BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//141.193.213.20//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-FROM-URL:https://utsnyc.edu X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-21699@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240329T111805Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Faculty CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Join Political Scientist Rev. Andrew Wilkes\, co-pastor of the Double Love Experience in Brooklyn for a conversation with sociall ethicis t and political theologian Gary Dorrien\, Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of So cial Ethics to discuss his latest book\, American Democratic Socialism.\nW hen: Monday\, October 25 at 7:30 PM EST\nWhere: Judson Memorial Church\, 5 5 Washinton Square South\nDorrien’s book American Democratic Socialism has been called\, comprehensive\, deeply researched\, and highly original. T his book offers a luminous synthesis of secular and religious socialisms\, detailing both their intellectual and their organizational histories. Lea rn more and purchase American Democratic Socialism: History\, Politics\, R eligion\, and Theory (Yale University Press | Amazon).\nThis event is spon sored by the Democratic Socialists of America working group on Religion an d Socialism.\n DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211025T193000 GEO:+40.730219;-73.998383 LOCATION:Judson Memorial Church @ 55 Washington Square S\, New York\, NY 10 012\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Democratic Socialism in the USA URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/democratic-socialism-in-the-usa/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/JudsonChur ch-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads /JudsonChurch.png\;1023\;647\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nJoin Politic al Scientist Rev. Andrew Wilkes\, co-pastor of the Double Love Experience in Brooklyn for a conversation with sociall ethicist and political theolog ian Gary Dorrien \, Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics to discuss his latest book\ , American Democratic Socialism.
\nWhen: Monday\, October 25 at 7:30 PM EST
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Dorrien’s book American Democratic Socialism has been called\, compre hensive\, deeply researched\, and highly original. This book offers a lumi nous synthesis of secular and religious socialisms\, detailing both their intellectual and their organizational histories. Learn more and purchase A merican Democratic Socialism: History\, Politics\, Religion\, and Theory ( Yale University Press | Amazon).
\nThis event is sponsored by the Democratic Socialists of America worki ng group on Religion and Socialism.
\n\n X-INSTANT-EVENT:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-21702@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240329T111805Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Faculty CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Join us on Monday\, November 1\, at 8:00 pm EST\, in celebratio n of Fèt Gede (Haitian Day of the Dead)\, Dr. Samuel Cruz and Nyya Flores Toussaint ’19 will host a discussion about how Haiti’s social\, political\ , and spiritual context is wrongly contextualized as being a result of the 1791 Vodou ceremony at Bwa Kayiman that marked the beginning of the Slave Rebellion and Haitian Revolution.\nSince Haiti’s successful establishment of the second nation-state in the Americas\, Bwa Kayiman has been falsely claimed as Haiti making a pact with the devil in order to be emancipated and independent. This conversation will critically analyze the role imperi alism\, Christianity\, and anti-Blackness have had on Haiti’s current poli tics\, history\, and spirituality.\nRSVP Today!\nThis event will be availa ble to be viewed on the Union Facebook Page and YouTube Channel.\nPanelist s\nDr. Kyrah Malika Daniels\, Assistant Professor of Art History and Afric an & African Diaspora Studies\, Boston College\nDr. Nathalie Frédéric Pier re\, Assistant Professor of History of African Diaspora\, Howard Universit y\nDr. Mamyrah Dougé-Prosper\, Assistant Professor School of Social Scienc es\, University of California Irvine\nCo-sponsored by Haitian Studies Asso ciation and In Cultured Company.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets: https://myunion.uts nyc.edu/the-character-assassination-of-haiti. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211101T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211101T213000 LOCATION:Facebook Live and YouTube Live SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The Character Assassination of Haiti URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/haiti/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/Cruz-Heads hot-2-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uplo ads/Cruz-Headshot-2.jpg\;250\;250\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
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X-TICKETS-URL:https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/the-character-assassination-of-hai ti END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-22462@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240329T111805Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Faculty CONTACT:Aliou Niang\; (646) 964-5774\; aniang@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, 25 February 2022\, from 1:00 to 2:00 pm\, visiting New Testament professor\, Dr. David L. Balch\, will present a fascinating paper entitled “Greek Tragedy\, Pompeian Amphitheater Art\, and Christian Martyrs in Nero’s Gardens (1 Clem. 6.2 and Tacitus\, Ann. 15.44). 14 Figs. ”\nJoin Here\n\nDavid L Balch\nEmeritus Prof. New Testament and Early Chri stian Literature PLTS/GTU\nformer Staff Chaplain\, V.A.\nfather\, grandfat her\nnow Portland\, OR 97206\nI was born in a part of the USA that keeps e arning its reputation as segregationist and misogynist. As we read the Bib le\, my brilliant mother was not allowed to speak in worship for all her 9 0+ years! I earned a doctorate at Yale investigating the New Testament hou sehold codes that silence women and found that a white man in Greece\, Ari stotle\, gave them form and content\; they did not drop from heaven! Once liberated from an original\, rural enclosed culture\, I traveled to study diverse cultural values\, first to the intellectuals in Germany\, where I was fascinated by Ernst Käsemann\, who had been imprisoned by the Nazis\, then to Israel\, later to the artists in Italy\; I have spent the last 25 years studying the Roman art of Pompeii. My son\, Justin\, who loves Latin jazz\, introduced me to Argentina\, Puerto Rico\, and Ecuador. I also stu died briefly at the Catholic university in San Salvador\, where I visited the chapel in which Oscar Romero was assassinated. The social\, political\ , and spiritual meaning and context of Jesus\, Paul\, and Luke intrigue me \, as well as the visual Greco-Roman culture in which they lived. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220225T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220225T140000 LOCATION:AD 30 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Greek Tragedy\, Pompeian Amphitheater Art\, and Christian Martyrs i n Nero’s Gardens (1 Clem. 6.2 and Tacitus\, Ann. 15.44). 14 Figs. URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/greek-tragedy/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/David-L.-B alchs-Picture-20220221_111100-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://ut snyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/David-L.-Balchs-Picture-20220221_111100.jpg\;2 016\;1512\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nOn Friday\, 25 February 2022\, from 1:00 to 2:00 p m\, visiting New Testament professor\, Dr. David L. Balch\, will present a fascinating paper entitled “Greek Tragedy\, Pompeian Amphitheate r Art\, and Christian Martyrs in Nero’s Gardens (1 Clem. 6.2 and Tacitus\, Ann. 15.44). 14 Figs.”
