Who are We? Democracy, Social Values, and the American Story

Bruttell Endowment for Social Ethics presents 

Who are We? Democracy, Social Values, and the American Story

Wednesday, Oct. 23 and Thursday, Oct. 24

7:30 p.m. (Both nights)

McNichols Campus
Student Union Ballroom

Featuring Dr. Robert P. Jones, President and Founder of Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI)

Wednesday, Oct. 23: How America’s Origin Stories are Shaping the 2024 Election

Is the U.S. a pluralistic democracy, or is it a divinely ordained promised land for European Christians? These competing visions of the nation have divided Americans throughout our history. Robert P. Jones, president and founder of PRRI, will draw on recent survey data and the historical research in his New York Times bestselling book, The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Path to a Shared American Future, to examine how competing American origin stories continue to demarcate the fault lines dividing the country as we head toward the 2024 presidential election.

Thursday, Oct. 24: What is Religion Becoming? Panel Discussion

Hosted by Dr. Robert P. Jones and includes a panel of faculty and community leaders.

Robert P. Jones is the president and founder of Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI). He is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Path to a Shared American Future (published September 5, 2023), as well as White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity, which won a 2021 American Book Award. He is also the author of The End of White Christian America, which won the 2019 Grawemeyer Award in Religion.

Jones writes regularly on politics, culture, and religion for The Atlantic, TIME, Religion News Service, and other outlets. He is frequently featured in major national media, such as CNN, MSNBC, NPR, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and others.

Co-sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies.