Mark your calendars:
Courage & Faith is pleased to announce
its fall 2016 lineup.
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Bryan Stevenson
Author of Just Mercy
and the Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative
Talk: Saturday, September 24, 7:00 pm
in the Church at
Christ Church Greenwich
Reception and book signing to follow
in the Christ Church Bookstore
Tickets:
General Admission: $30
Student Tickets: $15
General Admission plus book: $40
Purchase Tickets >
is the Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama, and a professor of law at New York University School of Law. He has won relief for dozens of condemned prisoners, argued five times before the Supreme Court, and won national acclaim for his work challenging bias against the poor and people of color. He has received numerous awards, including the MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Grant. Stevenson is the bestselling author of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption.
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Amy-Jill Levine
Author and professor
at Vanderbilt University Divinity School
Weekend retreat in collaboration with Temple Sholom
October 21-23
(this is a scheduled/ticketed event –
please check back to register)
Amy-Jill Levine is a professor of New Testament Studies at Vanderbilt University Divinity School, Department of Religious Studies and Graduate Department of Religion and the author of several books including Short Stories by Jesus, The Misunderstood Jew and The Jewish Annotated New Testament. A self-described “Yankee Jewish feminist who teaches in a predominantly Protestant divinity school in the buckle of the Bible Belt,” Levine “combines historical-critical rigor, literary-critical sensitivity, and a frequent dash of humor with a commitment to eliminating antisemitic, sexist, and homophobic theologies.” She is a member of an Orthodox Jewish synagogue.
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Fr. James Martin
Jesuit priest, author
and Editor-at-Large
of America magazine
Talk: Thursday, November 10
7:00 pm in the Church at
Christ Church Greenwich
Reception and book signing to follow
in the Christ Church Bookstore
Free and open to the public.
The Rev’d James Martin, SJ, is a Jesuit priest, Editor-at-Large of America magazine, and bestselling author of Jesus: A Pilgrimage, The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything, and Between Heaven and Mirth. Father Martin has written for many publications, including the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and he is a regular commentator in the national and international media. He has appeared on all the major radio and television networks, as well as in venues ranging from NPR’s Fresh Air, FOX’s The O’Reilly Factor, and PBS’s NewsHour to Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report. Before entering the Jesuits in 1988, Father Martin graduated from the Wharton School of Business and worked for General Electric for six years.
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Christ Church Greenwich
254 East Putnam Avenue
Greenwich, CT 06830
www.christchurchgreenwich.org
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All books available at the Christ Church Bookstore
For more information, visit:
courageandfaith.org
or Email:
info@courageandfaith.org
Christ Church Bookstore
254 East Putnam Avenue
Greenwich, CT 06830
203.869.9030
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