BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:19061-3aee27670df3cde7994781a0006188ec@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260611T013543Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260527T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260527T193000 SUMMARY:“Can Christianity Save Democracy?” DESCRIPTION:\nLoneliness and isolation are up\; church attendance is dow n. America is becoming a post-Christian nation\, while politics becomes ever more divided and vitriolic. What if these trends are related—and wh at do they portend? In this groundbreaking\, richly illustrated lecture\ , journalist\, author\, and lifelong atheist Jonathan Rauch explains why Christianity’s contemporary crisis is making American ungovernable. Dra wing on philosophy\, history\, scripture\, and today’s headlines\, his i nspirational talk reveals what Jesus and James Madison have in common an d how\, together\, their teachings can help to heal our politics—and may be Christianity\, too.  After the talk\, Rauch will take questions.\n\nR auch is one of the country’s most versatile and original writers on gove rnment\, public policy\, and gay marriage\, among other subjects. A seni or fellow of the Brookings Institution in Washington and contributing wr iter of The Atlantic\, he is the author of eight books and many articles and has received the magazine industry’s two leading prizes — the Natio nal Magazine Award (the industry’s equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize) and the National Headliner Award.\n\nThis event is sponsored by the Central PA chapter of the ACLU of Pennsylvania\, The McCourtney Institute for D emocracy\, and the University Baptist &\; Brethren Church.\n\nFor mor e details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/can-christianity-save-democra cy/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Loneliness and isolation are up; church attendance is down. America is becoming a post- Christian nation, while politics becomes ever more divided and vitriolic . What if these trends are related—and what do they portend? In this gro undbreaking, richly illustrated lecture, journalist, author, and lifelon g atheist Jonathan Rauch explains why Christianity’s contemporary crisis is making American ungovernable. Drawing on philosophy, history, script ure, and today’s headlines, his inspirational talk reveals what Jesus an d James Madison have in common and how, together, their teachings can he lp to heal our politics—and maybe Christianity, too.  After the talk, Ra uch will take questions.

Rauch is one of the country’s most versat ile and original writers on government, public policy, and gay marriage, among other subjects. A senior fellow of the Brookings Institution in W ashington and contributing writer of The Atlantic, he is the au thor of eight books and many articles and has received the magazine indu stry’s two leading prizes — the National Magazine Award (the industry’s equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize) and the National Headliner Award.

< p>This event is sponsored by the Central PA chapter of the ACLU of Penns ylvania, The McCourtney Institute for Democracy, and the University Bapt ist & Brethren Church.

For more details: https://events.la. psu.edu/event/can-christianity-save-democracy/

LOCATION:University Baptist & Brethren Church, 411 S. Burrowes St., State Col lege END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR