2008 C. Shelby Rooks Lecture - October 16

September 18, 2008 By Development

The Center for the Study of Black Faith and Life will present the annual C. Shelby Rooks Lecture on October 16th. The evening will begin with a reception in the Cloisters at 4:30 and continue with a lecture by Marcia Y. Riggs, J. Erskine Love Professor of Christian Ethics at Columbia Theological Seminary, at 6:30 in Graham Taylor Hall.

Dr. Riggs is interested in the in the relationship between social oppression and socio-religious ethical praxis, ethical discourse that bridges the gap between womanist religious scholarship and the church`s practice of ministry, the moral foundations for public policy, and the church`s role in social justice ministry. Her publications include Plenty Good Room: Women Versus Male Power in the Black Church, Can I Get a Witness? Prophetic Voices of African American Woman: An Anthology (co-editor), and Awake, Arise, and Act: A Womanist Call for Black Liberation. Dr. Riggs chairs the Womanist Approaches to Religion and Society Group of the American Academy of Religion, and sits on the Executive Committees of the Association of Theological Schools and the Society of Christian Ethics.

Dr. Riggs lecture will be “Dreaming Beloved Community in the 21st Century”.

Please join us for a wonderful evening of Black Faith, Black Life, and Black Improvisation. Creativity at Work!