\n\n\n< p class='p1'>David L BalchI was bor n in a part of the USA that keeps earning its reputation as segregationist and misogynist. As we read the Bible\, my brilliant mother was not allowe d to speak in worship for all her 90+ years! I earned a doctorate at Yale investigating the New Testament household codes that silence women and fou nd that a white man in Greece\, Aristotle\, gave them form and content\; t hey did not drop from heaven! Once liberated from an original\, rural encl osed culture\, I traveled to study diverse cultural values\, first to the intellectuals in Germany\, where I was fascinated by Ernst Käsemann\, who had been imprisoned by the Nazis\, then to Israel\, later to the artists i n Italy\; I have spent the last 25 years studying the Roman art of Pompeii . My son\, Justin\, who loves Latin jazz\, introduced me to Argentina\, Pu erto Rico\, and Ecuador. I also studied briefly at the Catholic university in San Salvador\, where I visited the chapel in which Oscar Romero was as sassinated. The social\, political\, and spiritual meaning and context of Jesus\, Paul\, and Luke intrigue me\, as well as the visual Greco-Roman cu lture in which they lived.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-22073@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240329T111805Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Faculty\,Public Programs CONTACT:Ian Rees\; irees@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:Join us on Monday\, March 28\, at 6:00 pm as Dr. Mona Siddiqui (University of Edinburgh) hosts a discussion with Dr. Cornel West (Union T heological Seminary) and Dr. Russell Moore (Christianity Today) about the complicated role of religious\, political\, institutional\, and personal l oyalties in contemporary American life.\nRegister Now!\nLoyalty is essenti al to expressions of faith\, family\, and friendship but can come into con flict with other identities. The panelists will reflect on their experienc es of loyalty and assess the place of loyalty in the current political and religious landscape.\nPanelists\nDr. Cornel West\, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Pr ofessor of Philosophy & Christian Practice\, Union Theological Seminary\nD r. Russell Moore\, Public Theologian at Christianity Today and Director of Christianity Today’s Public Theology Project\nDr. Mona Siddiqui\, Profess or of Islamic and Interreligious Studies\, University of Edinburgh\nThe ev ent is sponsored by the Issachar Fund.\nTickets: https://myunion.utsnyc.ed u/loyalty-and-faith. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220328T180000 LOCATION:TBD SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Loyalty and Faith in a Divided Country URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/loyalty-and-faith-in-a-divided-country/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/mona_siddi qui-150x150.gif\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/upload s/mona_siddiqui.gif\;720\;320\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nJoin us on Monday\, March 28\, at 6:00 pm as Dr. Mona Siddiqui (University of Edinburgh) hosts a discussion with Dr. Cornel West (Union Theological Semi nary) and Dr. Russell Moore (Christianity Today) about th e complicated role of religious\, political\, institutional\, and personal loyalties in contemporary American life.
\n\nLoyalty is essential to expressions of faith\, family\, and friendship but can come into confli ct with other identities. The panelists will reflect on their experiences of loyalty and assess the place of loyalty in the current political and re ligious landscape.
\nDr
. Cornel West\, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Professor of Philosophy & Chr
istian Practice\, Union Theological Seminary
\nDr. Russell Mo
ore\, Public Theologian at Christianity Today and Director of Chr
istianity Today’s Public Theology Project
\nDr. Mona Siddiqui
\, Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies\, University o
f Edinburgh
The event is sponsored by the Issachar Fund.
\nTickets: https:// myunion.utsnyc.edu/loyalty-and-faith.
X-TICKETS-URL:https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/loyalty-and-faith X-INSTANT-EVENT:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-22779@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240329T111805Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Faculty CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Join us on Wednesday\, April 27 at 7:00 pm ET for a book launch for the forthcoming book The Psychology of Christian Nationalism: Why Peo ple are Drawn in and How to Talk Across the Divide\, by Dean Pamela Cooper -White. In this powerful book\, Dean Cooper-White uncovers the troubling e xtent of Christian nationalism\, explores its deep psychological roots\, a nd discusses ways in which advocates for justice can safely and effectivel y attempt to talk across the deep divides in our society.\nGuests can atte nd in-person while space allows\, or join via Zoom webinar. \nRSVP TODAY\n Following a lecture from Dean Cooper-White\, a panel of Union professors m oderated by President Serene Jones will discuss the book and respond to th e lecture.\nPanelists will include\nKelly Brown Douglas\, Dean of EDS at U nion\nGary Dorrien\, Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics.\nCornel West\, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Professor of Philosophy & Christian Practice\nC lick here to pre-order The Psychology of Christian Nationalism: Why People are Drawn in and How to Talk Across the Divide\nTickets: https://myunion. utsnyc.edu/psychology-of-christian-nationalism. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220427T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220427T203000 GEO:+40.811238;-73.9619 LOCATION:James Chapel and Zoom Webinar @ 3041 Broadway\, New York\, NY 1002 7\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The Psychology of Christian Nationalism URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/save-the-date-the-psychology-of-christian-nati onalism/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/pamela_coo per-white_1833.2-e1649275379455.jpg\;150\;150\;\,medium\;https://utsnyc.ed u/wp-content/uploads/pamela_cooper-white_1833.2-e1649275379455.jpg\;500\;5 00\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
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Guests can atten d in-person while space allows\, or join via Zoom webinar.
