2026 Kathleen O'Brien Wicker Endowed Lecture
Tuesday, September 29, 2026 · 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM PDT
Balch Auditorium, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont, 91711 · Claremont, CA
About this event
Scripps Religious Studies Department Presents the 2026 Kathleen O’Brien Wicker Endowed Lecture Featuring Katherine Stewart. “Dobbs Was Just the Start: White Christian Nationalism and the Future of Women’s Rights” Katherine Stewart has covered the rise of the anti-democratic movement for over 17 years. Her latest book, Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy (Bloomsbury, 2025), a New York Times bestseller, was named one of the Best Books of 2025 by Foreign Affairs. Her previous book, The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism (Bloomsbury, 2020), won First Place in the Nonfiction Books category from the Religion News Association, as well as the Morris B. Forkosch Best Book Award. The Power Worshippers also formed the basis of the documentary feature God & Country, produced by the late Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner. Stewart served as executive producer. Her 2012 book, The Good News Club, examined the religious right’s efforts to undermine public education. Stewart writes for The New York Times opinion section, The New Republic, Religion News Service, and other media outlets. Please join us!
Event details
- Date and time
- Tuesday, September 29, 2026 · 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM PDT
- Venue
- Balch Auditorium, 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont, 91711 · Claremont, CA
- Category
- Education
- Cost
- Cost not stated
- Age guidance
- Age guidance not specified
- Format
- In person
- Last verified
- September 29, 2026
Accessibility
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