Theologian and social critic Gary Dorrien http://www.utsnyc.edu/Page.aspx?pid=351 will speak on “Breaking the Oligarchy” to keynote a weekend gathering on economic justice and faith.

 Dorrien, an Episcopal priest and professor at Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University, is a frequent speaker and commentator on programs such as “Bill Moyers’ Journal” http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07032009/profile.html. Described by Cornel West as “the preeminent social ethicist in North America today,” Dorrien is the author of 14 books, including Economy, Difference, Empire: Social Ethics for Social Justice; Imperial Designs: Neoconservatism and the New Pax Americana; Social Ethics in the Making: Interpreting an American Tradition; and The Making of American Liberal Theology.