A Communist, a Scientist, and A Priest Sat Down to Discuss...Morality to Change the World April 16, 2010

A Communist, a Scientist, and A Priest Sat Down to Discuss...Morality to Change the World
With Sunsara Taylor, PZ Myers, and Bob Bossie, SCJ
Theodore Jennings, moderator

Friday, April 16, 2010
7:00-9:30 PM

University of Chicago
Reynolds Club
Hutchinson Commons
5706 S. University Avenue

Bob Bossie, SCJ, is a member of the international Catholic order of Priests of the Sacred Heart and a 30 year staff member of the 8th Day Center for Justice in Chicago , where he works on issues of peace, human rights, economic justice and non-violence. He has spoken and traveled widely (the Middle East, Latin America), and has been arrested and jailed on numerous occasions for engaging in non-violent resistance actions. As a founding member of Voices in the Wilderness, he traveled to Iraq with medical supplies in direct violation of US/UN sanctions against that country.

Theodore (Ted) Jennings is Professor of Biblical and Constructive Theology at the Chicago Theological Seminary. In addition to courses in New Testament and Theology he teaches courses in Queer theory, Marxist theory, and Deconstruction.

PZ Myers is an associate biology professor at the University of Minnesota Morris (UMM) and the author of the most-widely read science blog Pharyngula. PZ works with zebrafish in the field of evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo), and also cultivates an interest in cephalopods. He is a public critic of intelligent design (ID) and of the creationist movement in general and is an activist in the creation-evolution controversy. PZ Myers is an outspoken atheist and vocal skeptic of all forms of religion, superstition, and pseudoscience.

Sunsara Taylor is a writer for Revolution Newspaper, a host of WBAI's Equal Time for Free Thought, and sits on the Advisory Board of World Can't Wait. She has written on the rise of theocracy, wars and repression in the U.S., led in building resistance to these crimes, and contributed to the movement for revolution to put an end to all this. She takes as her foundation the new synthesis on revolution and communism developed by Bob Avakian. You can find her impressive verbal battles with Bill O'Reilly and various political commentary on things from abortion to religion by searching “Sunsara Taylor” on youtube.

Co-sponsored by

Chicago Theological Seminary • Revolution Books • U of C Philosophy Club • Secular Student Alliance U of C