Wednesday, March 31, 2021
12 p.m. EST
Zoom (link will be sent upon registration)
The Francis and Ann Curran Center for American Catholic Studies present:
Liturgical Protest from Ft. Benning to Ferguson
Liturgy, literally the work of the people, is political. It involves the movement of bodies in collective actions of confession, praise, lament, and thanksgiving. Liturgy forms bodies into a body politic. In a like manner, protest, a particular form of political action, can be liturgical. This webinar will explore the liturgy of recent protest movements, starting with the SOA Watch’s 25 year vigil at the gates of Ft. Benning and continuing to the uprisings in Ferguson. Kyle Lambelet will use the concept of “liturgical protest” to consider the theological significance of these transformative political movements.
A presentation by Kyle Lambelet, Emory University
Dr. Kyle Lambelet is Assistant Professor in the Practice of Theology and Ethics at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology where he teaches and researches at the intersection of political theology, religious ethics, and social change. His first book ¡Presente! Nonviolent Politics and the Resurrection of the Dead (Georgetown University Press, 2019) explores the moral and political dimensions of nonviolent struggle through an extended case study of the movement to close the School of the Americas. His current research examines the apocalyptic dimensions of talk about climate change, and how apocalyptic political theologies can offer resources for pastoral and political engagement in the midst of endings.
This webinar is free and open to the public. Registration is required. For more information, email cacs@fordham.edu.
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