\n \nFollowing a lecture from Dean Cooper-White\, a panel of Union profess
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\nKelly Brown Douglas\, Dean of EDS at U
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Gary Dorrien\, Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics.\nCornel Wes
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Tickets: https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/psychology-of-chris tian-nationalism.
X-TICKETS-URL:https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/psychology-of-christian-nationalis m END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-22863@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240329T111805Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Faculty CONTACT:Ian Rees\; irees@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:Join the International Association for Spiritual Care for their annual conference on Thursday\, April 28 from 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm ET. T his year’s conference will focus on the theme of Climate Crisis and Spirit ual Care. This conference is free\, registration is required to receive th e webinar link.\nRegister Today\nConference Schedule\nKeynote Address | 12:00 1:00 pm\nMelanie L. Harris\, PhD\nDr. Melanie L. Harris\, PhD (Union ) is Professor of Black Feminist Thought and Womanist Theology jointly app ointed with Wake Forest School of Divinity and the African American Studie s program at Wake Forest University\; and Director of the Food\, Health an d Ecological Well-Being Program. A graduate of the Harvard Leadership Pro gram\, Dr. Harris is a former American Council of Education Fellow and Fou nding Director of Texas Christian University’s African American and Africa na Studies program. Her research and scholarship critically examines inter sections bxetween race\, religion\, gender and environmental ethics. She is the author of Gifts of Virtue: Alice Walker and Womanist Ethics (Palgra ve)\, Ecowomanism: Earth Honoring Faiths (Orbis) and co-editor of Faith\, Feminism\, and Scholarship: The Next Generation (Palgrave)\, as well as ma ny scholarly articles and book chapters.\nWisdom from Afro-Brazilian Relig ious Tradition for Spiritual Care | 1:15 – 2:15 pm\nDonna Carole Robert s\, MS & Rev. Dr. Samuel Cruz\nDonna Roberts\, MS\, is a longtime environm ental educator\, activist\, non-profit leader\, and filmmaker with an MS i n Environmental Sciences. She is Coordinator of Vermont Interfaith Power & Light\, and is producer/director and co-writer of the documentary\, “Yem anja: Wisdom from the African Heart of Brazil”\, narrated by Alice Walker. Nearly two decades in the making\, the film has won six best documentary awards and screened internationally. Donna’s graduate field research focu sed on the work of Brazilian women socio-environmental educators and activ ists\, including the esteemed Candomblé leader Makota Valdina Pinto who is also featured in the documentary film.” www.yemanjathefilm.com\nRev. Samu el Cruz\, PhD\, is Associate Professor of Religion and Society at Union Th eological Seminary\, and author of Masked Africanisms: Puerto Rican Pentec ostalism\; and Christianity and Culture in the City: A Post Colonial Appro ach. He has an extensive background in the field of Sociology of Religion \, focusing on ethnographic research on Afro-Latinx spiritualities\, Pente costalism and African spiritualities of the Caribbean. Pastor Cruz is know n in New York City and Puerto Rico for advocating for Afro-Latinx rights\, and is a frequent guest on MSNBC\, the Melissa Harris-Perry Show\, and a guest host on WBAI-FM. He is an ordained Pastor in the Evangelical Luther an Church in America and Senior Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church\, Brookl yn.\nRitual and Ecojustice for Spiritual Care | 2:30 – 3:30 pm ET\nRev. Cláudio Carvalhaes\, PhD\, Aiping Cao & Jing Lin\nRev. Cláudio Carvalhaes\ , PhD (Union) is Associate Professor of Worship\, Union Theological Semina ry\, and a regular instructor in the Hispanic Summer Program (HSP). He is author most recently of Ritual at World’s End\, and Liturgies from Below\ , among many publications in both English and Portuguese. He is a much so ught after speaker\, writer\, performer\, and consultant\, Dr. Carvalhaes has held a number of leadership positions in the American Academy of Relig ion and has presented frequently to the North American Academy of Liturgy\ , the Academy of Homiletics\, and the International Academy of Practical T heology Academy of Homiletics\, and has preached and lectured widely in th e U.S.\, Oslo\, the Vatican\, Mozambique\, and his native country Brazil. He is an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church USA.\nXian’ai (Aiping Cao) and Xian’an (Jing Lin) are Buddhist nuns from China of the Mahayana t radition. Currently\, they are STM students at Union Theological Seminary and will join the Ph.D. program at Union this Fall to study Buddhist ritua l and climate crisis. During the past eight years\, they practiced mindful ness and studied Buddhist philosophy in the temple located in Manhattan\, and they completed the Buddhism and Interreligious Engagement MDiv program at Union Theological Seminary.\nTickets: https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/iasc- webinar. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220428T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220428T160000 LOCATION:Zoom Webinar SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:IASC Webinar: Climate Crisis and Spiritual Care URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/iasc-webinar/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/Melanie-Ha rris-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploa ds/Melanie-Harris.png\;600\;420\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nJoin the International Association for Spiritual Care for their annual conference on Thursday\, April 28 from 12:00 no on to 4:00 pm ET. This year’s conference will focus on the theme of Climate Crisis and Spiritual Care. This conference is free\, < a href='https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/iasc-webinar'>registration is required to receive the webinar link.
