This Sunday, March 27th, Janey Curry, a member of our church and a political science professor at Santa Clara University, will lead a forum on the current crisis in Ukraine. She will address not only the war, but also the refugee crisis, and how the war could trigger a response from NATO. Janey specializes in comparative politics with an emphasis on Central and Eastern Europe, and has lived in both Poland and Ukraine. In fact, she teaches students every summer at the University of Warsaw, Poland, where she has a permanent position. Should be a good one! Hope to see you there (or online). [...]

March 6, 2022, 11:45am via Zoom (link to follow) [...]

In this forum, on Sunday, February 20, at 11:45am, Sean Everton will lead a discussion of Richard Rothstein’s book The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America. Rothstein argues that segregation in the United States is the byproduct of explicit government policies at the local, state, and federal levels, including those put forth by the U.S.’s more liberal presidents, such as Franklin Roosevelt. The forum will begin with an 18-minute video based on the book (Segregated by Design), and then move into a discussion of some of the highlights of the book (and video). [...]

In January, Adult Learning will host at least one, possibly two, forums on White Christian Nationalism. The first forum will be on January 9th. If there is a second, it’ll be held on the 23rd. Because of the recent increase in COVID-19 cases, we will have to move back to Zoom at least for the forum on the 9th. Those of you who are interested in “reading ahead” about the topic can check these recent blog posts: [...]

“We’re having a culture war and Jesus happens to be one of the weapons tossed about by both sides.” — Amy-Jill Levine [...]

On April 18th at 11:30 am (via Zoom), Adult Learning will host a forum on Isabelle Wilkerson’s New York Times bestseller Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. Here’s a brief description of the book (from Wikipedia): [...]

The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) is holding a panel on “American Christianity and the Legacy of White Supremacy.” It will held on Friday, February 12th from 11:30am-1:00pm PST. This panel will feature presentations and a conversation among three eminent scholars of religion who have each written recent cutting-edge books on American Christianity and its racial legacy: [...]