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10/11/2024 | Press release | Archived content
Capps Center fall lineup: queer nuns, election-year politics and Latinx environmentalism
Capps Center fall lineup: queer nuns, election-year politics and Latinx environmentalism
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"Election 2024 and Religion" speakers, from left, Joseph Blankholm (UCSB), Julie Ingersoll (University of North Florida) and Anthea Butler (University of Pennsylvania)
A trio of public talks hosted this fall by UC Santa Barbara's Walter H. Capps Centerfor the Study of Ethics, Religion, and Public Life will unpack a range of topics common among national conversations in today's America, from gender and sexuality to politics and the environment.
As part of the center's Wade Clark Roof Lecture on Human Rights series, UC Riverside religious studies professor Melissa Wilcox will be on campus Oct. 15 with "Dodging the Sisters: Why Queer Nuns Keep Going Viral," a broader look at the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, queer and trans nuns caught up in today's culture wars.Cosponsored by the departments of religious and feminist studies, the event takes place 5-6:30 p.m. at Henley Hall.
An online-only event accessible via Zoom, "Election 2024 and Religion," will bring together UCSB associate professor of religious studies Joseph Blankholm, University of Pennsylvania's Anthea Butler and Julie Ingersoll from the University of North Florida to discuss religion in the competing visions of American values and governance, particularly in the context of the rise in secularization, religious diversity and Christian nationalism. Their roundtable webinar takes place 5-6:15 p.m. Oct. 22.
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Melissa Wilcox
"Featuring a panel of experts on American religion and politics, this webinar fits squarely within our mission," said Dusty Hoesly, the center's associate director. "The Capps Center promotes discussion of how ethical teachings and values relate to civic life, and we are committed to the fundamental belief that public dialogue and an informed, engaged citizenry are vital to democratic society."
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Amanda Baugh
From 5-6:30 p.m. Nov. 14 at Henley Hall, Amanda Baugh - an associate professor of religious studies at California State University, Northridge - will shed light on la tierraenvironmentalism of Spanish-speaking Catholics with her new book, "Falling in Love with Nature: The Values of Latinx Catholic Environmentalism."
This event, part of the Capps Forum on Ethics and Public Policy, is cosponsored by the departments of religious studies and Chicana and Chicano studies, the Environmental Studies Program and the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management.
The events are free and open to the public.
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