James Luther Adams and the Crisis of American Liberalism
November 24, 2024 | 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Dr. Robert Kraig, Executive Director, Citizen Action of Wisconsin.
James Luther Adams (JLA) was the most influential Unitarian-Universalist theologian of the 20th Century. JLA’s grandson Robert Kraig, is both an academic and a social justice organizer. He will argue that JLA’s social ethics of power offers religious and secular liberals forgotten pathways for inspiring the radical change of heart needed to meet the existential crises of the early 21st Century. JLA’s prophetic theology contains a proverbial message for the embattled and enfeebled religious and secular left as we face one of the great political, social, and ecological turning points in human history.
Host: Bruce Wiggins
In-Person or Online
In-Person: In Max Otto Hall.
Online: Also available on our YouTube channel.
For over 50 years, the Sunday Forum lecture series has showcased provocative, sometimes controversial, speakers discussing topical issues of the day: politics, the environment, health issues, the arts, education, and more. The Sunday Forum is held at 10:00 a.m. September through May. Speakers give a 45-minute presentation, followed by questions and brief comments from the audience. The content of Forum lectures does not necessarily express the viewpoint of First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee, but are meant to offer thoughtful topics which our members often pursue further on their own.
