The Didier Seminar

In every age the Spirit speaks.

The Calvin W. Didier Annual Seminar on Religion and Contemporary Thought was endowed in 1993 as a retirement tribute to Reverend Didier in honor of a ministry mindful of the many voices of the spirit and the profound changes we continue to experience in contemporary thought and culture. This yearly seminar is dedicated to spiritual growth through the best comprehensive thinking in religion, the arts, letters and science. We seek to present inspiring and acknowledged leaders in their various fields.

The Didier Seminar 2023

Writer, Editor, and Religious Activist
Paul Brandeis Raushenbush

Building the Multi-faith Future: Freedom of Religion in a Democracy

April 21-23, 2023

President and CEO of Interfaith Alliance, Rev. Paul Raushenbush served as Senior Vice President at Auburn Seminary, Executive Editor of HuffPost Religion, and Associate Dean of Religious Life and The Chapel at Princeton University. Most recently, he was Senior Advisor for Public Affairs and Innovation at Interfaith America.

An ordained Baptist minister, Rev. Raushenbush has been a leader in the interfaith movement to protect freedom and preserve democracy. He comes from a dual line of pioneers in the very work he has been called to do. As the great-grandson of the first Jewish Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis and great-grandson of Baptist theologian Walter Rauschenbusch, a key figure in the Social Gospel movement, Rev. Raushenbush’s commitment to interfaith advocacy comes in part from his own interfaith background.

Also:
The Honorable Paul Anderson, Minnesota Associate Supreme Court Justice, Retired
Dr. Piercarlo Valdezsolo, Associate Professor of Psychology Science, Claremont McKenna College and Visiting Associate Professor of Psychology, Macalester College

Schedule:

Friday, April 21
6:30 p.m. Dessert Reception | Assembly Room
7:30 p.m. Democracy Not Theocracy: Confronting the threat of Christian Nationalism to preserve our religiously diverse nation – Rev. Paul Raushenbush

Saturday, April 22, Moderated by Rev. Paul Raushenbush
9:30 a.m. Christian Nationalism and the United States Supreme Court: Is the concept rooted in U.S. history? – Justice Paul Anderson
10:45 a.m. The Psychology of Meaning: How we create meaning and struggle with difference – Dr. Piercarlo Valdezsolo

Sunday, April 23
10 a.m. Worship | Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush Preaching: Shall Christian Nationalists win? The Critical Role of Congregations in Protecting our Diverse Democracy
11:15 a.m. Adult Enrichment with Rev. Paul Raushenbush: Where Do we Go From Here? Building a Multi-faith Future.

Lectures will be in the sanctuary and streamed on our website.

Registration is appreciated here or call the church office.

Click here to view archived 2021 Didier Seminar lectures with Jeannine Hill Fletcher: Christian Entanglement in Racism: Facing the Past, Transforming the Future.