America at 250: Christianity and the American Experience
Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 6:30 p.m.
Doors Open: 6 PM

Moderated by Dr. Gerson Moreno-Riaño, president of Cornerstone University, the panelists will press into the foundations of America’s identity and future, including:

• What are the moral and theological foundations of freedom and equality in America?
• Can liberty survive when belief in God-given rights fades from public life?
• Is America a Christian nation?
• How should Christians understand patriotism, justice, and moral responsibility in today’s divided nation?
• What happens when the pursuit of progress separates from Biblical truth?
• How can faith and virtue profoundly shape the future of America?

Wisdom Conversations will go beyond diagnosis to challenge assumptions, elevate God’s truth, and offer Christ-centered hope for our families and our nation.

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Distinguished Guest Bios

Dr. Cornel West, affectionately known to many as Brother West, is the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair at Union Theological Seminary. Dr. West teaches on the works of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, as well as courses in Philosophy of Religion, African American Critical Thought, and a wide range of subjects — including but by no means limited to, the classics, philosophy, politics, cultural theory, literature, and music. He has a passion to communicate to a vast variety of publics in order to keep alive the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. — a legacy of telling the truth and bearing witness to love and justice.

Dr. West is the former Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy at Harvard University and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. Cornel West graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard in three years and obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy at Princeton.

He has written 20 books and has edited 13. He is best known for his classics, Race Matters and Democracy Matters, and for his memoir, Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud. His most recent book, Black Prophetic Fire, offers an unflinching look at nineteenth and twentieth-century African American leaders and their visionary legacies.

Dr. West has partnered with MasterClass.com to provide teachings on several influential courses including a class with Pharrell Williams on Empathy, MasterClass’s first-ever multi-instructor class on Black History, Black Freedom & Black Love, as well as Dr. West’s standalone class on Philosophy. Visit www.cornelwest.com and click the MasterClass banner to learn more.

Robert P. George is McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. He has served as Chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom and on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and the U.S. President’s Council on Bioethics. He has also been the U.S. member of UNESCO’s World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology. He was a Judicial Fellow at the U.S. Supreme Court, where he received the Justice Tom C. Clark Award. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Swarthmore, he holds the degrees of JD and MTS from Harvard University and the degrees of DPhil, BCL, DCL, and DLitt from Oxford University. He is a recipient of the U.S. Presidential Citizens Medal and Princeton University’s President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching. He is Of Counsel to the law firm of Robinson & McElwee and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is the author of numerous publications, including Making Men Moral and the upcoming book Seeking Truth and Speaking Truth: Law and Morality in Our Cultural Moment.

Wisdom Conversations

Wisdom Conversations is a national series hosted by Cornerstone University that brings together leading voices from diverse fields to explore the ideas shaping culture, Christian faith, and the future. Rooted in Biblical wisdom and committed to public engagement, each event seeks to foster deep reflection, civil dialogue, and actionable insight on today’s most pressing issues to benefit students and society.