Adventist Peace Radio, Episode 15: Pedrito Maynard-Reid Lectures on Justice

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In this episode, Dr. Pedrito Maynard-Reid gives a presentation titled "JUSTICE: A Radical, Prophetic Call to the Academy and the Pew.” This presentation was the 2017 "Distinguished Faculty Lecture" at Walla Walla University.

Pedrito is the Adventist Peace Fellowship Board of Directors chairperson. He wears many hats at Walla Walla University, where he is the university’s ombudsman, professor in the School of Theology, and Assistant to the President for Diversity. He has a bachelor’s degree in theology from West Indies College; a master’s degree in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary, and three degrees from Andrews University—an MA in religion, an MDiv, and a doctor of theology.

For the sake of show length, I have removed the question and answer period at the end of the presentation. However, I encourage you to engage this conversation by viewing the video recording of the presentation, which is linked below.

Pedrito is introduced by his daughter, Natasha Maynard-Pemba.

Presentation Introduction: Prophets, ancient and modern, have challenged the church and the nation to let justice roll down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream. The call of the prophets has been “whole” – personal and social, individual and corporate, religious and secular. They brought hope to the hopeless, and provoked the powerful. They confronted the comfortable, and ministered to the marginal. We need a radical, biblical, prophetic voice in the halls of academia and in the pulpits of the worshiping community. Where are the pastoral and professorial prophets today?

Download the event program as a PDF document: DFL Program 2017.

SHOW NOTES

01:45 – Natasha Maynard-Pemba provides the introduction.

04:55 – Pedrito Maynard-Reid begins speaking.

Link: Lectureship webpage

Link: 2017 lecture video

CONCLUSION

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