NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A seminar on womanist theology and the black church experience will be held on Saturday, Feb. 7, at Vanderbilt Divinity School.
The seminar, which is sponsored by the Kelly Miller Smith Institute on Black Church Studies, is free and open to the public. It will examine the movement that seeks to empower the voice of black women in the church.
The seminar will be led by Linda E. Thomas, associate professor of theology and anthropology at The Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago. It will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Room G-23 of the Divinity School.
"The purpose of the seminar is to develop a critical understanding and interpretation of womanist theology; to become familiar with its intellectual and faith traditions; and to put womanist theologians and members of the black church experience in critical dialogue with each other," Smith said.
The Kelly Miller Smith Institute on Black Church Studies was established in honor of the late Kelly Miller Smith Sr., assistant dean of the Vanderbilt Divinity School from 1968 to 1984. The institute brings together the African-American church community and African-American educational institutions to study and research issues important to the practice of faith and ministry in the African-American church.
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