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Same God - West Michigan Premiere
Date and Time
Wednesday, December 5, 2018 6:15 PM - 9:00 PM
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Description
We are proud to co-sponsor the West Michigan Premiere of Same God.
5:45 pm Doors open
6:15 pm Showing Begins
8:00 pm Discussion with Professor Larycia Hawkins and producer/director Linda Midgett
Tickets are SOLD OUT.
Oscars Restaurant will be open for concessions, dinner and drinks.
Synopsis
In December 2015, the political rhetoric against Muslims was escalating. Dr. Larycia Hawkins, an African-American political science professor at Wheaton College—a prestigious evangelical school outside of Chicago—wanted to show support for Muslim women. She posted a photo of herself in a hijab on Facebook. “I love my Muslim neighbor,” she wrote, “because s/he deserves love by virtue of her/his human dignity….we worship the Same God.”
Within days, Wheaton’s Provost suspended Dr. Hawkins, eventually moving to terminate her tenure. Were the school’s actions a move to protect its Christian theological purity, as it insisted? Or was it, as some suggested, the result of racism and Islamophobia? “Same God,” directed by Wheaton alumna Linda Midgett, follows the journey of Dr. Hawkins while exploring the polarization taking place within the evangelical community over issues of race, Islam, religious freedom…and Donald Trump.
Watch the trailer here
Learn more about this film by visiting http://samegodfilm.com
This event is being co-sponsored by:
Studio C | Kaufman Interfaith
Institute | The Colossian
Forum | Paul
B. Henry Institute
Kickasspirational
Podcast | Calvin
College Center for Social Research
Contact
For more information please contact the Kaufman Interfaith Institute:
616-331-5702