Bestselling author and justice advocate Jim Wallis to speak in Cincinnati October 19
“God’s Politics: Examining Christian Nationalism through the Lends of Scripture” will be the topic of nationally known writer and justice advocate Jim Wallis when he speaks at Cincinnati’s Knox Presbyterian Church at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 19.
Wallis’ appearance is part of the Knox Church Tom York Lecture Series and is open to the public. There is no admission charge. Registration for the lecture is at jimwallis.paperform.co.
Wallis is a New York Times bestselling author, public theologian, preacher and commentator on ethics and public life.
He is the inaugural holder of the Chair in Faith and Justice and the founding Director of the Georgetown University Center on Faith and Justice. In 2022, Washingtonian magazine named Wallis one of the 500 most influential people shaping policy in DC.
Raised in a Midwestern evangelical family, as a teenager Wallis questioned the racial segregation in his church and community, which led him to the Black churches and neighborhoods of inner-city Detroit. He spent his student years involved in the civil rights and antiwar movements at Michigan State University.
He is the founder of Sojourners, and is the author of 12 books, including America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege and the Bridge to America; God’s Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn’t Get it; The Great Awakening; The Call to Conversion; and Christ in Crisis: Reclaiming Jesus in a Time of Fear, Hate, and Violence; and host of the popular podcast The Soul of the Nation.
He served on President Obama’s White House Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships and has taught faith and public life courses at Harvard and Georgetown University. He also serves as a Research Fellow at the Georgetown University Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs. Wallis has previously taught at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and was awarded an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Georgetown University in 2007 when he gave the college commencement address.
Seating for Wallis’ lecture is limited and can be reserved at jimwallis.paperform.co.
About Knox Presbyterian Church and the Tom York Lecture Series
Knox Church (Presbyterian Church USA) is an open and affirming congregation of approximately 1,200 in Cincinnati’s Hyde Park community. Knox’s Tom York Lecture series annually brings to Cincinnati well-known writers, social advocates and influencers to address topics of both local and national importance. The church is at 3400 Michigan Avenue at the corner of Michigan and Observatory avenues.
For information: Glenn Williams at 859-652-9565