The promotional flyer for the event claims
that the 'murders' of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and other African
Americans are the consequences of a 'white supremacist system grounded
in Christian history, texts, ideas, and institutions.' Villanova University near Philadelphia is set to host a lecture by a
Black lesbian LGBT activist on “the end of white Christian America.” Naomi Washington-Leapheart, an ordained minister
in the United Church of Christ, is scheduled to speak at the Falvey
Library on Wednesday, March 29 from noon to 1:30 p.m. The school’s
Center for Peace and Justice Education and the Theology and Religious
Studies department are co-sponsoring the talk. A promotional flyer
for the event, which is titled “A Womanist Path to Ending White
Christian America,” claims that the “murders” of Breonna Taylor, George
Floyd, and other African Americans are the consequences of a “white
supremacist system,” one that is “grounded in Christian history, texts,
ideas, and institutions.” It goes on to ask: “Is Christian faith possible apart from
anti-Blackness? In this session, we will explore this question as we
contemplate the meaning of the end of ‘White Christian America.’ We will
study the liberative possibilities found in womanist theology, a
discourse developed by Black women.”.............. To Read More...
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