We are pleased to offer a selection of resources for reflection about religion and the death penalty.

Conference Transcripts
The following transcripts of the conference sessions have been edited for clarity:

• Session One: Faith Traditions and the Death Penalty
  Speakers: Avery Cardinal Dulles, David Novak, Gilbert Meilaender, and Khaled Abou El Fadl. Chair: Jean Bethke Elshtain
• Special Lunch Address: The Death Penalty: What’s All the Debate About?
  Speaker: Frank Keating. Moderators: Jean Bethke Elshtain and E.J. Dionne.
• Session Two: Religion, Justice and the Death Penalty
  Speakers: Victor Anderson, J. Budziszewski, Richard Garnett. Chair: Jean Bethke Elshtain.
• Session Three: Religion, Politics, and the Death Penalty
  Speakers: Antonin Scalia, Paul Simon, Beth Wilkinson. Chair: E.J. Dionne.
• Related Event: An Address on the Death Penalty
  by Illinois Governor George Ryan. Delivered at the University of Chicago Divinity School, June 3, 2002.

Conference Reader
The online conference Reader presents a number of historical documents and biblical passages, as well as essays, notes and comments by conference participants and other authors. A print version of the Reader, which can serve as a study guide for churches and schools, will be distributed at the conference and is available in advance by request.

Internet Resources
Links to religious organizations, death penalty information sites and advocacy groups, research projects, statistics, etc.

Bibliography
A selection of books and essays on the death penalty, with special attention to those engaging its religious dimensions.

Filmography
Films from around the world that explore the death penalty.