CONWAY, Ark. (August 25, 2016) – Hendrix College will host "Becoming an Ally: The Role of White Christians in the Struggle Against South African Apartheid," a lecture by internationally known biblical scholar Dr. Gerald O. West, on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m., in Mills C in the
Mills Social Sciences Center on the Hendrix campus.
The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Miller Center for Vocation Ethics, and Calling. For more information, call 501-450-4590 or email
millercenter@hendrix.edu.
West has long been an advocate for racial justice in South Africa. Drawing on his experience in the South African anti-apartheid movement in the late 80's and early 90's, West will offer reflections on the role of white Christians in the struggle for racial justice in the U.S. and around the world.
West is Head of the School of Theology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Pietermartizburg, South Africa. He is author of Biblical Hermeneutics of
Liberation: Modes of Reading the Bible in the South African Context and The
Academy of the Poor: Toward a Dialogical Reading of the Bible.
About the Miller Center for Vocation, Ethics, and
Calling
Established in 2008, the Miller Center for Vocation, Ethics, and Calling provides resources and programming for Hendrix College students, faculty and staff to explore the work and life to which they are called, the vocation that will fulfill. For more information,
visit
http://www.hendrix.edu/millercenter/.
About
Hendrix College
Hendrix College is a private liberal arts college in Conway, Arkansas. Founded in 1876 and affiliated with the United Methodist Church since 1884, Hendrix is featured in Colleges
That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think about Colleges and is nationally recognized in numerous college guides, lists, and rankings for academic quality, community, innovation, and value. For more information, visit
www.hendrix.edu.