A panel with Randall Balmer (Dartmouth College), Ben Carrington (USC), and Samantha Sheppard (Cornell University). Moderated by Frank Guridy (Columbia, History).
What work do gestures do in public culture? How does the body signal convictions and commitment? Such questions have been especially important in recent years when it comes to the intersections of racial justice, social protest, and sports. By “taking a knee,” the boundaries between religious, political, and social forms of action are purposefully blurred. In this event, IRCPL brings together leading experts on sports, race, and religion to discuss the intersections of protest and piety in contemporary and historical perspective.