Monday, February 11
| Date: | Monday, February 11, 2008 10:30 AM |
| Location: | Wesley Theological Seminary | Get Directions |
The Very Rev. Dr. Michael Battle and Dr. Tony Campolo will be on campus February 11, 2008, leading a discussion of their book The Church Enslaved: A Spirituality of Racial Reconciliation, which is the focus of Wesley's Spring 2008 Common Reading Experience (CRE). Download an excerpt from the book to participate in the CRE.
According to the book cover:
Two of the most vocal activists on racial issues in the church seek nothing less than a conversion of American Christianity. They directly challenge the churches to resume leadership in overcoming and redressing America's legacy of racial segregation.
Campolo and Battle expose the realities of racial division in the churches and then lift up a vision of a church without racism. To achieve reconciliation within and among the denominations, they argue, both the black and the white church need to acknowledge and overcome substantial problems in their traditions.
The authors provide a blueprint for how racially reconciled churches can encourage activism in the cities, church involvement in politics, and responsible use of the Bible, ultimately helping to transform American society itself.
Dr. Battle is provost and executive director of the Cathedral Center of St. Paul in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. A well-known writer, speaker and retreat leader, his ministry covers the globe and focuses on Christian non-violence, human spirituality, and African Church studies. He has written numerous books, including Reconciliation: The Ubuntu Theology of Desmond Tutu and The Wisdom of Desmond Tutu, Blessed Are The Peacemakers: A Christian Spirituality of Nonviolence, and Practicing Reconciliation in a Violent World. His latest book is The Black Church in America: African American Spirituality.
Campolo, professor emeritus at Eastern University, is the founder of the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education (EAPE). EAPE develops schools and social programs in various third world countries and in cities across North America.
One of Christianity Today's 25 most influential preachers of the last 50 years, Campolo inspired Christians around the world to live their faith through caring for all of God's children. Advocating for human rights and the eradication of world poverty, he reminds us that when Jesus spoke, he spoke of social justice.
He is the author of 34 books, his most recent two being, Letters to a Young Evangelical and The God of Intimacy and Action.
