Beyond the Culture Wars
The Institute for the Theology of Culture: New Wine, New Wineskins is hosting a day conference titled, Building Beloved Community: Calling for an End to the Culture Wars, on Saturday, October 29.
The culture war rhetoric is heating up, polarizing people, and eradicating the word "civil" in civil society, and when democratic societies are no longer civil, they die. I firmly believe that in many aspects of society – education, family, science, art, politics, and more – constructive communication is increasingly hard to find. Divisive attitudes and expectations too often shape our perceptions of others and hinder our practices in public dialogue. New Wine, New Wineskins hopes to move beyond this framework of divisiveness to help build beloved community.
This conference is primarily designed to cultivate channels of communication with representatives of diverse perspectives and traditions often perceived to be in conflict with one another. Conference speakers are Christopher Zinn, Executive Director, Oregon Council for the Humanities; Kyogen Carlson, Abbot, Dharma Rain Zen Center; Zach Dundas, feature writer, Willamette Week; Georgene Rice, Radio Host, KPDQ; Marilyn Sewell, Senior Minister, First Unitarian Church; Tony "the Beat Poet" Kriz of Blue Like Jazz fame; and Multnomah professors Nathan Baxter, Brad Harper, and myself.
The conference will take place at Multnomah Biblical Seminary on Saturday, October 29 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Registration begins at 8:30 am. General admission is $15.00 and $7.00 for students. For more information, please call 503-251-6767.
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