Tax Day Event

In the spring of 1934, German church leaders issued the Barmen Declaration, a call to the churches to confess their faith through resistance to the theological claims of the state. In 2004, The Center for Public Theology (CPT) recognized the 70th anniversary of that call convening a Tax Day public conversation on the tasks facing America’s churches today.

• Talks were given by Ralf K. Wustenberg, Berlin Cathedral and Heidelberg University
• Lester Ruiz, New York Theological Seminary 
• Nancy Duff, Princeton Theological Seminary 

A lively conversation followed, including discussions of responding to:

• The crisis of poverty
• The call for a constitutional ban on same sex marriage
• Globalization
• The challenges and opportunities for cooperation among religions and cultures

A Keynote address was delivered by Jim Wallis, Founder and Editor, Sojourners