James Luther Adams Foundation www.jameslutheradams.org Board of Trustees: George Kimmich Beach, president (gkbeach@aol.com, 540-948-5317); Rob Packenham, secretary; Norman Faramelli, treasurer; Judith Deutsch, Robert Kraig, James Stillman, Frederick Wooden. Advisory Committee: Richard Boeke, J. Ronald Engel, William Johnson Everett, Galen Guengerich, Doris Hunter, Michael Hogue, Theodore Kraig, Scotty McLennan, Susan Ritchie, Sid Slobodkin, Jeffrey Speaks. Web and Communications Manager: Rob Packenham rpackenham@gmail.com; Web consultant: Christopher Walton February 10, 2022 The Rev. Dr. Stephen C. Mott […]
Contributor Profile: Rob Packenham
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The 2020/2021 James Luther Adams Forum was a success! After more than a yearlong delay due to Covid-19, the Forum was held on October 29, 2021 at the University of Virginia. You can read and/or watch below Charles Mathewes’ timely and deeply probing lecture “The Future of American Christianity after the Religious Right” and the response by William J. Everett at the 2020/2021 JLAF Forum. Charles Mathewes Carolyn M. Barbour Professor of Religious Studies at […]
Join us for the 2021 James Luther Adams Forum on Religion and Society with speaker Dr. Charles Mathewes, Carolyn M. Barbour Professor of Religious Studies, University of Virginia. Professor Mathewes will speak on “The Future of American Christianity after the Religious Right.” DATE, TIME, & LOCATION Friday, October 29, 2021, 3 p.m. ET, 110 Monroe Hall on the Grounds of University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. Can’t attend in person? A video recording of the Forum […]
Based on newly processed home movies by James Luther Adams, never shown before, of Germany’s most prominent Christian leaders of the 1930s. A film about the church and the Nazis. James Luther Adams, professor emeritus of Christian ethics, and George Huntston Williams, professor emeritus of church history, recount their personal remembrances of these influential leaders and discuss the dynamics of that turbulent period. No Authority but from God (28 minutes). Personal reflections of both pro-Nazi and […]
Some highlights of recent activity on the JLAF website: The JLAF 2021 Forum Date is announced; a new post from George Kimmich Beach “The Jacob’s Ladder of an Examined Faith”; John A. Buehrens writes on “How James Luther Adams Became Important to Me and Why He Still Is,” and JLA’s historic home video “No Authority But From God” is available now to view. JLAF 2021 Forum Date Announced The 2021 James Luther Adams Forum has […]