\n\nDr. Melanie L. Harris\, PhD (Union) is Professor of Black Feminist Th ought and Womanist Theology jointly appointed with Wake Forest School of D ivinity and the African American Studies program at Wake Forest University \; and Director of the Food\, Health and Ecological Well-Being Program. A graduate of the Harvard Leadership Program\, Dr. Harris is a former Ameri can Council of Education Fellow and Founding Director of Texas Christian U niversity’s African American and Africana Studies program. Her research an d scholarship critically examines intersections bxetween race\, religion\, gender and environmental ethics. She is the author of Gifts of Virtu e: Alice Walker and Womanist Ethics (Palgrave)\, Ecowomanism: Ear th Honoring Faiths (Orbis) and co-editor of Faith\, Femi nism\, and Scholarship: The Next Generation (Palgrave)\, as well as m any scholarly articles and book chapters.
\nRev. Samuel Cruz\, PhD\, i s Associate Professor of Religion and Society at Union Theological Seminar y\, and author of Masked Africanisms: Puerto Rican Pentecostalism \; and Christianity and Culture in the City: A Post Colonial Approach< /em>. He has an extensive background in the field of Sociology of Religio n\, focusing on ethnographic research on Afro-Latinx spiritualities\, Pent ecostalism and African spiritualities of the Caribbean. Pastor Cruz is kno wn in New York City and Puerto Rico for advocating for Afro-Latinx rights\ , and is a frequent guest on MSNBC\, the Melissa Harris-Perry Show\, and a guest host on WBAI-FM. He is an ordained Pastor in the Evangelical Luthe ran Church in America and Senior Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church\, Brook lyn.
\nRev. Cláu dio Carvalhaes\, PhD (Union) is Associate Professor of Worship\, Union Theological Seminary\, and a regular instructor in the Hispanic Summ er Program (HSP). He is author most recently of Ritual at World’s End \, and Liturgies from Below\, among many publications in bot h English and Portuguese. He is a much sought after speaker\, writer\, pe rformer\, and consultant\, Dr. Carvalhaes has held a number of leadership positions in the American Academy of Religion and has presented frequently to the North American Academy of Liturgy\, the Academy of Homiletics\, an d the International Academy of Practical Theology Academy of Homiletics\, and has preached and lectured widely in the U.S.\, Oslo\, the Vatican\, Mo zambique\, and his native country Brazil. He is an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church USA.
\nXian’ai (Aiping Cao) and Xian’an (Jing Lin) are Buddhist nuns from China of the Mahayana tradition . Currently\, they are STM students at Union Theological Seminary and will join the Ph.D. program at Union this Fall to study Buddhist ritual and cl imate crisis. During the past eight years\, they practiced mindfulness and studied Buddhist philosophy in the temple located in Manhattan\, and they completed the Buddhism and Interreligious Engagement MDiv program at Unio n Theological Seminary.
\nTickets: https://myunion.utsnyc. edu/iasc-webinar.
X-TICKETS-URL:https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/iasc-webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-23518@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240329T111805Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Faculty CONTACT:Nyya Toussaint\; nt2480@utsnyc.edu DESCRIPTION:Clergy Against immoral Evangelical Politics\n& Supreme Court Ru lings\nJoin us on Wednesday\, August 31 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm ET for an onli ne event\, Prophetic Proclamation. To honor the continued struggle for Bla ck freedom\, we will hear a prophetic proclamation from clergy against imm oral evangelical politics and supreme court rulings. Participants can view this video live on the Union Facebook page and Youtube Channel.\nThis eve nt is hosted by Rev. Dr. Samuel Cruz and Nyya Flores Toussant. Panelists w ill include Rev. Dr. Yvette Flunder\, Father Luis Barrios\, Bishop-elect V anessa M. Brown\, and Reverend Dr. Juan A. Carmona. Panelist bios are belo w.\nRSVP TODAY\nRev. Dr. Yvette Flunder\nRev. Dr. Yvette Flunder\, a San F rancisco native\, has served her call through prophetic action and ministr y for justice for over thirty years. The call to “blend proclamation\, wor ship\, service\, and advocacy on behalf of those most marginalized in chur ch and in society” led to the founding of the City of Refuge United Church of Christ in 1991. In 2003\, Rev. Dr. Flunder has consecrated Presiding B ishop of The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries\, a multi-denominational c oalition of over 100 primarily African American Christian leaders and lait y. She is a graduate of the Certificate of Ministry and Master of Arts pro grams at Pacific School of Religion and received her Doctor of Ministry fr om San Francisco Theological Seminary. Bishop Flunder is a DEMOS board mem ber and Senior Fellow at Auburn Theological Seminary and Andover Newton Se minary. She has also served as an Adjunct Professor and speaker at Pacific School of Religion and numerous seminaries and universities including Aub urn\, Brite Divinity\, Chicago Theological\, Columbia University\, Drew\, Duke\, Eden\, Howard\, Lancaster\, New York Theological\, and Yale. She is also an award-winning gospel music artist and author of Where the Edge Ga thers: A Theology of Homiletic and Radical Inclusion.\nRev. Dr. Luis Barri os\nRev. Dr. Luis Barrios is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional and a Professor\, John Jay College of Criminal Justice & Member of Ph.D. Facul ty in Critical Social/Personality Psychology\; & the Social Welfare\, Ph.D . Program\, Graduate Center-City University of New York. He is a Consultan t to the International Human Rights Association of American Minorities (IH RAAM). He is also a professor of Latinx theology at the Episcopal Divinity School / Union Theological Seminary. Dr. Barrios is the co-editor with Lo uis Kontos and David C. Brotherton of Gangs and Society: Alternative Persp ective (2003-Columbia University)\; co-author with David C. Brotherton of Almighty Latin King & Queen Nation: Street Politics and the Transformation of a New York City Gang (2004-Columbia University)\; and co-editor with D r. Mauro Cerbino of Otras naciones: Jóvenes\, transnacionalismo y exclusió n. Quito: Ecuador: Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales. Dr. Barr ios is also the author of Josconiando: Dimensiones Sociales y políticas de la espiritualidad (2000-Editorial Aguiar)\, Pitirreando: De la desesperan za a la esperanza (2004-Editorial Edil) and Coquiando: Meditaciones subver sivas para un mundo mejor (2008-Editorial Búho). Fr. Luis Barrios is an Ep iscopal priest in charge of Holyrood Church / Iglesia Santa Cruz in Upper Manhattan. He is a community priest and faculty activist.