Lecture Explores Politics and Faith

Politics and religion will mix at a lecture in downtown Santa Barbara next week. The Westmont Downtown Conversation will include several local community leaders of different faiths and focus on the interactions and conflicts between faith and politics in our community. It will be held, Thursday, Nov. 3, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m, at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St.

Participants will include Rabbi Arthur Gross-Schaefer of Community Shul, Santa Barbara City Councilman Das Williams and Telford Work, assistant professor of theology at Westmont. They will discuss the roles that religious convictions play in politics and how to negotiate religious and political differences.
The lecture is free and open to the public. No reservations are necessary.

The Westmont Foundation sponsors the Downtown Conversations.
For more information, contact the Westmont public affairs office at (805)5656051 or e-mail pubaffairs@westmont.edu.