Theology professor James Douglass is scheduled to speak Monday, Oct. 4 in Vance Hall on the connection between former president John F. Kennedy and President Barack Obama.
Sponsored by the Hartford-based peace education center Pax Educare, Inc., and CCSU’s Peace Studies and held in the room 105 at 7 p.m., the discussion is titled, “JFK, Obama, and the Unspeakable: A Parable of Turning.” Douglass will compare the two presidents who he says are facing similar problems while in office that include nuclear war and attempts toward killing their visions for the United States.
Douglass is a theological advisor, former professor of Bellarmine College and University of Hawaii and author of four books on the theology of nonviolence.
The discussion is free and open to the public.
For further information, e-mail Pax Educare, Inc. at [email protected], or call 860-930-3182.
