Navigating religion and politics March 26, 2012 SHARE Barry Lynn (second from left), executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, talks with WUSTL students March 20 during an informal gathering in the Danforth University Center.Lynn was on campus to deliver an Assembly Series/John C. DanforthCenter on Religion & Politics lecture that evening. The studentsenjoyed a lively discussion about how religion is influencing manycurrent debates among political candidates. The discussion was moderated by Marie Griffith, PhD (left), the John C. Danforth Distinguished Professor and director of the Danforth Center for Religion &Politics, assisted by Lenora Fisher (right), assistant director of theDanforth Center. Later that evening, Lynn, a constitutional lawyer andordained United Church of Christ minister, delivered the lecture, “It’sReligion, Stupid, Not the Economy.” The lecture can be accessed from thecenter’s website, rap.wustl.edu. (Credit: Jerry Naunheim Jr.)