Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry joins other church leaders April 6, 2022, for an online discussion of the friendship between the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh. Registration is free for Brothers in the Beloved Community, with an option to donate.
Hosted by Washington National Cathedral, Brothers in the Beloved Community starts at 4 pm Pacific Time on Zoom. The basis of this discussion is on a book of the same name by Bishop Marc Andrus of the Episcopal Diocese of California. The discussion explores the relationship between the two men and their efforts to resist harmful forces still at work today.
In addition to Curry and Andrus, speakers at Brothers in the Beloved Community include the following:
- Bishop Mariann Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, D.C.
- The Rev. Paul Smith, a civil rights veteran, minister, educator, and author.
Cathedral Dean Randy Hollerith moderates the discussion.
Several years before King’s death in 1968, Hanh wrote King an open letter. It was part of an effort to raise awareness and bring peace in Vietnam. As a result, the men met and—despite coming from different religions and cultures, as well as warring countries—developed a deep friendship as they worked together for peace.
In 1967 King nominated Hanh for the Nobel Peace Prize. He wrote, “Thich Nhat Hanh is a holy man, for he is humble and devout. He is a scholar of immense intellectual capacity. His ideas for peace, if applied, would build a monument to ecumenism, to world brotherhood, to humanity.”
Registrants will be sent information with a Zoom link on April 6.
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry
Being a Christian is not essentially about joining a church or being a nice person, but about following in the footsteps of Jesus, taking his teachings seriously, letting his Spirit take the lead in our lives, and in so doing helping to change the world from our nightmare into God’s dream.
―Michael Curry, Crazy Christians: A Call to Follow Jesus
The Most Rev. Michael Bruce Curry is Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church. He is the Chief Pastor and serves as President and Chief Executive Officer, and as Chair of the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church.
Presiding Bishop Curry was installed as the 27th Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church on November 1, 2015. He was elected to a nine-year term and confirmed at the 78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church in Salt Lake City, Utah, on June 27, 2015.
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