Religion & Spirituality

Our Religion & Spirituality speakers are revered philosophers and experts on religious beliefs and practices, including those of Christianity, Judaism, and the Islamic world. They use a delicate hand to captivate audiences and provide insightful approaches to spiritual belief.

Gabrielle Bernstein

Inspirational Speaker and Generation Y Self-Help Guru

Alain de Botton

Philosopher and International Bestselling Author of Religion for Atheists

Thomas Cahill

New York Times Bestselling Historian and Lifelong Scholar

Donovan Campbell

Marine Platoon Commander, Now Corporate Executive

Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Washington Post Journalist and Award-Winning Author of Green Zone

Wade Davis

Ethnographer, Anthropologist, Field Scientist, Biologist, Author, Filmmaker and "The Voodoo Guy"

Nathan Englander

Author of What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank and The Ministry of Special Cases

Russ Feingold

Former United States Senator from Wisconsin

Dexter Filkins

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Foreign Correspondent

Nora Gallagher

Author of Changing Light and Teacher

Jeffrey Goldberg

Author, Journalist and Winner of the National Magazine Award

Rebecca Newberger Goldstein

Philosopher and Author of 36 Arguments for the Existence of God

Erik Larson

New York Times bestselling author of the award-winning The Devil in the White City

Yann Martel

Winner of the Man Booker Prize-Winning Life of Pi and New York Times bestseller Beatrice and Virgil

Meg Meeker, M.D.

Pediatrician and nationally recognized parenting expert

Simon Sebag Montefiore

Noted historian and international bestselling author of Jerusalem and Young Stalin

Joan Nathan

Expert in Jewish American Cuisine and James Beard Awardee

Dr. Judith Orloff

An international speaker on intuition, health, and wellness.

Orhan Pamuk

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

Mary Doria Russell

Prize-winning novelist and international bestseller

Martha Williamson

Inspirational Speaker and Executive Producer/Head Writer of the hit show Touched By An Angel

Alan Wolfe

Author of The Future of Liberalism

Richard Wolffe

Veteran political journalist, New York Times bestselling author and MSNBC contributor and analyst.

Lawrence Wright

Author of the Pulitzer Prize-Winning The Looming Tower, Screenwriter and New Yorker Journalist