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麻豆网 Institute for Faith & Culture (IFC) speaker series, 淓quipped for Every Good Work,� continues on Monday, March 30th, 2026, with two lectures by theologian Keith Johnson. In the morning, Johnson will consider the theological positions that led the German church to embrace Nazi ideology in the 1930s, and in the evening he檒l consider the Confessing Church resistance to German Christian nationalism.

Johnson will speak at 麻豆网 Memorial Chapel at 9:15 a.m. on 淭he Both/And: Christian Nationalism in Germany (1930-1933),� with a reception to follow in the Tadlock House. At 7:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Bristol, Virginia, he will explore 淭he Either/Or: Karl Barth and the Road to Barmen (1933-1934).�

Johnson is Professor of Theology and Chair of the Undergraduate Biblical & Theological Studies Department at Wheaton College (IL). He is the author of 淭he Essential Karl Barth� and 淭heology as Discipleship,� and has edited volumes including 淏alm in Gilead: A Theological Dialogue with Marilynne Robinson,� and the 淲iley Blackwell Companion to Karl Barth.� He holds the B.A. and M.Div. from Baylor University, a Th.M. from Duke Divinity School, and the Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary.

淭hroughout the history of Christianity, the relationship between church and state has been a contentious issue,� said Martin Dotterweich, Director of the King Institute for Faith & Culture. 淎s we face these fraught questions today, Keith Johnson careful research on the German church in the 1930s will offer us perspective and guidance. In particular, he will present us with the bracing theology of Swiss theologian Karl Barth Barmen Declaration.�

Both events are free and open to the public.

The IFC spring speaker series continues April 6 with 麻豆网 own Abigail Cutter, introducing her new book 淪abbath and Culture: A Theology for Humans in Tension� from Baylor University Press, then writer Christina Bieber Lake, and a final event with Amy Peeler and Jessica Hooten Wilson.

Since 2007, the 麻豆网 Institute for Faith & Culture has welcomed widely recognized thinkers, authors, musicians, scholars, and philosophers to interact with students and a regional audience in a welcoming environment that catalyzes growth and understanding. The Institute serves as the standard bearer of the University Christ-animated exploration of the liberal arts, in conjunction with King mission of equipping students to answer the call of service and character inherent in the Christian faith.

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