Discipleship in a Democracy:
Responding to the Threat of Christian Nationalism
Scripture gives us a dramatic and eloquent description of the tension between loyalty to gods of particular nations, ideologies, races, places, on the one hand, and loyalty to the one God of universal justice on the other. Yahweh holds a great council and summons the gods of injustice (the gods of blood and soil, country and color, family and race) to account. As the logo for this series proclaims from Psalm 82, the verdict is in: Rise up, O God, judge the earth; for all nations belong to you.
A Forgotten Luther Symposium:
When
Friday October 25, 2024 5:00PM - 9:30PM
and
Saturday, October 26, 2024 7:00AM - 1:30PM
Topics
• The Reformation Church: Responding to Threats to Democracy
• How to End Christian Nationalism
• Nazi Germany’s “Christian” Nationalists: Are we having déjà vu all over again?
• Christian Without Christian Nationalism: A God-pleasing Alternative
• Countering Religious Nationalism through the ELCA's Public Witness
Where
Saint Luke Lutheran Church, 9100 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
Forgotten Luther IV Speakers
Lead Organizer: Christians Against Christian Nationalism
Presiding Bishop, ELCA
Special Video Message
U.S. Representative
Human Rights Advocate, Professor, Author
Author, Martin Luther Studies
Senior Director for Witness in Society, ELCA
President, Mekane Yesus Seminary Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Manager, Ecumenical & Inter-Religious Relations, ELCA
Director for Theological Ethics, ELCA
Sponsors:
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Witness in Society; Saint Luke Lutheran Church, Silver Spring, MD Mission Endowment Fund; The Rev. Elizabeth A. Platz; Darrell W. Neily Memorial Fund, Saint Luke Lutheran Church, Silver Spring, MD; Numerous Individuals
9100 Colesville Road | Silver Spring, MD | 20910 | phone: 301.588.4363