Civic Engagement

Episcopal Perspectives
Conversations with Dean Patrick Malloy

The Cathedral hosted four webinars in the fall of 2024 in preparation for the election. They explored key issues precisely from an Episcopal perspective, taking note especially of resolutions of General Convention, featuring the Very Rev. Patrick Malloy, PhD, in conversation with the below guests.

Immigration
Mr. Ray Suarez, long-time chief national correspondent of the PBS Newshour, host of NPR’s Talk of the Nation, Trustee of the Washington National Cathedral; Author of We Are Home: Becoming American in the 21st Century: an Oral History.

Christian Nationalism
The Rev. Dr. Pamela Cooper-White; Dean Emerita of Union Seminary and Priest Associate of the Cathedral; Author of The Psychology of Christian Nationalism: Why People Are Drawn In and How to Talk Across the Divide.

Reproductive Rights
The Rev. Dr. Danielle Tumminio Hansen, Associate Professor of Practical Theology and Spiritual Care at Candler School of Theology, Emory University; editor of the Summer 2024 Issue of the Anglican Theological Review, Anglican Theologies of Reproductive Choice.

The Environment
Dr. Andrew Thompson, director of the Center for Religion and Environment at The University of the South (Sewanee); author of Reconsider the Lilies: Challenging Christian Environmentalism's Colonial Legacy.

We hope this series will encourage and empower individuals to be agents of positive social change.