Transaction or Transformation: Racial Interests and the Gospel with Dr. Glenn Bracey—2024 Westerdahl Lecture

The 2024 Carl G Westerdahl Lecture was given by Dr. Glenn Bracey on Sept 9, 2024 on the topic of Transaction or Transformation: Racial Interests and the Gospel

Dr. Glenn Bracey is an assistant professor of sociology at Villanova University, where his work centers on race and social movements and race and the law. An award-winning teacher and scholar with publications in leading academic journals, he is an emerging voice on issues ranging from critical race theory to racial protests and national politics.

Most recently, Dr. Bracey’s research has focused on the complicated relationship between race and Christianity in the United States—and the challenges faced by people of color in congregations across the country. Applying a critical lens, he examines the harmful rhetoric and iconography to which Black, Latino and Asian churchgoers are often exposed, contributing to feelings of betrayal and, in many instances, crises of faith.