
Spring 2024
Abolition Theologies: Praying for Liberation
The Prisoners' Friend: Universalism & Punishment
Rev. Jason Lydon
Date: April 18, 2024
Location: First Church Boston
Respondents: Rev. Jason Lydon and Daniel McKanan
With both violent theological underpinnings and inherent racism upholding the prison system, Rev. Lydon will show that prison abolitionism is a theological imperative for Unitarian Universalists.
Rev. Jason Lydon and responding scholars will discuss the violent theological underpinnings and inherent racism of today's prison system. This promises to be an opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals and deepen your understanding of this important topic.
Rev. Lydon is minister of Second Unitarian Church of Chicago. He previously served as director of Black and Pink, a nationally networked grassroots organization working to abolish the prison industrial complex while meeting the immediate needs of LGBT/HIV+ prisoners.
The respondent for the first lecture is Daniel McKanan, Ralph Waldo Emerson Unitarian Universalist Senior Lecturer at Harvard Divinity School.