Cornel West, author of "Race Matters" and "The Cornel West
Reader"
Cornel West to speak in San Antonio Sept. 28
(Sept. 26, 2002)--Cornel West -- philosopher, theologian, social activist, author and professor of religion at Princeton University -- will speak in San Antonio at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 28 at Antioch Baptist Church, 1001 North Walters.
West is the author of several books, including the 1993 best-seller "Race Matters," "The Cornel West Reader" and "Blacks and Jews: Let The Healing Begin."
One of the nation's most widely cited scholars of religion and a champion of racial justice since childhood, West focuses on the area where religious thought, social theory and pragmatic philosophy meet. A compelling orator and a noted commentator, West urges blacks and whites to explore their pasts and find common ground.
West graduated magna cum laude from Harvard in only three years. He earned his master's and doctorate degrees from Princeton University. He then became a professor of religion and the director of the Afro-American Studies program at Princeton. His current academic interests include researching the problems facing urban African-Americans and creating a dialogue between blacks and Jews. His latest book, "Jews and Blacks: Let the Healing Begin," was co-authored by Jewish journalist Michael Lerner.
"Race Matters," which sold nearly 400,000 copies and influenced a national dialogue on race, brought him widespread attention and honors outside the field of religious studies. His recent work includes two important books he co-authored on public policy issues: "The Future of American Progressivism" and "The War Against Parents."
His most influential scholarly work, "The American Evasion of Philosophy: A Genealogy of Pragmatism," is a history of pragmatism from Emerson to the present. "It would be accurate to say that he has reshaped religious studies in such a way that his area of interest is now seen as central to the field," said Jeffrey Stout, Princeton professor of religion. Through his writings, West is considered one of the most penetrating and wide-ranging critics of contemporary religious thought, Stout said.
Tickets are available through Ticketmaster for $21 plus service fee. To reserve tickets for groups of four or more ($17.50 per person) and student tickets ($10 with ID), contact Kathy Clay-Little, African-American Reflections publisher at (210) 509-3026.
Antioch Baptist Church is located north of the intersection of E. Houston and N. Walters streets, and is east of downtown and I-37/281.
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