RACE IN AMERICA:

Barack Obama’s Speech On Race As A

Lens For America’s Political Agenda

With Don Shriver and Panel Chaired by Ed Rodman 

Washburn Hall, Episcopal Divinity School

April 28, Monday Evening: 7 – 9 PM

Donald Shriver, President Emeritus at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, is well known for his work on reconciliation and his great 1995 opus An Ethic for Enemies: Forgiveness in Politics. He will be in Boston to discuss his more recent volume, Honest Patriots: Loving a Country Enough to Remember its Misdeeds (Oxford University Press, 2005), with its pressing question:

Does the USA Need a Truth and Reconciliation Commission?

Ed Rodman, Professor of Pastoral Theology and Urban Ministry, Episcopal Divinity School, has a long record of proactive civil rights work with civic and religious groups.

Come having read Barack Obama’s speech of March 18 (found on the internet at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88478467) and enter into the lively discussion..