Author, blogger, activist and professor Dr. Drew G.I. Hart will present “What has Shalom to do with White Dominant Culture?” during Forum at 11 a.m. on March 29 in Founders Hall. This is the 2016 Keeney Peace Lecture at Bluffton University. The event is free and open to the public. 
 
Hart recently earned his doctorate in theology and ethics from Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. During his presentation, Hart will weave his pastoral experience with his academic training to challenge the Church to pursue practices that make for justice. 
 
In addition to the peace lecture, Hart will hold a book signing at 1:15 p.m. in the Kiva at Marbeck Center for his new work “Trouble I’ve Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism.” In the book, Hart explains how Anabaptist peacemaking has been compromised by assimilation into the white dominant culture.  
 
Bluffton’s Keeney Peace Lectureship was established in 1978 by the family of William Sr. and Kathryn Keeney to express appreciation for Bluffton’s influence and to strengthen the continuing peace witness among the community.