The Seven Deadly Sins of White Christian Nationalism book event

Wednesday, September 21, 2022
4:00 pm-5:30 pm (Eastern) • Online

An event sponsored by The BTS Center and The Maine Council of Churches.

(From The BTS Center website)

As political tensions continue to rise in the United States, and as divisions become more entrenched, white nationalism has infiltrated and, in some communities, taken the helm of Christianity. How do we understand this devastating alliance, and how do we seek to reclaim Christianity as a religion of peace and justice at a time when it is being co-opted by extreme voices?

We invite you to join us for an online facilitated conversation with feminist theologian and Episcopal priest Rev. Dr. Carter Heyward, who explores these questions with depth and compassion in her new book The Seven Deadly Sins of White Christian Nationalism (Rowan & Littlefield, September 2022). Rev. Dr. Heyward will address the rise of white Christian nationalism and offer perspectives for moving forward with hope and action.

This book event is free, but we are accepting donations to go directly to Faithful America as they work to challenge Christian nationalism and white supremacy and to renew the church's prophetic role in building a more free and just society. You will have the opportunity to make a donation on the registration form.

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About the author

Carter Heyward is an educator and widely published author, an Episcopal priest, liberation theologian, and justice advocate who now lives in retirement in western North Carolina after teaching for more than thirty years at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

In 1974 Carter was one of the eleven women ordained “irregularly” to the Episcopal priesthood, and in 1979 she was among the first religious leaders in North America to identify publicly as lesbian. As a priest and teacher, she has spent her life working on the boundaries of organized religion and groups representing different identities, ideologies, and issues. Her publications include such titles as The Redemption of God: A Theology of Mutual Relation, Our Passion for Justice, Touching Our Strength: The Erotic as Power and the Love of God, and Saving Jesus from Those Who Are Right: What It Means to Be Christian.

Heyward’s most recent book is The Seven Deadly Sins of White Christian Nationalism: A Call to Action(Littlefield and Rowman). Of all her publications, she describes this book as her most consequential.