"Questioning Toxic Religion & Tolerance"

In the U.S. political and cultural environment, movements are expressing greater animosity toward their perceived opponents. This rise in affective polarization has a widespread effect, though it is often directed against marginalized groups, such as transgender persons and religious minorities. Dr. Gray will discuss the concepts and dynamics of liberal tolerance and toxic theologies. He will draw upon research on transgender Jews and on interactions with religious “hate groups.”

Dr. Gray will be at Louisville Seminary to deliver the lecture in person with an option for remote participants to join virtually. Registration is required whether attending in-person or online.

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About Dr. Hillel Gray

Hillel Gray is a scholar of religion and ethics, with primary interests in Jewish discourse and the study of marginalized oppositional religious groups. An Assistant Teaching Professor at Miami University of Ohio, he is the lead investigator of the Empathy and the Religious “Enemy” project. He has a BA from Yale, an MTS from Harvard Divinity School, and a PhD from the University of Chicago.

About the Greenhoe Lecture

The Greenhoe Lectures were established in 1966 by Memorial Presbyterian Church in Midland, Michigan, in honor of their former pastor, Dr. Theodore M. Greenhoe. Dr. Greenhoe was a member of the Louisville Seminary class of 1934.View prior lectures here.

Questioning Toxic Religion & Tolerance

2023 Greenhoe Lecture presented by Dr. Hillel Gray