JESUS, JUSTICE & EMPIRE w. Rev Joash Thomas, Jarrod McKenna & Steve Schallert
Mon, Feb 16
|SSU Online Public Dialogue
Join us for a online public dialog and Q&R with Joash Thomas (author, public theologian, activist) focused on the themes of his powerful new book “The Justice of Jesus: Reimagining Your Church’s Life Together to Pursue Liberation and Wholeness” and his upcoming SSU Summer School Course.
TIME & LOCATION
Feb 16, 2026, 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. EST
SSU Online Public Dialogue
ABOUT
ABOUT REV JOASH THOMAS
AUTHOR OF The Justice of Jesus: Reimagining Your Church’s Life Together to Pursue Liberation and Wholeness
Rev. Joash P. Thomas is a Masala Chai theologian, challenging the Church to pursue justice. Blending his Indian heritage, Western political experience, and a Jesus-centered passion for people who are marginalized, Joash P. Thomas provokes the church toward a more holistic and decolonized approach to faith. As a sought-after speaker and emerging author, Joash invites communities worldwide to pray, partner, and advocate on behalf of those at the margins—embodying a faith that is truly Good News for everyone.
ABOUT JARROD MCKENNA
Jarrod is an award winning peace activist, pastor, and nonviolent social change educator raising his family on Noongar boodja, in the hills which are now called Perth, Australia. Since the age of 21, he has initiated communities of prayer and service, sharing his home with those who would otherwise be homeless, drug addicted, returning from prison or seeking safety from war and persecution. Jarrod is the founding CEO of Common Grace, a movement of 50,000+ Christians advocating for “beauty, generosity and justice," the founder of First Home Project and an initiator of the national Love Makes a Way movement.
ABOUT STEVE SCHALLERT
Steve is a longtime community organiser, educator and practitioner of Kingian Nonviolent Conflict Transformation living and practicing in Cape Town, South Africa. Mentored by the Catholic Worker Movement and Plowshares tradition, for the past two decades Steve has helped develop and facilitate dozens of faith rooted peacebuilding schools in diverse conflict and post-conflict contexts such as Afghanistan, Egypt, Pakistan, Lebanon, and South Africa. He also serves as the Director of International Solidarity with Iziko Lamaqabane, a faith-based support centre for urban peace and justice practitioners.