{"id":39589,"date":"2018-09-11T11:48:38","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T15:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=39589"},"modified":"2018-09-14T14:34:45","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T18:34:45","slug":"is-this-a-bonhoeffer-moment-takes-second-in-bi-national-c-henry-smith-oratorical-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/is-this-a-bonhoeffer-moment-takes-second-in-bi-national-c-henry-smith-oratorical-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Is This a Bonhoeffer Moment?&#8217; takes second in bi-national C. Henry Smith Oratorical Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The winner of the spring 2018<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/applied-social-sciences\/peace-oratorical-contest\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">C. Henry Smith Oratorical Contest<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> at Eastern Mennonite University has placed second at the contest\u2019s final, bi-national level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Caleb Schrock Hurst, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/08\/four-recent-grads-begin-mcc-salt-voluntary-service\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">currently in Vietnam for a year-long service placement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> with the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) program Serving and Learning Together, spoke on \u201c\u2018Is This a Bonhoeffer Moment?\u2019: Asking the Right Questions in Trump\u2019s America.\u201d His speech \u2013 and the others presented at EMU last spring \u2013 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/podcast\/2018\/03\/23\/2018-c-henry-smith-peace-oratorical-contest\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">can be heard here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Winners of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mcc.org\/learn\/more\/c-henry-smith-oratorical-contest\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">annual contest<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, established in 1974 by the directors of the C. Henry Smith Trust, were announced in August.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">First place was awarded to Sarah Balzer of Bethel College for \u201cEnvironment Inequalities in the Age of Plastic,\u201d and third place went to Achieng Agutu of Goshen College for \u201cThe Introduction: A Story of Inner Peace.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The intercollegiate competition offers students an opportunity to discuss the application of the Christian peace position to contemporary concerns in an 8-10-minute speech. It is administered by the Peace and Justice Ministries of MCC. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">C. Henry Smith was an American Mennonite historian and professor at Mennonite colleges and the University of Chicago. He taught history for nearly 50 years at the collegiate level, and was well-known for his numerous books on Mennonite history and his particular attention to the peace commitments of the Mennonite tradition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">EMU has participated in the event since 2003, with the exception of 2015. EMU students have won the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/us.mcc.org\/programs\/peaceeducation\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">grand prize at the bi-national level<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009 and 2011. The contest is sponsored by EMU <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/bible\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bible and religion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/language-and-literature\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">language and literature<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/applied-social-sciences\/peacebuilding-and-development\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">peacebuilding and development<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> programs.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The winner of the spring 2018 C. Henry Smith Oratorical Contest at Eastern Mennonite University has placed second at the contest\u2019s final, bi-national level. 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