“A Search for Justice” August 25
As part of its Civil War Series, the Camden Public Library will host a live performance of “A Search for Justice,” a one-person performance about the concepts of justice which drove the participants in the war. Actor Stephen Collins returns to the Camden library on Tuesday, August 25, at 7:00 pm, for this free performance. Collins presented “An Evening with Walt Whitman” last year during the library’s Civil War series.
“A Search for Justice” will examine issues of social, political, and religious justice. What is Justice? Can it be defined, or is it just an abstract concept? What is Truth? How do leaders, both political and religious, use language to motivate people? Is violent action ever justified when all else fails? Is there such a thing as a just, as opposed to unjust, war? In this piece you will hear the words of the Abolitionist Editor William Lloyd Garrison. John Brown will tell you why he resorted to violence. Lincoln will deliver his oration at Gettysburg, the words that remade America. Thomas Hardy and other writers will comment on war and religion in “A Search for Justice.”
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