Learning Objectives, Workshop 5: God's Gonna Trouble the Water – Martyrs and Sacrifice

In "Faith like a River," a Tapestry of Faith program

Participants will:

Understand how the intersection of religious, cultural, and political power create conditions for religious martyrdom, through the examples of Michael Servetus, Norbert Capek, Violet Liuzzo, and James Reeb
Learn the stories of several Unitarian and Unitarian Universalist martyrs
Explore ways taking a stand in service to religious values can involve personal risk and sacrifice
Consider their inheritance from Unitarian, Universalist and Unitarian Universalist martyrs.

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Last updated on Wednesday, October 26, 2011.

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