{"id":110551,"date":"2026-10-26T13:39:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T21:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/?p=110551"},"modified":"2026-10-26T13:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T21:52:08","slug":"attend-a-lecture-and-discussion-entitled-does-democracy-need-morality-this-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/2026\/10\/26\/attend-a-lecture-and-discussion-entitled-does-democracy-need-morality-this-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Attend a public lecture and discussion entitled &#8220;Does Democracy Need Morality?&#8221; this Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p>You are invited to a public lecture and panel discussion this <strong>Friday<\/strong>, <strong>Oct. 30<\/strong>, from<strong> 7<\/strong> to <strong>8 p.m.<\/strong> in the Hoover Academic Building, room 105.<\/p>\n<p>We are very pleased to welcome New York Times columnist Christine Emba (American Enterprise Institute), Davey Henreckson (assistant professor and Director of the Weyerhaeuser Center for Christian Faith and Learning at Whitworth University), and our very own Ed Song (Herbert Hoover Endowed Chair of Faith and Public Life at George Fox University) to debate the moral foundations of American democracy.<\/p>\n<p>This event is free and open to all. 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