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Love No Matter What: Politics, Sex, Race, and the Way of the Cross

Wednesday, March 23

A 2016 Discussion with Stanley Hauerwas (theologian/Professor Emeritus, Duke Divinity School), Sister Helean Prejean (Author, Dead Man Walking), Barry Corey (President, Biola University), Caleb Kaltenbach (author, Messy Grace), and Christena Cleveland (social psychologist/Professor, Duke Divinity School).

Jesus challenges his followers to do something that is never easy and always countercultural: love your enemies (Matt. 5:44). And in today’s polarized world, where entrenched battle lines are drawn on issues ranging from sex to politics to race, the call to love the “other side,” no matter what, is harder than ever.

Stanley Hauerwas (theologian/Professor Emeritus, Duke Divinity School), Sister Helean Prejean (Author, Dead Man Walking), Barry Corey (President, Biola University), Caleb Kaltenbach (author, Messy Grace), and Christena Cleveland (social psychologist/Professor, Duke Divinity School) discussed what it means to model the compassion of Christ and love those across the divides of culture, race, gender, politics and more.

Stanley Hauerwas

Learning to Love the Enemy
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Topics
  • Love
  • Theology

Sister Helen Prejean

Love, Justice, and Dead Man Walking
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Topics
  • Justice
  • Love
  • Politics & Government

Barry Corey

Love Kindness: Firm Center, Soft Edges
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Topics
  • Civility
  • Love
  • Sexuality

Christena Cleveland

Live Out of Love, Not Fear
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Topics
  • Justice
  • Love
  • Race

Caleb Kaltenbach

Love Has No Exception Clauses
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Topics
  • Church
  • Civility
  • Sexuality