Guy Nave

Professor of Religion

Luther College

Guy Nave is a professor of religion at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and an ordained elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. In addition to being an author and public speaker, Nave is a blogger who frequently writes for Medium and Sojourners online. His research and scholarship lie at the intersection of religion, race, politics, and social justice. Much of his public scholarship can be found online at https://guy-nave.medium.com/

Published Articles

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2024 VHLE Conference: "Rooting Access" Panel Talking Points

Guy Nave

No. 60 · Fall 2024

Nave reads “access” across Deuteronomy 23, Ruth, Isaiah 56, Acts 10, and Matthew 15:21-28 as an ongoing biblical conversation that evolves from exclusion to ever-widening welcome — and presses ELCA institutions to shift their focus from “student readiness” to “institutional readiness.”
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The Perils and Promise of Privilege

Guy Nave

No. 50 · Fall 2019

Nave argues that privilege is always used in one of two ways — to preserve privilege by promoting inequity, or to challenge privilege by promoting diversity, inclusion, and equity — and uses examples from Indianapolis Catholic schools, Martin Luther, and equity-mindedness research to call Lutheran institutions to address the racist practices and policies that reproduce whiteness on their campuses.
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Polarization, Incivility, and a Need for "Change"

Guy Nave

No. 48 · Fall 2018

Nave argues that when Americans demand “change,” they usually mean that “others” need to see things their way — and that meaningful transformative change requires acknowledging the provisional nature of our perspectives, seeking to understand as much as to be understood, and bursting the ideological echo chambers of social media through projects like Clamoring for Change.

Guy Nave

Published Articles

2024 VHLE Conference: "Rooting Access" Panel Talking Points

The Perils and Promise of Privilege

Polarization, Incivility, and a Need for "Change"