Santa Clara University

Tom Reese, S.J., author of the Washington Post blog "This Catholic's View," speaks on the role of religion and ethics in the upcoming election.  Reese, the former editor of "America" magazine, is a visiting scholar at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. 

Reese is fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University, where he coordinates the Religion and Public Policy Program.  He is the author of a trilogy examining church organization and politics on the local, national, and international levels: Archbishop: Inside the Power Structure of the American Catholic Church (Harper & Row, 1989), A Flock of Shepherds: The National Conference of Catholic Bishops (Sheed & Ward , 1992), and Inside the Vatican: The Politics and Organization of the Catholic Church (Harvard University Press, 1997).