Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Montreat Conference Center - Christians as Voting People of Faith

Christians as Voting People of Faith: Join us in-person or online for a free lecture series featuring Dr. William Yoo. - This fall, Montreat Conference Center is excited to host two evenings of conversation with Associate Professor of American Religious and Cultural History at Columbia Theological Seminary, William Yoo. These discussions will explore the intersection of politics and faith. These events are open to the public and will be provided free of charge. You can attend just one or both!
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Lecture #1 - Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at 7:00 pm Upper Anderson (In-Person Only): “Was Not Our Blessed Lord a Political Preacher?” How the Abolition Movement and Proslavery Christianity Shaped the Relationship between Faith and Politics in the United States. In 1813, the Black abolitionist and pastor Lemuel Haynes appealed to Jesus Christ’s ministry and asked, “Was not our blessed Lord a political preacher?” Haynes interpreted the ways in which Jesus spoke out against oppression as a mandate for Christians in the United States to work toward ending both slavery and racial discrimination. As abolitionists such as Haynes urged churches to engage politics for the sake of moral reform, some white pastors and theologians responded with a call for churches to refrain from political participation. William Yoo explores how the abolition movement and proslavery Christianity wrestled with faith and politics and explains how this history continues to reverberate as we grapple with our understanding of Christians as voting people of faith.
Lecture #2 - Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at 2:00 pm EDT Virtual (Sign up in advance on montreat.org): The Church Cannot be Silent, but What Should It Say? Confronting White Christian Nationalism and Pursuing Racial Justice in our Politically Polarized Nation. In recent years we have witnessed the reemergence of white Christian nationalism, an ideology that interprets the founding of the United States as a white and Christian nation and insists that our country should be governed under these racial and religious priorities. William Yoo identifies the historical inaccuracies and roots of white Christian nationalism and offers counsel on how to talk with others about this specific ideology and larger questions about race, politics, and faith. This virtual event also engages the history of American polarization and treats how Christians today can speak the truth in love and effectively pursue racial justice in our congregations and wider communities.
About Our Guest Lecturer - William Yoo is associate professor of American Religious and Cultural History at Columbia Theological Seminary and author of several books, including What Kind of Christianity: A History of Slavery and Anti-Black Racism in the Presbyterian Church and Reckoning with History: Settler Colonialism, Slavery, and the Making of American Christianity (January 2025).
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