Hermann’s Jazz Club presents Café Historique with Dr. Andrew Wender

This month’s talk, entitled “Salvation Through Empire: The Changing Shapes of Messianic Imperialism Past, Present, and Future,” will be presented by Dr Andrew Wender, a specialist in Middle Eastern history, world history, and religion and law. He is also the director of the Religion, Culture and Society Program at UVic. In his talk, he will be exploring how imperial power has been connected to messianism, and how that idea maybe under attack today.