Earl Lectures
Earl Lectures 2011 - Closing Worship - Bishop Yvette Flunder
Bishop Yvette Flunder preaches at the closing worship: "Justice at the Table"
A native San Franciscan, Bishop Yvette Flunder is a third generation preacher with roots in the Church of God in Christ. Bishop Flunder is also an ordained Minister of the United Church of Christ and is Founder and Senior Pastor of City of Refuge United Church of Christ in San Francisco. In June 2003 Bishop Flunder was consecrated Presiding Bishop of The Fellowship, a multi-denominational fellowship of 110 primarily African American Christian leaders and laity representing 56 churches and faith-based organizations from all parts of the United States Mexico and Africa.
Earl Lectures 2011 - Keynote Lecture - Kim Bobo
Kim Bobo delivers her keynote lecture: "Ready for Service: Economic Justice in 2011"
She is the Executive Director and founder of Interfaith Worker Justice, the nation's largest network of people of faith engaging in local and national actions to improve wages, benefits and conditions for workers, especially those in the low-wage economy. She was named one of Utne Reader's "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World" in 2009.
Earl Lectures 2011 - Panel B - Faith, Funding, and Foundations
"Faith, Funding, and Foundations" will help members of faith communities and NGOs learn more about the fund-seeking process and provide tips and tricks for how to secure grant funding for their congregational and community projects.
Panelists are: Bill Glenn, Bishop Yvette Flunder, and Rev. Roland Stringfellow. Dr. Mary Tolbert is the moderator. Read more on the panelists...
Earl Lectures 2011 - Panel A - Work and Economic Justice Across Faith
"Work and Economic Justice Across Faith: Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Perspectives", addresses the shared origins of beliefs about the nature of work and the economy in the three Abrahamic traditions, the differences between each tradition's point of view, and the current state of thinking on the topic of economic justice in each of the three faiths.
Panelists are: Rachel Biale, Dr. Marion Grau, and Ameena Jandali. Dr. Judith Berling is the moderator. Read more on the panelists...
Earl Lectures 2011 - Keynote Lecture - Shaykh Hamza Yusuf
Shaykh Hamza Yusuf delivers his keynote lecture: "Lenders, Leopards, and Lions: The Violence of Avarice - Muslim Musings from Dante’s Six, Seventh, and Eighth Circles of Hell"
Shaykh Hamza Yusuf is "the most influential Islamic scholar in the West" and the 38th most influential Muslim scholar worldwide, according to Georgetown University's study The 500 Most Influential Muslims (2009). Hamza Yusuf is a cofounder of Zaytuna College, located in Berkeley, California. He is an advisor to Stanford University's Program in Islamic Studies and the Center for Islamic Studies at Berkeley's Graduate Theological Union.
Earl Lectures 2011 - Keynote Lecture - Robert Reich
Robert Reich delivers his keynote lecture on "The Real Meaning of Economic Justice." UC Berkeley professor of public policy, Reich is one of the nation’s foremost authorities on work and the global economy. He has served under three presidents, most recently as Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton, and has served as an economic advisor to Barack Obama.
Earl Lectures 2011 - Opening Worship - Rev. Alexia Salvatierra
Rev. Alexia Salvatierra preaches on "Faith-Rooted Organizing: A New Response to the Age-Old Problem of Poverty." Salvatierra is executive director of Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice of California (CLUE-CA), a statewide alliance of interfaith organizations and religious leaders who respond together to the crises of working poverty by joining low-wage workers in their struggle for a living wage, health insurance, fair working conditions, and a voice in the decisions that affect them.
No Return To Normal
Excerpt from Chapter 11 of Aftershock: the Next Economy and America's Future, by Robert B. Reich (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010). Reich is a keynote speaker at Earl Lectures 2011.
It should be apparent that there will be no return to “normal,” because the old normal got us into our present predicamentand can't possibly get us out.
Earl Lectures 2010 - Plenary Session V – Scotty McLennan [Part 2]
Growing Up Spiritual or Religious?: A Developmental View
Scotty McLennan is an ordained minister, a lawyer, and an author. Since 2001 he has held the post of Dean for Religious Life at Stanford University. His primary research interests are in the interface of religion, ethics, and the professions. The author of Jesus Was a Liberal: Reclaiming Christianity for All and Finding Your Religion: When the Faith You Grew Up With Has Lost Its Meaning, he teaches and oversees religious affairs on campus and is the minister of Stanford Memorial Church.
Earl Lectures 2010 - Plenary Session V – Scotty McLennan
Growing Up Spiritual or Religious?: A Developmental View
Scotty McLennan is an ordained minister, a lawyer, and an author. Since 2001 he has held the post of Dean for Religious Life at Stanford University. His primary research interests are in the interface of religion, ethics, and the professions. The author of Jesus Was a Liberal: Reclaiming Christianity for All and Finding Your Religion: When the Faith You Grew Up With Has Lost Its Meaning, he teaches and oversees religious affairs on campus and is the minister of Stanford Memorial Church.
