(Un)Familiar Deaths: Politics of Death and Dying
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| Dates: | Thursday, March 5, 2015 - Thursday, March 5, 2015 |
| Hours: | 6:30pm to 8:30pm |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor |
| Cost: | Free see below |
| Category: | Lectures/Discussions |
For some, death forms a tragic, continual aspect of daily life, and yet for all of us, these deaths are obscured by discrimination and marginalization.
How, when, and why we die differs drastically in America, in ways deeply affected by race, religion, politics, science, and more.
Science, Religion, and Culture at Harvard Divinity School presents '(Un)familiar Deaths: Death and Dying in Contemporary America” a twin lecture with James Cone and Mark Jordan, hosted by Jonathan Walton and Ahmed Ragab.
Together, Cone and Jordan will chart the unsettling ways in which race, sexuality, politics, and death coincide in modern America.
Cone, a founder of black liberation theology, has informed how we think of religion and race, and continues to shed new light on the problems and possibilities of religion and social justice.
He reflects on black lives and black deaths in an ever-changing America.
Jordan, a founder of queer theology, writes on the boundary of sexuality and religion: his work on sexual ethics and marriage has pioneered new ways of talking about religion, desire, and justice.
His thought has vast implications for how we imagine queer life and death in the present day.
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1 Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA, 02138 map
Memorial Church
One Harvard Yard
Cambridge, MA 02138
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