Please join us for a sneak preview of Lord, Save Us From Your Followers, a powerful new film about religion in America.

The director of the film, Dan Merchant, will be joining us for the screening, and has graciously agreed to hold a Q-and-A afterward.

For more on the film, feel free to check out the official website or Dan Merchant’s Today Show interview with Matt Lauer.

Pizza will be served along with the movie, so be sure to stop by the RSV room at 6:00pm on Wednesday for a special YFFP event!

Founder of the Heritage Foundation and a former Republican Congressman, Mickey Edwards is a towering figure in American conservatism. Yet in his new book, Reclaiming Conservatism: How a Great American Political Movement Got Lost, Edwards takes that movement to task.

Please come join us for an engaging conversation with Mr. Edwards about his new book, as well as American conservatism more generally.

The discussion will be catered.

Over at the Immanent Frame, Philip Gorski recently published an insightful essay on “Class, Nation, and Covenant.”

Drawing heavily from sociological theory, Professor Gorski’s essay offers some of the best commentary to date on the Obama-Wright controversy.

Now Professor Gorski has agreed to venture up the hill to discuss the essay with us further. Please stop by for some stimulating conversation on one of the more pressing issues of the day.

Please join us for a special luncheon with YDS’ very own Willis Jenkins.

In addition to his popular classes on environmentalism and global development, Professor Jenkins is also the recent author of Ecologies of Grace: Environmental Ethics and Christian Theology.

Professor Jenkins will be discussing his new book, and then leading a conversation on the politics of environmentalism.

A light lunch will be served.

This week we’ll be having a discussion on the politics of Anabaptism with Dr. Jon Bonk.

Hailing from just down the street, Professor Bonk is executive director  of the Overseas Missions Study Center in New Haven, Connecticut, and editor of the International Bulletin of Missionary Research.

Light sandwiches and brownies will be served.

This week we’re delighted to announce that Serene Jones will be joining us for a brief talk, followed by discussion.

As many of you know, Professor Jones will be leaving to become President of Union Theological Seminary next fall, so we’re delighted to have her with us for this special event.

Sandwiches and light snacks will be provided.