Religious Intolerance Lecture coming to Southeastern
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
by: Tonya Lowentritt
HAMMOND – The Federal Bureau of Investigation reports that the number of hate
crimes in the U.S., especially those targeting religious groups, has risen since 2016.
Rev. Robin McCullough-Bade, executive director of the Interfaith Federation of Greater
Baton Rouge, will address this problem at the inaugural Civility in Public Discourse
lecture scheduled Nov. 14 at 4 p.m. Sponsored by Southeastern Louisiana University’s
Department of Languages and Communication, the lecture, titled “Religious Tolerance
in an Age of Intolerance,” will take place in Southeastern’s Student Union, room 2203,
and is free and open to the public.
McCullough-Bade is speaking at the invitation of Carol M. Madere, Ph.D., the
Elizabeth Weeks Jones endowed professor in the humanities. Through her focus on civility
in public discourse, Madere, an associate professor in the Department of Languages
and Communication, said she plans to invite a number of speakers to campus to address
the causes of incivility and intolerance that many feel have produced the divisive
society that exists today.
“Religious, political, racial and gender differences seem to be ripping apart
the fabric of society today,” said Madere. “I’m hoping to expose the university community
to people who have thought deeply about how to reduce the friction and find common
ground again.”
McCullough-Bade is an ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America. She has served as executive director of the Interfaith Federation of Greater
Baton Rouge since 2009.
For more information, contact Madere at cmadere@southeastern.edu.
