How to end Christian nationalism
A conversation with Amanda Tyler
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Sunday, November 10, 2024 | 2:00 PM
Plymouth Congregational Church, Waveland Hall
4126 Ingersoll Avenue, Des Moines
Amanda Tyler, Executive Director of Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and lead organizer of the Christians Against Christian Nationalism campaign, will offer insights from her new book, How to End Christian Nationalism. She will share from the book and draw on her experiences, conversations with pastors and laypeople, research, her Baptist convictions, and her work as a constitutional law expert to help us confront Christian nationalism.
Ms. Tyler's book will be available for purchase at the event through Beaverdale Books.
This event is free, but registration is required. You will receive a confirmation email with the information you'll need to attend.
Please note: Your registration information will be shared with BJC.
ABOUT OUR PRESENTER: Amanda Tyler (pronouns: she/her) has been the executive director of BJC (Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty) since 2016, leading the organization as it upholds the historic Baptist principle of religious liberty: defending the free exercise of religion and protecting against its establishment by government. She is the lead organizer of BJC’s Christians Against Christian Nationalism campaign and co-host of BJC’s Respecting Religion podcast.
Tyler is the author of How to End Christian Nationalism, which will be published by Broadleaf Books on October 22, 2024.
A member of the Texas and U.S. Supreme Court Bar, Tyler has experience working in Congress, in a private legal practice, and serving as a law clerk for a federal judge. She testified before Congress in 2023 on the threats of Christian nationalism to religious liberty, and her 2022 testimony before Congress discussed the ways Christian nationalism proves cover for white supremacy. In 2018, she appeared before a U.S. Senate Committee to testify about threats to religious liberty around the world.
Tyler lives in Dallas with her husband, Robert Behrendt, and their son. You can follow her on X: @AmandaTylerBJC. Learn more about Amanda in her BJC staff Q&A.