Economy, Difference, and Empire: Against Domination
With Gary Dorrien
| When: | March 20-21, 2010 | |||||||||
| Where: | Silverside Church Wilmington | |||||||||
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"Dorrien is the most rigorous theological historian of our time, moving from analyses of social context and personal struggles through the most abstruse theological and metaphysical issues."
Boston University philosophical theologian Robert Neville
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Economy, Difference, and Empire: Against Domination
Gary Dorrien is the Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Religion at Columbia University.
An Episcopal priest, he is the author of 13 books and approximately 250 articles that range across the fields of philosophy, theology, politics, social theory, social ethics, economics, and history.
In addition to his long involvement in the American Academy of Religion and other professional organizations, Prof. Dorrien has a long record of involvement in social justice and anti-war organizations. His recent book, Imperial Designs, grew out of his extensive lecturing against the U.S.'s invasion and occupation of Iraq.
His most recent book is Social Ethics in the Making (Blackwell, 2009), and his book Social Justice in Question: Economy, Difference, Empire, and Progressive Christianity is forthcoming from Columbia University Press.
For more see his web page at Union Theological Seminary
Saturday Evening Lecture/Discussion: 7-8:30 PM
Social Ethics for Social Justice: Turbo-Capitalism, Economic Crisis, and Economic Democracy
Sunday Morning Sermon 10:00-11:00 AM
Caesar's Coin and the Social Gospel of Jesus
Sunday 11:30 AM-12:30 PM
Society as the Subject of Redemption: The Social Gospel, Walter Rauschenbusch, and Economic Democracy
Dorrien speaking to the National Council of Churches in November of 2008: "We need new forms of community that arise out of but transcend religious affiliation, culture and nation. All our religious traditions have propensities for dogmatism and prejudice that must be uprooted. If those of us who are Caucasian fail to interrogate white supremacism and its privileges, we will resist any recognition of our own racism. If those of us who are male fail to interrogate our complicity in sexism, we will perpetuate it. If those of us who are Christian fail to repudiate anti-Semitism and Christian supercessionism, we will perpetuate the evils that come with them. If those of us who are heterosexual fail to stand up for the rights of gays and lesbians, we will have an oppressive church. If we sign up for militarism and empire, we will betray the way of Christ. We need a wider community of the divine good. The future belongs to God, and after all our work is done, it is God who will make something new in the world out of our struggles for justice and peace and the flourishing of life."
Video of Gary Dorrien on YouTube speaking about "Economic Democracy"
Some of the books of Gary Dorrien
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