The Church and Politics

• Event Date: Thursday, March 29, 2007
• Time: 8:00 pm (CDT)
• Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
• Cost: Free Admission

• Talk

Program for the Study of Religion
Marjorie Hall Thulin Lecture on Religion and Contemporary Culture

Charles E. Curran
Elizabeth Scurlock University Professor of Human Values, Southern Methodist University

How should the Church (understood in terms of mainline Protestant and Catholic churches) work for a more just society? The lecture will discuss this issue from the perspective of the church itself and from the perspective of the First Amendment.

Museum visitors are reminded that food and drinks are not allowed in the Museum. Backpacks and other large items brought to the Museum will have to be stored; there is limited locker storage space available for these items.