LOVING THE NEIGHBOR YOU HATE: A Weekend with James Alison November 9th, 10th and 11th at House of Mercy in St. Paul
Tired of hating Trump Lovers or turning into the person that Trump lover’s hate?
In a political climate where ideological polarization drives us to turn philosophical differences into interpersonal hatred, we need help to stop. Is it possible to fundamentally disagree with someone and not only love them but possibly even enjoy their company — wouldn’t that be a great world to live in?
James Alison, a vital Catholic theologian and author will tell us how to get there.
Friday, November 9, 7pm
LGBTQI lecture
World renowned speaker on matters catholic and gay, Alison is known for his firm but patient insistence on truthfulness in matters gay as an ordinary part of basic Christianity, and for his pastoral outreach in the same sphere.
Having lived with the Dominican Order between 1981 and 1995, James currently travels the world as an itinerant preacher, lecturer, and retreat giver. He studied at Oxford University and the Jesuit Theology Faculty in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He is the author of Knowing Jesus, Raising Abel: The Recovery of the Eschatological Imagination, The Joy of Being Wrong, Faith Beyond Resentment, On Being Liked, Undergoing God and Broken Hearts and New Creations: Intimations of a Great Reversal. He is known for bringing the work of the great French thinker René Girard to a wider public.
“I would permit no man … to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.”
— Booker T. Washington, Up From Slavery: An Autobiography