<p>The Theology and Religious Ethics Workshops present Vincent Lloyd, Associate Professor, Villanova University. </p><p>Prof. Lloyd works on philosophy of religion, religion and politics, and race. He was previously a faculty member at Syracuse University and Georgia State University. </p><p>With Joshua Dubler, he ecently completed a book manuscript on religion and mass incarceration - Break Every Yoke: Religion, Justice, and the Abolition of Prisons - exploring the way that shifting understandings of justice and law (in politics, religious communities, and inside prisons) authorized exponential prison growth in the United States. He co-edits the journal Political Theology, and edits the American Academy of Religion's Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion book series, published by Oxford University Press.</p><p>Dr. Lloyd says, "These days I'm thinking about dignity, following up on my book Black Natural Law. I'm trying to use legal history, Black studies, performance theory, and religion to explore what we might learn about the concept of dignity from the Black American experience."<br /><br /><strong>Date:</strong> December 5, 2019<br /><strong>Time:</strong> 4:00 PM<br /></p>
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