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FOR-USA PRESENTS THE POWERS THAT BE BOOK CLUB, Zoom
March 19, 2025 @ 1:30 pm
Wednesdays March 19, April 16, May 21, June 18; each session 1:30 pm Pacific time, Zoom
An FOR-USA current Walter Wink and June Keener Wink Fellow, Dr. Iskander Abbasi, will be leading a Book Club. Iskander, a protege of Dr. Farid Esack, the “father of Islamic Liberation Theology,” is a lecturer in the theology department at Fordham University in NYC. He teaches classes in Theology, Islamic Studies, and Religion and Ecology. His research interests include Contemporary Islam, Islamic Liberation Theology, Environmental Ethics, Decolonial Theory, and Islamophobia Studies.
He will be guiding us through one of Walter Wink’s seminal works, The Powers that Be: Theology for a New Millennium. The approach to the reading will include reflecting on the text in a multi-faith environment committed to social justice under the current conditions of Empire.
More info and Registration for first session https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/qG7Nhje9Qi-Q96K5bf26EA