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CALS Speaker Series presents Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush

Baptist minister, interfaith leader, & civil rights advocate

2025-11-20 18:30:00 2025-11-20 19:30:00 America/Chicago CALS Speaker Series presents Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush Rev. Raushenbush works with affiliates, networks, and leaders across the country to forge powerful alliances among people of diverse faiths and beliefs to build a resilient, inclusive, multi-faith democracy. Ron Robinson Theater -

Thursday, November 20
6:30pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-11-20 18:30:00 2025-11-20 19:30:00 America/Chicago CALS Speaker Series presents Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush Rev. Raushenbush works with affiliates, networks, and leaders across the country to forge powerful alliances among people of diverse faiths and beliefs to build a resilient, inclusive, multi-faith democracy. Ron Robinson Theater -

Rev. Raushenbush works with affiliates, networks, and leaders across the country to forge powerful alliances among people of diverse faiths and beliefs to build a resilient, inclusive, multi-faith democracy.


Rev. Raushenbush speaks regularly at colleges, faith communities and institutes around the country – including The Chautauqua Institute, the Center for American Progress, Council on Foreign Relations, the New America Foundation and the Aspen Institute. He is a frequent commentator on issues of religion, civil rights and social justice in media national outlets including CNN, MSNBC, NPR, CBS, ABC, CPSAN, The New York Times, Washington Post, BBC, Newsweek, The Hill, the Guardian, HuffPost, Salon and Religion News Service. He has published two books and contributed essays to several volumes on faith in public life.

Rev. Raushenbush also hosts the weekly podcast and radio show “The State of Belief,” in partnership with Religion News Service. Notable guests have included Timothy Snyder, Skye Perryman, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Rep. Eric Swalwell, Katherine Stewart, Bishop William Barber, Rabbi Sharon Brous, Najeeba Sayeed, E.J. Dionne and Rob Reiner.

Prior to coming to Interfaith Alliance, Rev. Raushenbush served as senior vice president of the Auburn Seminary, and as the founding and executive editor of HuffPost Religion. Rev. Raushenbush has also served as associate dean of religious life and the chapel at Princeton University and as the senior advisor for public affairs and innovation at Interfaith America.

Rev. Raushenbush is married to the author Brad Gooch, and lives in New York City where they are raising their two children. He is the great-grandson of Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis and the great-grandson of the theologian Reverend Walter Rauschenbusch.
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Preston Clegg, pastor for 2BC, will moderate this one-hour program.

Doors open at 5:30pm. Advanced registration is suggested to ensure a seat at the theater.

This program is co-sponsored by LifeQuest of Arkansas

Ron Robinson Theater

Phone: 501.320.5715

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Tel: 501.320.5715

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The Ron Robinson Theater is a 315-seat multi-purpose event venue. Part of the Central Arkansas Library System’s (CALS) Main Library campus, it is designed to provide programs for all ages including films, music performances, plays, readings, lectures, speakers, and children’s activities. The theater is equipped with a state-of-the-art DCI-compliant Barco digital cinema projection system and 32′ wide retractable screen; and, a versatile sound system capable of Dolby 5.1 surround audio for movies, with a CL3 digital mixing console with ample inputs for traditional music concerts.

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