Feb. 16–25, 2016 - Gerardo Martí
Innovation, Orthodoxy, and Tradition: The Near Future of American Christianity
- Feb. 16, 7 p.m., Grant Center, Salon 2
The Future of Racism and the Church - Feb. 18, 7 p.m., Harvey Auditorium
The Future of Pluralism and the Church - Feb. 23, 7 p.m., Grant Center, Salon 2
The Future of Worship and the Church - Feb. 25, 7 p.m., Harvey Auditorium
The Future of Innovation and the Church
Lectures are free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Honors Community of Union University.
Gerardo Martí
BA, Pepperdine University
MA and PhD, University of Southern California
Dr. Martí is the L. Richardson King associate professor and chair of sociology at Davidson College. He is an ethnographer whose research centers on race/ethnicity and innovation/social change in congregational life. In addition to several peer-reviewed journal articles, he is author of A Mosaic of Believers (Indiana University Press, 2005), Hollywood Faith (Rutgers University Press, 2008), Worship across the Racial Divide (Oxford University Press, 2012), and The Deconstructed Church (Oxford University Press, 2014). He was the recipient of a Religious Institutions Grant from The Louisville Institute and an Engaged Scholars Fellowship from The Congregational Studies Project Team for research focusing on social scientific analysis of worship and music in racially diverse congregations. Dr. Martí also co-directs the Latino Protestant Congregations Project. Besides his scholarly work, Gerardo is an ordained pastor with ten years of experience ministering in local churches of various sizes and ethnic/racial compositions.