BOOK BY INSTRUCTOR AT UH AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM MIXES THEOLOGY, ACTIVISM AND POLITICS IN COLLECTION OF SERMONS

Aswad Walker, instructor in the UH African American Studies program and pastor of Houston’s Shrine of the Black Madonna #10, will sign copies of his new book, “Weapons of Mass Destruction and Other Sermons for a New World Order,” 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 9 in room 628 of Agnes Arnold Hall. Walker’s text is a collection of 11 sermons on issues such as universal health care, prison reform, the war in Iraq, women’s rights and environmental protection, and is drawn from his experiences as a community and religious leader.