Religion, Race, and the "Heathen"

Community, Faith, and Racial Justice This is the fourth event in a speaker series on racial injustice in America that explores the role of Christianity, including the current white Christian Nationalist movement, in this injustice and seeks to define a path toward justice, healing and reconciliation.

Kathryn Gin Lum is Professsor in the Religious Studies Department, in collaboration with the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, at Stanford University. Her teaching and research focus on the lived ramifications of religious beliefs; she specializes in the history of religion and race in America. She will speak on themes in her most recent book, Heathen: Religion and Race in American History, which looks at how the figure of the “heathen” in need of salvation underlies American conceptions of race.

Light refreshments following the event. Books will be available for purchase and signing.

Tickets: Please register for FREE tickets using the link on this page. Donations appreciated.

Location: St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto CA

Parking: Ample free parking in lot behind the church.

Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible; closed captioning will be available.

Series website: tinyurl.com/stmarkseries. Email: [email protected]

Presented by: Becoming Beloved Community Task Force of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alo

Co-Sponsors: American Muslim Voice Foundation • First Congregational Church of Palo Alto UCC • First Presbyterian Church Palo Alto • Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice • Peninsula Solidarity Cohort • Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, Saratoga • Saint Jude's Episcopal Church, Cupertino • Saint Luke's Episcopal Church, Los Gatos • Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Burlingame • Saint Thomas Episcopal Church, Sunnyvale • Saint Timothy's Episcopal Church, Mountain View • Showing Up for Racial Justice Santa Clara County • Stanford Canterbury • Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, San Jose • Trinity Episcopal Church, Menlo Park • Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo alto • University Lutheran Church at Stanford

Host or Publisher St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto