NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In a time of war for the United States, theological ethicist and author Sharon Welch is seeking out philosophies that will lead to enduring peace.
Welch will speak at Vanderbilt University on Friday, Feb. 18, about her book After Empire: The Art and Ethos of Enduring Peace (Fortress Press). The lecture from noon to 1 p.m. will be in Room G-23 of Vanderbilt University Divinity School.
Welch, professor and director of graduate studies at the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Missouri-Columbia, will offer insights on peace from a variety of sources including Buddhism, social-contract theory and American Indian philosophy.
“Sharon Welch has thought longer and harder than almost any ethicist about the vital question for activists today: What can keep people working for social change for the long haul, even when no definitive solution is in sight?” said Anna Peterson, author of Martyrdom and the Politics of Religion.
“In After Empire, she answers with a call to audacious risk-taking that combines equal parts anger, compassion and laughter. √ñ Welch has written a smart, innovative and persuasive book about not just why, but how, to work for an enduring, peaceable world.”
Welch‘s lecture at Vanderbilt is free and open to the public. It will be followed by a reception and book signing.
It is part of the New Publications in Religion and Culture Series sponsored by Vanderbilt‘s Center for the Study of Religion and Culture, which develops and promotes faculty research at the intersections of religion and culture.
Media contact: Jim Patterson, (615) 322-NEWS
Jim.patterson@vanderbilt.edu