ETHOS LECTURE 2024: CHRISTIANITY AND WOKEISM

Being woke is on the rise. Since the late 20th century, key movements in the West such as Black Lives Matter, #metoo and climate activism have drawn attention to forms of racism, sexism, and other forms of injustice.

The United Nations reports that young people today are more civically engaged in social and political causes than before. At the same time, Wokeism has taken on an aggressive tone leading to the calling out and cancelling of others under the mask of diversity and inclusivity.

Join Dr Suzanne Choo in this lecture as she outlines the roots of this movement and explores a Christian response that seeks to “out-narrate” Wokeism through an examination of the interconnections between truth, justice and love in the Bible.

Speaker

Dr Suzanne Choo
Associate Professor

Dr Choo is the Head of Research at the Singapore Centre for Character and Citizenship Education and an Associate Professor at the English Language and Literature department at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

She completed her PhD in English Education at Columbia University and is completing her Master of Arts in Theology and Integrative Studies at Biblical Graduate School of Theology.

Dr Choo has twice received the Excellence in Teaching Commendation award and has published in top-tiered journals including Harvard Educational Review and Reading Research Quarterly. Her latest book is titled When woke goes broke: Redeeming social justice for the church published by Graceworks (2024).

For enquiries, please contact Joyder Ng at 63045286 or Email [email protected]

Date: October 24, 2024

Time: 7.30pm-9pm

Venue: Bible House
                7 Armenian Street
               Singapore 179932

Cost: Free

Click here to register (by October 20, 2024).

About the organiser:
Ethos is a Tripartite Collaboration of Trinity Theological College, National Council of Churches of Singapore and The Bible Society of Singapore,