How White Christian Nationalism threatens our democracy
The past several years has seen the rise of a political ideology and cultural framework that distorts the Christian faith and America’s constitutional democracy — and poses a real danger to both. In this event, co-sponsored by Georgetown’s Center on Faith and Justice and the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, experts will explain where White Christian Nationalism came from, what its adherents want and how it seeks to overturn the idea that the United States should be a multi-religious and multiracial democracy.
Participants:
- The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry is Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church.
- Amanda Tyler is executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty.
- Samuel Perry is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Oklahoma and author of “The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy.”
- Rev. Jim Wallis (moderator) is Chair in Faith and Justice at the McCourt School of Public Policy and the Director of the Georgetown University Center on Faith and Justice.
Event Cosponsor: The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty.
Registration is required. Please note that pre-registration does not guarantee a seat in the auditorium.