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2023 American Democracy Lecture
Keisha Blain: "Black Women & the Struggle for Human Rights in U.S.
Date: October 26, 2023
Location: Parmer Hall, The Calvin and Janet High Center
Time: 7:00pm
Cost: Free tickets are required for this event. To reserve, please contact the Messiah University Box Office at 717-691-6036 Option #1 or online at messiah.edu/tickets
Lecture will be followed by a Q&A session, reception and book signing
2024 Humanities Symposium - February 19-23 "We the People, The American Project"
Keynote Address: “Un/Civil Religion: American Christianity and Liberal Democracy in Crisis”
Philip S. Gorski, Ph.D., is professor of sociology and religious studies at Yale University. He writes on religion and politics in early modern and modern Western Europe and North America from a comparative historical perspective. His empirical work focuses on topics such as state formation, nationalism, revolution, economic development and secularization, with particular attention to the interaction of religion and politics. He is the author of several book-length studies in these fields. His current work focuses on the history and politics of white Christian nationalism and American civil religion.