Kenneth Wald, a professor of Political Science at the University of Florida since 1983, has written about the relationship of religion and politics in the United States, Great Britain, and Israel. His most recent publications include the The Politics of Gay Rights (University of Chicago Press, 2000, co edited with Craig Rimmerman and Clyde Wilcox) and Private Lives, Public Conflicts: Battles over Gay Rights in American Communities (Congressional Quarterly, 1997, coauthored with James Button and Barbara Rienzo). In the fall of 2002, Princeton University Press will publish his newest book, The Politics of Cultural Differences: Social Change and Voter Mobilization Strategies in the Post-New Deal Period.

The title of this lecture is, "Religion and Politics: Always the Twain Shall Meet."