Community Breakfast sessions on liberation theology and black women will be held this spring at Vanderbilt Divinity School, on Feb. 12 and March 12 respectively.
Also, the divinity school (411 21st Avenue South) is sponsoring a three-part class at West End United Methodist Church (2200 West End Ave.) on the history of marriage three consecutive Tuesday evenings in late March and early April.
Each semester Vanderbilt Divinity School, one of only four university-based interdenominational institutions in the United States, offers faculty-led sessions open to the general public. The Community Breakfasts and Relevant Religion classes require advance registration by calling (615) 936-8453 or online at http://www.vanderbilt.edu/divinity/breakfasts_register.php. All cost $10.
The schedule:
7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 12: Paul Chang-Ha Lim, assistant professor of historical studies in religion, speaks on “Preaching against Pharaoh: Liberation Theology from the Puritan Revolution to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.”
7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Thursday, March 12: Stacey Floyd-Thomas, associate professor of ethics and society, speaks on “I Found God in Myself, and I Loved Her Fiercely: Womanist Literature as a Resource for Ethics.”
7 – 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, 31 and April 7: Annalisa Azzoni, assistant professor of Hebrew Bible and ancient near east studies, speaks on “Marriage, at the Beginning: Marriage in the Ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible.” All three classes may be attended for one $10 fee.
Media contact: Jim Patterson, (615) 322-NEWS
jim.patterson@vanderbilt.edu