Liturgical Protest from Fort Benning to Ferguson: A Presentation by Kyle Lambelet, Emory University

Liturgy, literally the work of the people, is political. It involves the movement of bodies in collective actions of confession, praise, lament, and thanksgiving. Liturgy forms bodies into a body politic. In a like manner, protest—a particular form of political action—can be liturgical. This webinar will explore the liturgy of recent protest movements, starting with the SOA Watch’s 25-year vigil at the gates of Fort Benning and continuing to the uprisings in Ferguson, Missouri. Kyle Lambelet will use the concept of liturgical protest to consider the theological significance of these transformative political movements.