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Reconceiving Christianity and the Modern Prison: On Evangelicalism's Eugenic Logic and Mass Incarceration

“The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy”

Public Forum on Race, Religion, Democracy and the American Dream

March 23, 2023 / 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm / Add to Google

This hybrid event will be presented in-person at Social Science Matrix (820 Social Sciences Building) and streamed online via Zoom. Registrants will receive a Zoom link prior to the event. Register here.

Philip S. Gorski, Frederick and Laura Goff Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies at Yale University

Please register to join us on March 23 at 4pm for an event featuring Phil Gorski, Frederick and Laura Goff Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies at Yale University, discussing his new book (co-authored with Samuel Perry), The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to Democracy. The respondent will be David Hollinger, Preston Hotchkis […]

“The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy”

Follow the New Way: How American Refugee Resettlement Policies Changed Hmong Religious Life

Afro-Atlantic Catholics: America’s First Black Christians

Public Forum on Race, Religion, Democracy and the American Dream

November 02, 2022 / 5:00 pm / Add to Google
3335 Dwinelle

Jeroen Dewulf, Professor of German and Dutch Studies at UC Berkeley; Kathleen Donegan, Associate Professor of English and Daniel E. Koshland, Jr. Distinguished Chair in Writing at UC Berkeley

In this panel, Jeroen Dewulf, Professor at the UC Berkeley Department of German & Dutch Studies, will present his book, Afro-Atlantic Catholics: America’s First Black Christians in conversation with Kathleen Donegan, Associate Professor of English and Daniel E. Koshland, Jr. Distinguished Chair in Writing at UC Berkeley. Afro-Atlantic Catholics examines the influence of African Catholics […]

Afro-Atlantic Catholics: America’s First Black Christians

Christianity's American Fate: How Religion Became More Conservative and Society More Secular

Public Forum on Race, Religion, Democracy and the American Dream

October 10, 2022 / 5:00 pm / Add to Google
3335 Dwinelle

David Hollinger, Preston Hotchkis Professor of History Emeritus at UC Berkeley; Carolyn Chen, Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley; Ronit Stahl, Associate Professor of History at UC Berkeley; Christopher Ocker, Professor of the History of Christianity at San Francisco Theological Seminary

Please join us for this timely panel, as David Hollinger, Preston Hotchkis Professor Emeritus in the UC Berkeley Department of History, will present his new book, Christianity’s American Fate: How Religion Became More Conservative and Society More Secular. Professor Hollinger will be joined in conversation by Carolyn Chen, Associate Professor in the UC Berkeley Department […]

Christianity's American Fate: How Religion Became More Conservative and Society More Secular

I Know the Truth: Muhammad Ali, Brainwashing, and the Racial Politics of Religious Authenticity

Public Forum on Race, Religion, Democracy and the American Dream

March 03, 2022 / 5:00 pm / Add to Google

This hybrid event will be held in person in 3335 Dwinelle Hall on the UC Berkeley campus. Physical attendance will be limited. The event will also be available online via Zoom. Registration is required here

Rebecca L. Davis, Miller Family Endowed Early Career Professor of History at the University of Delaware

In 1964, heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay announced to the world that he was a member of the Nation of Islam. Renamed Muhammad Ali by the Nation’s leader, the boxer faced a slew of criticism about his chosen faith. The idea that he had been brainwashed was among the most pernicious explanations for his conversion […]

I Know the Truth: Muhammad Ali, Brainwashing, and the Racial Politics of Religious Authenticity

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