Grove City College welcomes Dr. Anthony Bradley to discuss mass incarceration and overcriminalization at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 10 in Crawford Hall auditorium on campus.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
Bradley is a professor and chair of the Religious and Theological Studies department and director of the Center for the Study of Human Flourishing at The King’s College and a research fellow at The Acton Institute. He studies and writes on issues of race in America, the criminal justice system, youth and family, welfare, education and ethics.
“Dr. Bradley is a leading scholar on religious and cultural issues, and is a vital voice within the church and various other spheres. We hope his presence on campus to discuss his newest book ‘Ending Overcriminalization and Mass Incarceration: Hope from Civil Society’ will encourage our community to consider human flourishing through the lenses of faith, law, ethics and criminal justice,” Joseph A. Cirelli, assistant dean of Student Life, said.
Bradley’s appearance on campus is sponsored by the Office of Student Life and Learning and the Ethics and Character Formation Working Group of the Institute for Faith & Freedom at Grove City College.
His writings on religious and cultural issues have been published in a variety of journals, including: the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Washington Examiner, Al-Jazerra, Christianity Today and World Magazine. He has also appeared on C-SPAN, NPR, CNN/Headline News and Fox News. In addition to his latest book, he is the author of “Liberating Black Theology,” “Black and Tired,” “Aliens In The Promised Land,” “Black Scholars In White Space” and “Something Seems Strange.”