Ep. 107 – A House on Fire #11: Adventism and Racism, with Greg Hoenes

Greg Hoenes discusses ethical connections or implications of racism and environmentalism. The conversation is based on his chapter in the book, A House on Fire: How Adventist Faith Responds to Race and Racism , which was edited by Nathan Brown and Maury Jackson. Both Nathan Brown and Maury Jackson join Greg in the discussion.

Greg Hoenes is a career pastor with more than 25 years of ministry experience in the Central and Southern California Conferences. He became the West Region Director of the Southern California Conference in 2015, where he still serves. Since 2013, Greg has also served as an Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Studies at La Sierra University. He earned a PhD in Practical Theology at Claremont School of Theology in 2021, focusing in the area of food, ecology, and religion/spirituality. He also studies the ways that racial categorization, racism, and the construct of “whiteness” connect to ecologies of land and environment, humans, and animals.

Maury D. Jackson is Chair of the Pastoral Studies Department and Associate Professor of Practical Theology for the HMS Richards Divinity School at La Sierra University. He is an ordained Seventh-day Adventist pastor with 15 years of experience in pastoral leadership, serving in congregations in the Southern California area. He holds a DMin degree from Claremont School of Theology in interdisciplinary studies of Theology, Ethics, and Culture. He formerly taught for the philosophy department of Antelope Valley College. He has authored multiple articles and book chapters on a range of topics: racism, ethics, environmental justice, hermeneutics, black church studies, and preaching.

Nathan Brown is Book Editor at Signs Publishing Company, the Seventh-day Adventist publishing house for the South Pacific. He is a continuing student in a Master’s program in Human Rights, having previous degrees in law, literature, English, writing, and theology and justice. Nathan is the author/editor of 18 books, including Advent, Of Falafels and Following Jesus, and For the Least of These, and has written for magazines and websites around the world.

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