Andrew DeCort - "Reviving the Golden Rule" - Russell Johnson & Colton Bernasol

Andrew DeCort will discuss Reviving the Golden Rule: How the Ancient Ethic of Neighbor Love Can Heal the World. He will be joined in conversation by Russell Johnson and Colton Bernasol. A Q&A and signing will follow the discussion.

At the Co-op.

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About the book: Discover the transformational power of neighbor love in theologian and ethicist Andrew DeCort’s Reviving the Golden Rule. This thought-provoking work illuminates the revolutionary ethics of loving your neighbor, weaving together history, theology, and practical guidance from inspiring figures like Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Mother Teresa, and Oscar Romero. Through this in-depth historical survey of the ethics of neighbor love, DeCort invites readers to resist othering and reclaim loving their neighbor as a powerful force for justice, healing, and human flourishing. 

About the authors: Andrew DeCort (PhD, University of Chicago) founded the Institute for Faith and Flourishing and cofounded the Neighbor-Love Movement in Ethiopia, which have reached over twenty million people with the invitation to nonviolent spirituality. He is the author of Reviving the Golden Rule, Blessed Are the Others, Flourishing on the Edge of Faith, and Bonhoeffer’s New Beginning. He has taught ethics, public theology, and peace and conflict studies at Wheaton College, the Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology, and the University of Bonn.

About the interlocutors: Russell Johnson teaches religious ethics and the philosophy of religions at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Beyond Civility in Social Conflict: Dialogue, Critique, and Religious Ethics (Cambridge, 2024).

Colton Bernasol (he/him) is a PhD student in theology at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. He is also an online columnist for The Christian Century.