\nRev. Dr. Vaness a M. Brown\nRev. Dr. Vanessa M. Brown is a licensed and ordained minister currently\nserving as the Senior Pastor of Rivers of Living Water Ministri es UCC\, a radically inclusive ministry located in Harlem and Newark\, NJ. Rev. Dr. Vanessa M. Brown is a part of The Fellowship of Affirming Minist ries (TFAM) where the presiding prelate is Bishop Yvette A. Flunder. In Ju ly 2013\, she was elevated to Episcopal Liaison of the North East Region o f TFAM and in 2019 she was made the Bishop-Elect of the North East Region serving faith-based institutions and community-based organizations from th e DMV to Maine. Dr. Brown received her Certificate of Theological Educatio n for Leadership from Pacific School of Religion (Berkley\, CA) and is a g raduate of New York Theological Seminary with her Masters of Divinity and most recently her Doctors of Ministry in May of 2020. Ministry is at the f orefront of her life as her heart and passion are in spreading the inclusi ve message of God’s love for all.\nRev. Dr. Juan A. Carmona\nReverend Dr. Juan A. Carmona\, D.Min. is an ordained minister in the Reformed Church in America. He was born and raised in New York City by his Puerto Rican fami ly. He received his Bachelors of Arts in Comparative Religions from the St ate University of New York\, a Masters of Divinity from New Brunswick Theo logical Seminary\, and a Doctor of Ministry degree in Liberation Theology from the Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School. He is a retired prison chaplain with the New York State Department Correctional Services and has taught at various institutions of higher education\, including having serv ed as a Visiting Scholar at the Tainan Theological College & Seminary in T aiwan. Dr. Carmona is the author of two books: “The Puerto Rican Diaspora: A Model Theology\,” and “The Sovereignty of Taiwan: A Theological Perspec tive.” He is married to Ruth Ayala-Carmona and has three children\, Dr. Ge offrey Antonio Carmona-Baez\, Jennica Carmona-Arandia\, and Jessica Carmon a-Baez.\nTickets: https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/black-august. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220831T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220831T203000 LOCATION:Facebook Live and YouTube Live SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Prophetic Proclamation: Clergy Against immoral Evangelical Politics & Supreme Court Rulings URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/black-august/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/6-4-150x15 0.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/6-4.png\ ;1080\;1080\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nJoin us on Wednesday\, August 31 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm ET for an online event\, Prophetic Procla mation. To honor the continued struggle for Black freedom\, we will hear a prophetic proclamation from clergy against immoral evangelical politics a nd supreme court rulings. Participants can view this video live on the Union Facebook page and Youtube Channel.
\nThis event is hosted by Rev. Dr. Samuel Cruz and
Rev. Dr. Yvette Flunder\, a San Francisco nati ve\, has served her call through prophetic action and ministry for justice for over thirty years. The call to “blend proclamation\, worship\, servic e\, and advocacy on behalf of those most marginalized in church and in soc iety” led to the founding of the City of Refuge United Church of Christ in 1991. In 2003\, Rev. Dr. Flunder has consecrated Presiding Bishop of The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries\, a multi-denominational coalition of o ver 100 primarily African American Christian leaders and laity. She is a g raduate of the Certificate of Ministry and Master of Arts programs at Paci fic School of Religion and received her Doctor of Ministry from San Franci sco Theological Seminary. Bishop Flunder is a DEMOS board member and Senio r Fellow at Auburn Theological Seminary and Andover Newton Seminary. She h as also served as an Adjunct Professor and speaker at Pacific School of Re ligion and numerous seminaries and universities including Auburn\, Brite D ivinity\, Chicago Theological\, Columbia University\, Drew\, Duke\, Eden\, Howard\, Lancaster\, New York Theological\, and Yale. She is also an awar d-winning gospel music artist and author of Where the Edge Gathers: A Theo logy of Homiletic and Radical Inclusion.
\nRev. Dr. Luis Barrios is a Certified Clinical T rauma Professional and a Professor\, John Jay College of Criminal Justice & Member of Ph.D. Faculty in Critical Social/Personality Psychology\; & th e Social Welfare\, Ph.D. Program\, Graduate Center-City University of New York. He is a Consultant to the International Human Rights Association of American Minorities (IHRAAM). He is also a professor of Latinx theology at the Episcopal Divinity School / Union Theological Seminary. Dr. Barrios i s the co-editor with Louis Kontos and David C. Brotherton of Gangs and Soc iety: Alternative Perspective (2003-Columbia University)\; co-author with David C. Brotherton of Almighty Latin King & Queen Nation: Street Politics and the Transformation of a New York City Gang (2004-Columbia University) \; and co-editor with Dr. Mauro Cerbino of Otras naciones: Jóvenes\, trans nacionalismo y exclusión. Quito: Ecuador: Facultad Latinoamericana de Cien cias Sociales. Dr. Barrios is also the author of Josconiando: Dimensiones Sociales y políticas de la espiritualidad (2000-Editorial Aguiar)\, Pitirr eando: De la desesperanza a la esperanza (2004-Editorial Edil) and Coquian do: Meditaciones subversivas para un mundo mejor (2008-Editorial Búho). Fr . Luis Barrios is an Episcopal priest in charge of Holyrood Church / Igles ia Santa Cruz in Upper Manhattan. He is a community priest and faculty act ivist.
