Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary

The 2008 Forum of the Center on Religion in the South focuses on a perennial issue in Southern history, and a particularly pertinent topic during the current election campaign. Amidst the partisan rhetoric of our times, the speakers will attempt to bring an objective assessment of the currents that presently define the interface between religion and politics in the South and the nation as a whole.

They will analyze the responses of our various Christian and other religious communities to the world of politics, the concerns that move them, and the political solutions they seek.

Presenters and respondent for the forum are:

Dr. James Guth, William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow in Religion and Politics at the Richard W. Riley Institute of Government, Politics, and Public Leadership at Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina
Dr. Donald Fowler of the University of South Carolina, former chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party from 1971 – 1980 and of the Democratic National Committee in 1995 and 1996.
The Rev. Joseph Darby, Senior Pastor of Morris Brown A.M.E. Church, Charleston, South Carolina, First Vice-President of the Charleston Branch of the NAACP and President of the South Carolina Christian Action Council

Two presentations and a response will be made, followed by discussion from the floor.

The Center on Religion in the South is a program of
Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, a seminary of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. For more information,
contact Dr. Susan W. McArver at (803) 461-3227
or email at smcarver@ltss.edu.