Tuesday nights at Immanuel
David Domke,
University of Washington professor of communications and author of the book
The God Strategy: How Religion became Religious Politics in
America, will be the speaker on March 10th at
7:00. His topic is “Why the 2008 Presidential Election
May Change Everything for Everyone.” Tuesday Nights at Immanuel Presbyterian
Church is a weekly program at the north side church which is located and
9th and J Streets. There is no cost.
For more than two decades, conservative white evangelical Christians have
dominated American politics. But things changed in 2008 -- maybe. Professor
Domke will explore what the recent national election tells us and what does it
mean for American democracy and people of faith moving forward?
David Domke worked as a journalist for several
newspapers in the 1980s and early 1990s, including the Orange County Register
and Atlanta Journal-Constitution, before earning a Ph.D. in 1996. He is now a
Professor and Acting Chair in the Department of Communication at the
University of Washington. He is the author of a 2004 book that examines the
religious rhetoric of the Bush administration and the mains tream press's
response, God Willing?: Political Fundamentalism in the White House, the "War on
Terror," and the Echoing Press (Pluto Press). His new book, The God Strategy:
How Religion Became A Political Weapon in
America, was published in January 2008 by Oxford University
Press. In the last few years he has spoken about politics and communication with
academic, political, media, and public audiences around the country. In 2002 he
received the University of Washington's Distinguished Teaching Award, the university's
highest honor for teaching. In 2006, he received the Hiller Krieghbaum Under-40
Award, given by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass
Communication, for outstanding early career accomplishments. Also in 2006 he was
named the Washington state Professor
of the Year by the
Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation for
the Advancement of Teaching.
Contact: Rev. David Brown 253-951-9870
Dr. David
Domke Office Phone: (206) 543-2662
Cell Phone: (206)
795-8802
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