"Authors on the Hill" presents: Professor Karen Guth
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Professor Karen Guth of the Religious Studies Department at the College of the Holy Cross presents her book The Ethics of Tainted Legacies: Human Flourishing after Traumatic Pasts (Cambridge University Press in 2022), theorizes “tainted legacies” as a pressing moral problem and explores the ethical ramifications of engaging religious, political, and cultural traditions tarnished by the traumas of slavery, racism, and sexual violence.
The book received the 2023 Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion: Constructive-Reflective Studies from the American Academy of Religion.
Date
4-28-2024
Keywords
lecture series, library, faculty, tainted legacies, trauma, moral injury, institutional betrayal, feminist ethics, womanist ethics, John Howard Yoder, #MeToo, Georgetown University, slavery, racism, sexual violence
Disciplines
Applied Ethics | Critical and Cultural Studies
Duration
56:30
Recommended Citation
Guth, Karen, ""Authors on the Hill" presents: Professor Karen Guth" (2024). Authors on the Hill. 22.
https://crossworks.holycross.edu/aoth/22