MENEILLY VISITING SCHOLAR LECTURE SERIES

"Post Election Faith and Politics"
An Online Event with Lisa Sharon Harper
Author of "The Very Good Gospel"

​7-8:15 p.m. Friday, March 5
​9-11:45 a.m. Saturday, March 6

​WEBINAR LECTURES AND DISCUSSION

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Friday, March 5: "Four Words That Change Everything"
This lecture is based on her book "The Very Good Gospel"and will focus on theological foundations for practicing shalom

Saturday,  March 6: "The Call to Beloved Community"
She'll lead a discussion on the question: How do we respond to a history of racism and become the Beloved Community described in Psalm 85?

"How to Repair What Race Broke in the World" seeks to propel us toward Shalom (which Lisa Sharon Harper defines as a generation of abundance). This lecture is based on her upcoming book.

Post Election Faith and Politics
* Are you concerned about increasing social division and political violence?
* Do you wonder what Christians – and you – can do to heal and restore this broken country?
Join us for an informative, engaging, and challenging discussion with Lisa Sharon Harper, a self-identified Evangelical public theologian. She advocates for a Gospel-centered, justice-seeking redemption of Christianity that transcends left/right, Democrat/Republican, liberal/conservative. Her latest book, “The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Be Made Right” (2016), shows how Christian faith can transcend cultural divisions to work toward “shalom” – a vision of common good for everyone.

About Our 2021 Visiting Scholar
Lisa Sharon Harper is the founder and president of Freedom Road, a consulting group that crafts experiences of common understanding and common commitments that lead to common action toward a more just world. Lisa is a public theologian whose writing, speaking, activism and training have sparked and fed the fires of re-formation in the church from Ferguson and Charlottesville to South Africa, Brazil, Australia, and Ireland. In 2014, Huffington Post identified Lisa as one of 50 Women Religious Leaders to Celebrate on International Women’s Day.

She writes extensively on shalom and governance, racial and gender justice, and transformational civic engagement. She has written or co-authored several books, including "Evangelical Does Not Equal Republican...or Democrat" (2008); “Left Right and Christ: Evangelical Faith in Politics” (2011); “Forgive Us: Confessions of a Compromised Faith” (2014), and her most recent, “The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Be Made Right” (2016). Ms. Harper’s next book is entitled, “Fortune: My Journey to Understand How Race Broke My Family and the World—and How to Repair It All” It will be published in December 2021.

​Lisa Sharon Harper received her Master's degree in Human Rights from Columbia University, NYC, and served as Sojourner Magazine chief church engagement officer.

REGISTER FOR MENEILLY VISITING SCHOLAR

The 2021 Meneilly Visiting Scholar program is free of charge due to generous donations from previous participants and a grant from the Village Church Endowment Trust. If you would like to support future Meneilly Visiting Scholar programs, we invite you to make a tax deductible donation when you register.

ABOUT MENEILLY VISITING SCHOLAR

The Meneilly Visiting Scholar program brings well known Bible scholars and theologians to Village Church and the community in the desire to:
  • challenge us with fresh and innovative, yet well supported perspectives on theological topics;
  • increase our understanding of the wisdom of the past; and 
  • engage us to honor and faithfully serve the God we worship and upon whom we rely.
CONTACT:
Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
Director of Adult Education
Email
913-671-2323
CONTACT: 
Laura Hobbs
Coordinator for Adult Education
Email
913-671-2333