f-p-rose) --- ### Keynote: Leading Mission-Driven Institutions SortSpeakerReadingsLinda A. Livingstone – President, Baylor University - [A Conversation with Linda Livingstone - Article](https://magazine.web.baylor.edu/news/story/2023/conversation-president-linda-livingstone-phd) - [Politics, faith and mission - Interview Transcript](https://baptistnews.com/article/politics-faith-and-mission-a-conversation-with-linda-livingstone/) --- ### Panel: Institutional Power: Perspectives, Evidence, and Accountability SortSpeakerReadingsNabih Haddad – Michigan State University, Department of Religious Studies - [Philanthropic investments and higher education: Is funding moving away from the university? - Essay](https://pacscenter.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Haddad-Stanford-PACS-2018.pdf) - [Brokerage Roles of Higher Education Intermediary Organizations - Essay](https://epaa.asu.edu/index.php/epaa/article/view/4501) Susannah Heschel – Dartmouth College, Department of Jewish Studies - [Jewish Professors Grapple with Shifting Roles on Campus - Event Coverage Piece](https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/community/articles/jewish-professors-grapple-shifts-campus-antisemitism) - [Ask me Anything with Professor Susannah Heschel - Reddit Thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/Judaism/comments/1gziwfh/i_am_professor_sussannah_heschel_ask_me_anything/) Timothy M. Rainey – St. Olaf College, Department of Religious Studies - [The Black Church Archives Project - Project](https://publicdh.org/projects/) - [*The Religion of Black Capitalism and Rethinking Radical Ideology -* Forum Article](https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/responses/the-religion-of-black-capitalism-and-rethinking-radical-ideology) K. Wayne Yang – Provost, John Muir College, University of California San Diego - [A Third University Is Always Happening: A Conversation with K. Wayne Yang, Pt. 2. - Podcast Episode](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-third-university-is-always-happening-a/id1255986465?i=1000478372297) - [Decolonization is Not a Metaphor - Essay](https://clas.osu.edu/sites/clas.osu.edu/files/Tuck%20and%20Yang%202012%20Decolonization%20is%20not%20a%20metaphor.pdf) --- ### Leadership Roundtable: Stewardship, Moral Formation, and Public Trust SortParticipantReadingsRabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld – President, Hebrew College - [Commencement Address](https://hebrewcollege.edu/blog/president-anisfeld-commencement-2022/) Michael L. Lomax – President and CEO, United Negro College Fund - [“$100 million gift from Lilly Endowment to United Negro College Fund will support HBCU endowments” - News Story](https://apnews.com/article/hbcu-lilly-donation-college-endowment-e52d519b43b2a81c60fb5b68263116bb) Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado – Provost, Lebanon Valley College - [Meet Dr. Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado - Interview](https://mysecretismine.substack.com/p/meet-dr-michelle-gonzalez-maldonado) David Quigley – Provost and Dean of Faculties, Boston College - [Q&A with Provost and Dean of Faculties David Quigley - Q&A](https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/bcnews/news-archive-2011-to-2015/chronicle/2014/topstories/q-a-with-provost-and-dean-of-faculties-david-quigley.html) --- ### 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*](https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/F/bo264523162.html) (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