\nRev. Dr. Vanessa M. Brown is a licensed and ordained mini
ster currently
\nserving as the Senior Pastor of Rivers of Living Wat
er Ministries UCC\, a radically inclusive ministry located in Harlem and N
ewark\, NJ. Rev. Dr. Vanessa M. Brown is a part of The Fellowship of Affir
ming Ministries (TFAM) where the presiding prelate is Bishop Yvette A. Flu
nder. In July 2013\, she was elevated to Episcopal Liaison of the North Ea
st Region of TFAM and in 2019 she was made the Bishop-Elect of the North E
ast Region serving faith-based institutions and community-based organizati
ons from the DMV to Maine. Dr. Brown received her Certificate of Theologic
al Education for Leadership from Pacific School of Religion (Berkley\, CA)
and is a graduate of New York Theological Seminary with her Masters of Di
vinity and most recently her Doctors of Ministry in May of 2020. Ministry
is at the forefront of her life as her heart and passion are in spreading
the inclusive message of God’s love for all.
Reverend Dr. Juan A. Carmona\, D.Min. is an ordained minister in the Reformed Church in America. He was born and raised in New York City by his Puerto Rican family. He received h is Bachelors of Arts in Comparative Religions from the State University of New York\, a Masters of Divinity from New Brunswick Theological Seminary\ , and a Doctor of Ministry degree in Liberation Theology from the Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School. He is a retired prison chaplain with the New York State Department Correctional Services and has taught at various institutions of higher education\, including having served as a Visiting Scholar at the Tainan Theological College & Seminary in Taiwan. Dr. Carmon a is the author of two books: “The Puerto Rican Diaspora: A Model Theology \,” and “The Sovereignty of Taiwan: A Theological Perspective.” He is marr ied to Ruth Ayala-Carmona and has three children\, Dr. Geoffrey Antonio Ca rmona-Baez\, Jennica Carmona-Arandia\, and Jessica Carmona-Baez.
\nT ickets: https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/black-august.
< /HTML> X-TICKETS-URL:https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/black-august END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-24770@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240329T111805Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Faculty CONTACT:Pamela Cooper-White\; pcooperwhite@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:The Psychology & Religion program of Union Theological Seminary invites you to its annual public event:\n\n\nLORETTA ROSS ON “CALLING IN\ , CALLING OUT\, AND CALLING UP”\nWednesday\, March 1 | 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. ET\nDr. Hellena Moon\, Respondent\nDr. Pamela Cooper-White\, Moderator\nRe gistration is FREE – please register to receive the zoom link.\n(How) is i t ever possible to dialogue across the painful divisions of racism and gen der violence in America today? MacArthur (“genius grant”) Fellow and long time activist Loretta Ross will describe when and how “calling in” or “cal ling out” is an appropriate tool to confront privilege and oppressive spee ch (unintended and intended)\, and when “calling up” is the right activist response to oppressive systems and institutions. Dr. Hellena Moon will re spond from a theological and postcolonialist perspective\, followed by a t ime for discussion.\nRSVP Today\nLoretta J. Ross\nLoretta J. Ross is a Pro fessor at Smith College in the Program for the Study of Women and Gender w here she teaches courses on white supremacy\, human rights\, and Calling I n the Call Out culture. Loretta also is a recipient of a MacArthur Fellow\ , Class of 2022\, for her work as an advocate of Reproductive Justice and Human Rights.\nLoretta was the National Coordinator of the SisterSong Wome n of Color Reproductive Justice Collective (2005-2012) and co-created the theory of Reproductive Justice. Loretta was National Co-Director of April 25\, 2004\, March for Women’s Lives in Washington D.C.\, the largest prote st march in U.S. history at that time. She founded the National Center for Human Rights Education (NCHRE) in Atlanta\, Georgia\, launched the Women of Color Program for the National Organization for Women (NOW)\, and was t he national program director of the National Black Women’s Health Project. One of the first African American women to direct a rape crisis center\, Loretta was the third Executive Director of the D.C. Rape Crisis Center. L oretta has co-written three books on reproductive justice: Undivided Right s: Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice (2004)\; Reproductive Justice: An Introduction (2017)\; and Radical Reproductive Justice: Founda tions\, Theory\, Practice\, Critique (2017). Her newest book\, Calling In the Calling Out Culture is forthcoming later in 2023.\n\nHellena Moon\nHel lena Moon(she/her) is a part-time assistant professor at Kennesaw State Un iversity in the Interdisciplinary Studies department. She has degrees from Boston College\, a Master of Arts in East Asian Studies from Harvard Univ ersity\, a Master of Divinity from Harvard Divinity School\, and a PhD fro m Emory University. She was a hospital chaplain at the University of Chica go Hospital. She is the author of the monograph Liberalism and Colonial Vi olence: Charting a New Genealogy of Spiritual Care. She also co-edited 2 b ooks with Dr. Bishop Emmanuel Y. Lartey: Postcolonial Images of Spiritual Care: Challenges of Care in a Neoliberal Age\; and Postcolonial Practices of Care: A Project of Togetherness during COVID-19 and Racial Violence. Sh e also edited an anthology for high school students: Power of Our Stories Won’t Stop: Intergenerational Truth-Telling as Civic Democratic Practice. Foreword: Andrea Young (Executive Director\, ACLU of Georgia).\n\nPamela C ooper-White\nThe Rev. Pamela Cooper-White\, PhD is the Christiane Brooks J ohnson Professor of Psychology and Religion at Union\, and author of 10 bo oks including most recently The Psychology of Christian Nationalism: Why P eople Are Drawn in and How to Talk across the Divide.\n\nTickets: https:// host.nxt.blackbaud.com/registration-form/?formId=0a864906-0fed-49ee-91d7-0 e11cdff017c&envId=p-srWBW36ys0aZ4CkIRtKH6Q. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T210000 LOCATION:Zoom Webinar SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Loretta Ross on “Calling In\, Calling Out\, and Calling Up” URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/loretta-ross/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/ross_2022_ hi-res-download_3--150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp -content/uploads/ross_2022_hi-res-download_3--scaled.jpg\;2560\;1707\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nWednesday\, March 1 |
7:00 – 9:00 p.m. ET
\nDr. Hellena Moon\, Respondent
\nD
r. Pamela Cooper-White\, Moderator
Registration is FREE – please register to rec eive the zoom link.
