Panelists encourage both clergy and laity to show up and speak out

On Monday, less than a month before a pivotal presidential election, a panel convened by Union Presbyterian Seminary’s Center for Social Justice and Reconciliation took on the issue of Christian nationalism at home.

Panelists joining the webinar’s host, Dr. Rodney S. Sadler Jr., Associate Professor of Bible at the seminary and the director of CSJR, were:

• The Rev. Jimmie Hawkins, advocacy director for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) who leads both the Office of Public Witness and the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations
• The Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty, Professor of Theology and Ethics at Union Presbyterian Seminary
• Dr. Obery Hendricks, Professor of New Testament at Columbia University.

Christian nationalism “is not about faith — it’s about ideology,” Hendricks said. “It’s about political power and substantiating interests of a group of people over others.” It’s “about forcing everyone to bow at the altar of their interest and their distorted, twisted view of Christianity.”

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