Respectability, Race, and Making Gender Sacred in U.S. Evangelicalism

Join us for a talk with Sophie Bjork-James, Assistant Professor of the Practice in Anthropology at Vanderbilt University.

Why did a predominantly white evangelical movement form around defending the normative family in the 1970s? Why have family values—as a shorthand for talking about reproductive politics, sexuality, and gender—remained at the center of evangelical politics? This talk explores these questions based on ethnographic research in Colorado Springs.

For further information, contact Professor Daisy Deomampo at ddeomampo@fordham.edu. The event is sponsored by the Department of Sociology & Anthropology and the Ames Fund.