Sharon Jacob is a professor and public speaker who refuses easy answers and shallow faith. Her work sits at the intersection of critical thinking, social justice, and the unfinished work of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. She brings a sharp, compassionate lens to the stories we tell—about God, power, identity, and one another.
With over 12 years of experience training more than 200 leaders—including clergy, activists, organizers, and nonprofit professionals—Sharon is known for sessions that are challenging, disruptive, and deeply energizing. She surfaces silenced voices, interrogates dominant narratives, and invites communities to move from comfort to courage. Her work has been described as engaging, empowering, prophetic, and impossible to unhear.
EXPERIENCES
Show Date
Sat 5 Sep 2026 1:00 PM to 1:50 PM
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| Title Short | Whose Nation? Whose God? Revelation and Christian Nationalism |
| Venue | UMC |
| Experience Description | This interactive Bible study confronts Revelation 7:9–17 through the lens of Christian nationalism and religious power, exposing how familiar, celebratory readings of this text can mask assimilation, exclusion, and empire. Revelation’s vision of “every nation and language” is often praised as inclusive—but who controls the terms of belonging, and whose differences are erased in the process?
Participants will critically engage how language, worship, and unity function in this passage, asking when faith becomes a demand for sameness and how scripture is mobilized to sanctify nationalist loyalties. Through guided questions, brief contextual framing, and participatory reflection, this session disrupts inherited assumptions about holiness, nationhood, and allegiance.
This is not a lecture or a devotional, but a shared space for rigorous, justice-centered engagement with scripture—imagining forms of faith that resist nationalist claims over God, bodies, and belonging. No prior biblical knowledge or faith certainty is required. |
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