7:00 p.m., Flynn Auditorium
Vanderbilt University Law School
“Was Reverend King [Un]Patriotic?: Examining American Patriotism in Light of Religious Difference, Prophetic Preaching, and Party Alliance”
Lewis Baldwin, Professor of Religious Studies; Forrest Harris, Assistant Professor of the Practice of Ministry, Director of the Kelly Miller Smith Institute on the African American Church; Kathleen Flake, Associate Professor of American Religious History; John Thatamanil, Assistant Professor of Theology; Shauna St. Clair, third-year master of divinity student. Panel facilitated by Paul Lim, Assistant Professor of History of Christianity and Religious Studies, and Tiffany Patterson, Associate Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies and American Studies, Community members and members of Vanderbilt’s faculty discuss King’s patriotism from the perspectives of American history, liberation theology, Black church studies, comparative religion, religion in America, political science, and Buddhist-Christian dialogue.