\n(How) is it ever possible to dialogue across the painful divisions of racism and gender violence in America toda y? MacArthur (“genius grant”) Fellow and longtime activist Loretta Ross w ill describe when and how “calling in” or “calling out” is an appropriate tool to confront privilege and oppressive speech (unintended and intended) \, and when “calling up” is the right activist response to oppressive syst ems and institutions. Dr. Hellena Moon will respond from a theological and postcolonialist perspective\, followed by a time for discussion.
\n\nLoretta J. Ross is a Professor at Smith College in the Program for the Study of Women and Gender where she teaches courses on white supremacy\, human rights\, and C alling In the Call Out culture. Loretta also is a recipient of a MacArthur Fellow\, Class of 2022\, for her work as an advocate of Reproductive Just ice and Human Rights.
\nLoretta was the National Coordinator of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective (2005-2012) and co-created the theory of Reproductive Justice. Loretta was National Co-Dir ector of April 25\, 2004\, March for Women’s Lives in Washington D.C.\, th e largest protest march in U.S. history at that time. She founded the Nati onal Center for Human Rights Education (NCHRE) in Atlanta\, Georgia\, laun ched the Women of Color Program for the National Organization for Women (N OW)\, and was the national program director of the National Black Women’s Health Project. One of the first African American women to direct a rape c risis center\, Loretta was the third Executive Director of the D.C. Rape C risis Center. Loretta has co-written three books on reproductive justice: Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice (2004)\ ; Reproductive Justice: An Introduction (2017)\; and Radical Reproductive Justice: Foundations\, Theory\, Practice\, Critique (2017). Her newest boo k\, Calling In the Calling Out Culture is forthcoming later in 2023.
\nHellena Moon(she /her) is a part-time assistant professor at Kennesaw State University in t he Interdisciplinary Studies department. She has degrees from Boston Colle ge\, a Master of Arts in East Asian Studies from Harvard University\, a Ma ster of Divinity from Harvard Divinity School\, and a PhD from Emory Unive rsity. She was a hospital chaplain at the University of Chicago Hospital. She is the author of the monograph Liberalism and Colonial Violence: Ch arting a New Genealogy of Spiritual Care. She also co-edited 2 books w ith Dr. Bishop Emmanuel Y. Lartey: Postcolonial Images of Spiritual Car e: Challenges of Care in a Neoliberal Age\; and Postcolonial Practi ces of Care: A Project of Togetherness during COVID-19 and Racial Violence . She also edited an anthology for high school students: Power of O ur Stories Won’t Stop: Intergenerational Truth-Telling as Civic Democratic Practice. Foreword: Andrea Young (Executive Director\, ACLU of Georgi a).
\nThe Rev. Pamela Cooper-White\, PhD is the Chris tiane Brooks Johnson Professor of Psychology and Religion at Union\, and a uthor of 10 books including most recently The Psychology of Christian Nationalism: Why People Are Drawn in and How to Talk across the Divide.
\nJoin the Union community on Saturday\, March 4 at 10:00 am ET for a webinar celebrating the publication of Virgin Territory: Configuring Fema le Virginity in Early Christianity by Julie Kelto Lillis\, Assistant Professor of Early Church Hi story. Panelists Maia Kotrosits\, Saadia Yacoob\, Amey Victoria Adkins-Jon es\, and moderator Shola Adegbite will join Dr. Kelto Lillis in discussing the book and the ways historical work informs the work of justice. Register to receive Zoom w ebinar login information.
\n\nDrawing from their own analysis of ge nder and sexuality in ancient or medieval texts\, the guest speakers will connect academic and social justice-oriented contributions of < span data-preserver-spaces='true'>Virgin Territory with their projects in diverse areas of religious and theological studies. The discussion will highlight the necessity of hi storicizing concepts that circulate in current societies and the value of investigating the past to reconsider the present and reimagine the future.
\nJulia Kelto Lillis is the Assistant Professor of Early Church History at Union Theological Seminary. Her primary research interests concern ancient constructions of social di fference\, especially in areas we today call gender and sexuality\, and th e ways they are discussed in early Christian texts. Her teaching areas spa n multiple periods of Christians’ history and literature\, ancient genders and sexualities\, early Christian theologians and saints\, and diverse an cient perspectives on the body\, healing\, and disabilities. Read more.
