Reflecting on the work, writings and thinking of Karl Barth, James Cone, Howard Thurman, and Martin Luther King, Jr, this distinguished panel of speakers will address the question of what community means in an age of uncertainty from constructive theological, musical, sociological and Womanist perspectives.
Timetable:
10am: Coffee and tea
10.30am: Presentations from the speakers, with responses
12pm: Q&A
12.30pm: Break (attendees will need to find/provide their own lunch)
2:15pm: Dialogue between the presenters, followed by plenary discussion
4:15pm: end
Presenters:
Dwight N. Hopkins, Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor, University of Chicago, and author of Black Theology: Essays on Global Perspectives, Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2017; and Black Theology: Essays on Gender Perspectives, Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2017
Andrea C. White, Associate Professor of Theology & Culture, Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, and past Executive Director of the Society for the Study of Black Religion.
Raymond Carr, Research Associate, Harvard University, and author of Theology in the Mode of Monk: An Aesthetics of Barth and Cone on Revelation and Freedom, in 3 Volumes: Epistrophy, Round Midnight, and Misterioso. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2024
Aaron Grizzell, Executive Director of the Northern California Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Foundation | Graduate Theological Union
Respondents:
Alexander Douglas, Lecturer in Music Education and Research Associate with the Centre for Art and the Sacred at King's, King's College London
Susannah Ticciati, Professor of Christian Doctrine, King’s College London
