What Reformation History Teaches Us About Culture Wars and Christian Responses to Government

Speaker: Dr. Kyle Jantzen

Topic: What Reformation History Teaches Us About Culture Wars and Christian Responses to Government 

Speaker Bio: Dr. Kyle Jantzen is the Dean of Arts and Science and Professor of History at Ambrose University. He teaches various courses in European, world, and religious history. One of his favourite (though difficult) courses to teach is on the history of antisemitism and the Holocaust. His goal is to introduce students to the long and complex history of antisemitism and to help them understand the detailed process through which Hitler and his Nazi regime moved from the policies of persecution to an organized quest to annihilate the Jews of Europe. He is convinced that when we study those events, he and his students also learn more about the ways in which political extremism operates in our world today, through political violence, the violation of human rights, and even so-called "ethnic cleansing." In courses like "Antisemitism and the Holocaust" or "Racism and Genocide in the Modern World," there's more to studying history than just explaining the past--we also want to become compassionate, principled, responsive advocates for justice in our world today.