[Discussion] NEWS: America and the Problem of Empire

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From: "David J. Leonard" <leonard@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>

America and the Problem of Empire
October 12-15, 2005

Imperial aspirations, evangelical mission, national identity. At no time in
American history have these themes been more intimately linked or sharply
contested.  This conference offers a multidisciplinary perspective on the
interplay of ideology, economic interests, religion, and foreign policy of the
United States.

The Conference will be held at the Kellogg Center, Michigan State University,
East Lansing, Michigan.

Cosponsored by the Institute for the Study of Christianity and Culture

Featured speakers:

Michael Denning is William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of American Studies at Yale
University. He is the author, most recently, of The Cultural Front: The Laboring
of American Culture in the Twentieth Century (1997); and Culture in the Age of
Three Worlds (2004).

Joel Bakan is the writer and director of the widely acclaimed book and
documentary film The Corporation (2004), and teaches law at the University of
British Columbia.

Melani McAlister is Associate Professor  of American Studies and International
Affairs at George Washington University and author of Epic Encounters: Culture,
Media, and US Interests in the Middle East since 1945 (rev. ed. 2005).

Max L. Stackhouse, Princeton Seminary's Rimmer and Ruth de Vries Professor of
Reformed Theology and Public Life, is director of the Seminary's Kuyper Center
for Public Theology.

Richard Gamble is Associate Professor of History at Palm Beach Atlantic
University and the author of The War for Righteousness: Progressive
Christianity, The Great War, and the Rise of the Messianic Nation (2003).

All events are free and open to the public

See www.christianityandculture.org/2005Lansing/2005lansingconf

for schedule of events, David W.Stowe <stowed@msu.edu>