Gary Dorrien to Lecture at St. Norbert College
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From St. Norbert College, October 23, 2018
by Hailey Barron, hailey.barron@snc.edu, (920) 403-3089
The Norman Miller Center for Peace, Justice & Public Understanding at St. Norbert College will host Gary Dorrien for a lecture Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 7 p.m.
Dorrien will present the lecture, “Breaking White Supremacy: The Social Gospel in Black and White, Then and Now” in Fort Howard Theater of the F. K. Bemis
International Center on the college’s campus. The event is free and open to the public.
Dorrien is the Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary and professor of religion at Columbia University. An Episcopal priest
and lifelong athlete, he was previously the Parfet Distinguished Professor at Kalamazoo College, where he taught for 18 years and also served as dean of
Stetson Chapel and director of the Liberal Arts Colloquium. Dorrien is the author of 19 books and approximately 325 articles that range across the fields of
ethics, social theory, theology, philosophy, politics and history.
The Norman Miller Center for Peace, Justice & Public Understanding cultivates awareness, compassion and commitment to justice and the building of
sustainable peace. The center champions human dignity and is a partner for change, promoting hope through action.
For more information, contact Robert Pyne, senior director of community engagement, at robert.pyne@snc.edu.