The Story of American Religion
The discussion will be led by James Hudnut-Beumler and James Byrd.
In their 2022 book, The Story of American Religion (Westminster John Knox) authors James Hudnut-Beumler and James Byrd explored more than 400 years of religion in North America and the Caribbean. Two recurrent themes in the book bear faithful reflection in a season of celebration for the nation’s 250th birthday and voting for state and federal leaders. The first is Religion, Immigration, and Belonging, which will be topic of James Hudnut-Beumler’s class on September 13th. The second focuses on How Christian Does American Politics Get? (by someone’s definition at various points) for a class on September 20th. Here, Hudnut-Beumler will reflect on the means by which, even in a country with religious freedom in the Constitution, politicians and religious leaders wrap the cross and flag together to influence others.