Religion, Race, and the “Heathen”

The fourth event in the speaker series, Community, Faith, and Racial Justice. This series on racial injustice in America explores the role of Christianity, including the current white Christian Nationalist movement, in racial injustice and seeks to define a path toward justice, healing and reconciliation.

Professor Kathryn Gin Lum will speak on her recent book, Heathen: Religion and Race in American History.

Kathryn Gin Lum is Professor in the Religious Studies Department, in collaboration with the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, at Stanford University. Her teaching and research focus on the lived ramifications of religious beliefs; she specializes in the history of religion and race in America.

She will speak on themes in her most recent book, Heathen: Religion and Race in American History, which looks at how the figure of the “heathen” in need of salvation underlies American conceptions of race.  Books will be available for purchase and signing at the event.

This event is free. Please register here for tickets.

Accessibility: St. Mark’s is wheelchair accessible; closed captioning will be available.
Parking: Ample parking behind the church.
Questions: Please email beloved_community@saint-marks.com

Presenting Sponsor: Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church – Palo Alto

Co-Sponsors: American Muslim Voice Foundation • First Congregational Church of Palo Alto UCC • First Presbyterian Church, Palo Alto • Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice • Peninsula Solidarity Cohort • Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Saratoga • Saint Jude’s Episcopal Church, Cupertino • Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church, Burlingame • Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church, Redwood City • Saint Thomas Episcopal Church, Sunnyvale • Saint Timothy’s Episcopal Church, Mountain View • Showing Up for Racial Justice Santa Clara County • Stanford Canterbury • Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, San Jose • Trinity Episcopal Church, Menlo Park • Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto • University Lutheran Church at Stanford