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<\/a>On Tuesday, February 13, 2018, Dr. Frank A. Thomas<\/a> delivered a lecture titled, \u201cRace, Shrinking Whiteness and Four Qualities of the Moral Imagination.\u201d His\u00a0basic argument in the\u00a0lecture was that we need increased moral imagination to discuss and effectively deal with the perennial issue of race and whiteness, including the phenomena of \u201cshrinking whiteness\u201d<\/a> in America. Based upon the method of close reading, Thomas examined the moral imagination of Robert F. Kennedy, evidenced in his famous speech on April 4, 1968, the night of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in Indianapolis, Indiana. Kennedy\u2019s speech exhibits four qualities of the moral imagination that are applicable and necessary if we would advocate for civic engagement and a world of peace and justice in our teaching and preaching. The lecture draws from chapter one of his latest book, How to Preach A Dangerous Sermon.\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/p>\nDr. Thomas (Ph.D., University of Memphis, 2008) currently serves as the Director of the Ph.D. Program in African American Preaching and Sacred Rhetoric and the Nettie Sweeney and Hugh Th. Miller Professor of Homiletics at Christian Theological Seminary<\/a>, Indianapolis, Indiana.<\/p>\nTo listen to the audio of the lecture, click here<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nTo watch, see below:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n