Robin Meyers, Spiritual Defiance

Published: Dec. 27, 2015, 7 p.m.

Robin Meyers\xa0has been the senior pastor of\xa0Mayflower Congregational Church\xa0in Oklahoma City for over thirty years. \xa0He has a strong voice for social justice and has pulled no punches criticizing forms of Christianity co-opted by the religious right. \xa0His books include\xa0Saving Jesus From the Church,\xa0The Underground Church, and\xa0Why the Christian\xa0Right is Wrong.\xa0 \xa0He\xa0returns\xa0to Religion For Life to discuss his latest book, \xa0Spiritual Defiance: \xa0Building A Beloved Community of Resistance. \xa0Based on his Beecher Lectures at Yale, Meyers calls preachers to be subversive and defiant for the social gospel.