From: Young Center <youngctr@etown.edu>
Date: Wed, Apr 5, 2023 at 9:52 AM
Subject: Durnbaugh Lecture and Seminar Announcement
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Please announce in bulletin or newsletter on April 9 and April 16.
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 • 7:00 pm • Susquehanna Room of Myer Hall
DURNBAUGH LECTURE
Anabaptists and Secular Politics: Reflections on the Shifting Paradigm over Seven Decades
During the 49 years since his baptism into the Mennonite Church, Berry has closely followed changes in American politics and its impact on American Christians. He will consider these developments, including the effect of single-issue voting or the influence of talk radio and cable news, and will reflect on how social and political changes have impacted contemporary Anabaptists, perhaps resulting in the church losing some of its ability to be salt of the earth, as described in Matthew 5:13.
Curtis R. Berry is professor emeritus of political science at Shippensburg University, where he taught for 32 years. Berry was a founding board member of Work Team Partners, Inc. and has served on the boards of directors of Eastern Mennonite University, the Mennonite Publishing Network, and Menno-Haven Retirement Communities in Chambersburg, Pa. During his professional career he was active in the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties local and statewide organizations. Free and open to the public. For further information, visit etown.edu/youngctr/events
NOTE: Myer Hall is across the street from Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren. Enter GPS address: 777 S. Mt. Joy Street, Elizabethtown, PA 17022. Enter the parking lot from Cedar Street and walk across the street to the Susquehanna Room in Myer Hall. (follow signage). This location has no stairs and is a fully accessible building.
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 • 10:00 am to noon • Bucher Meetinghouse at the Young Center
DURNBAUGH SEMINAR
This panel discussion explores how Anabaptists should assess political issues and opportunities; the connections between local, national, and international policy choices; and the ways in which Anabaptist values might motivate authentic engagement and principled dissent. Panelists also consider how Anabaptists can talk across lines of political difference, including within their own churches.
Panel members include Curtis Berry, professor emeritus of political science at Shippensburg University; Nathan Hosler, the director of the Church of the Brethren's Office of Peacebuilding and Policy based in Washington, DC, and a pastor of the Washington City Church of the Brethren; Heather Wolf, an experienced political campaign advisor and mentor with the Women's Campaign School at Yale, and active in Lititz (PA) Church of the Brethren; and Nathan Zook, a professor of political science at Montgomery College, Rockville (MD) Campus, and the pastor of Hampden Mennonite Church, a congregation in Baltimore affiliated with Keystone Mennonite Fellowship. Free and open to the public. For further information, visit
NOTE: Bucher Meetinghouse is located at the Young Center. Enter UPS address: 450 Campus Road, Elizabethtown, PA 17022.
This will bring you on to Campus Road and near the entrance to the parking lot of the Young Center. Enter the doors directly off the parking lot. There are no stairs and the building is fully accessible.
Thank you.
The Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies
Elizabethtown College
One Alpha Drive, Elizabethtown, PA 17022
Phone: 717-361-1470
Website: www.etown.edu/youngctr
