RELIGIOUS ROOTS OF THE REVOLUTION
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4:00-5:30 pm Sunday, April 19
In cooperation with Georgia Public Broadcasting, The Learning Center and Congregation Mickve Israel offer a public screening of curated segments of Ken Burns’s newest documentary, The American Revolution. The focus of the program is the religious impulses for and responses to the War for Independence. Following the public screening, experts discuss the founding moment and the involvement of different faith traditions.
PANELISTS
- Barrie Bradley, Author of Christ Church Savannah: Mother Church of Georgia Since 1733 (forthcoming from UGA Press)
- Jonathan Rabb, Author and President of Congregation Mickve Israel
- Bishop Thomas Sills, President of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance
- Panel Moderator — Roger Smith, Director of The Learning Center
Corporate funding for THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION was provided by Bank of America. Major funding was provided by The Better Angels Society and its members Jeannie and Jonathan Lavine with the Crimson Lion Foundation; and the Blavatnik Family Foundation. Major funding was also provided by David M. Rubenstein; The Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Family Foundation; Lilly Endowment Inc.; and the following Better Angels Society members: Eric and Wendy Schmidt; Stephen A. Schwarzman; and Kenneth C. Griffin with Griffin Catalyst. Additional support for THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION was provided by: The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; The Pew Charitable Trusts; Gilbert S. Omenn and Martha A. Darling; Park Foundation; and the following Better Angels Society members: Gilchrist and Amy Berg; Perry and Donna Golkin; The Michelson Foundation; Jacqueline B. Mars; Kissick Family Foundation; Diane and Hal Brierley; John H. N. Fisher and Jennifer Caldwell; John and Catherine Debs; The Fullerton Family Charitable Fund; Philip I. Kent; Gail Elden; Deborah and Jon Dawson; David and Susan Kreisman; The McCloskey Family Charitable Trust; Becky and Jim Morgan; Carol and Ned Spieker; Mark A. Tracy; and Paul and Shelley Whyte. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION was made possible, in part, with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.