\nI would identify as an Yoruba-African socio-historical and ideolo gy critic with an interest in gender\, embodied\, and earth-centered appro aches with a goal of liberation\, justice\, healing\, and diversity.
\nMaia Kotrosits received her PhD in New Testament from Union in 2013. Since then she has taught at Amherst College and Denison Universi ty. She is currently serving as a Research Associate at the University of Waterloo’s Institute for Hellenistic Studies under a grant from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada. She has co-authored tw o books\, and is the sole author of four others. Her most recent books are The Lives of Objects: Mater ial Culture\, Experience\, and the Real in the History of Early Christiani ty (University of Chicago P ress\, 2020) and Theory\, Hi story\, and the Study of Religion in Late Antiquity (Cambridge University Press\, 2023).
\nAmey Victoria Adki
ns-Jones is Assistant Professor of Theology and African and African Diaspo
ra Studies at Boston College. Her scholarship specializes in Mariology and
black feminist and womanist thought. Her first monograph (
Saadia Yacoob is Assistant Professor of Religion at Williams College. She holds a PhD in Islamic studies from Duke University and an MA from the Ins titute of Islamic Studies at McGill University. She has also studied Islam ic law in Egypt and Jordan. Her research focuses on gender\, childhood\, a nd enslavement in Islamic law. Her forthcoming book manuscript titled Reading Gender in Early Islamic Law investigates the intersections of gender\, age\, and enslavement in the construction of legal personhood in Hanafi law. More broadly\, her research interests include Islamic legal h istory\, Muslim feminist studies\, history of sexuality\, and slavery stud ies. Her research has been published in The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Law and several academic blogs such as The Immanent Frame and Contending Mode rnities. She is also curator-host of the “History Speaks” stream at the Ma ydan Podcast.
\nTickets: https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/vi rgin-territory.
X-TICKETS-URL:https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/virgin-territory END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-25037@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240329T111805Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Faculty CONTACT:Chris McFadden\; cmcfadden@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Friday\, April 14\, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm ET for Re-forming the history of the Reformation?. In this one-day colloqu ium\, we will consider the recent achievements in the discipline of Reform ation studies and explore pathways for future research. This event is bein g held in honor of the retirement of The Revd. Dr. Euan K Cameron\, Henry Luce III Chair of Reformation Church History. Professor Cameron is the fir st and so far only holder of the Henry Luce III Chair of Reformation Churc h History\, and will retire at the end of this academic year. RSVP to join in person. \nRSVP TODAY\nFeatured guest speakers include Kenneth G. Appo ld\, James Hastings Nichols Professor of Reformation History at Princeton Theological Seminary\; Bruce Gordon\, Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiast ical History at Yale Divinity School\, and Kirsten Macfarlane\, Associate Professor in Early Modern Christianities at the University of Oxford. \n\n Rev. Euan K. Cameron\nEuan Cameron was educated at Eton and Oxford\, where he graduated BA in History in the First Class in 1979 and received the D. Phil. in 1982. From 1979 to 1985 he was a junior research fellow at All So uls College\, Oxford. In 1985 he moved to the University of Newcastle upon Tyne\, where he worked in the Department of History for 17 years\, receiv ing promotions to Reader (1992) and full Professor (1997) and serving as H ead of Department. He was awarded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship in 1996 /7. In 2002 he was appointed as the first Henry Luce III Professor of Refo rmation Church History at Union Theological Seminary in New York\, with a concurrent appointment in the Department of Religion in Columbia Universit y. From 2004 to 2010 he also served as Academic Vice-President in the semi nary. During 2010/11\, while on sabbatical leave\, he held a fellowship at All Souls College\, Oxford.\nCameron’s scholarly work analyses the role a nd transformations of religion in European society in the later Middle Age s and Reformation periods. His academic research first began in the area o f religious dissent\, especially the Waldensian heresy: he has published t hree books on that subject\, The Reformation of the Heretics (1984)\, Wald enses: Rejections of Holy Church in Medieval Europe (2000) and A Companion to the Waldenses in the Middle Ages (2022) in collaboration with Professo r Marina Benedetti of the University of Milan. Read more.\nKenneth G. Appo ld\nKenneth G. Appold is the James Hastings Nichols Professor of Reformati on History at Princeton Theological Seminary. Appold earned his BA\, MA\, MPhil\, and PhD from Yale University\, and his Dr.theol.habil. from the Ma rtin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg in Germany. Prior to coming to Pr inceton\, he served as a research professor at the Institute for Ecumenica l Research in Strasbourg\, France\, and taught church history at the Johan nes-Gutenberg University of Mainz\, Germany. His areas of interest include the history and legacy of the Reformation\, the global history of Christi anization\, and the history of Christian ecumenism. He teaches courses on the Reformation in Europe\, with particular focus on early Lutheranism\, t he Radical Reformation and the Catholic Reformation\, the history of churc h-state relations\, and the history of Christianization in the New World a nd East Asia. A member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America\, App old has served as co-chair of the Lutheran-Pentecostal International Study Group and is a member of the Lutheran World Federation’s ecumenical dialo gue with the Orthodox churches. His ongoing projects include co-editing (w ith Nelson H. Minnich) the Cambridge History of Reformation Theology\, and writing a book on Luther and the Peasants. Read more.\nBruce Gordon\nA na tive of Canada\, Bruce Gordon taught at the University of St. Andrews in S cotland\, where he was professor of modern history and deputy director of the St Andrews Reformation Studies Institute. He came to Yale in 2008. His research and teaching focus on European religious cultures of the late-me dieval and early modern periods\, with a particular interest in the Reform ation and its reception. In 2021 he published The Oxford Handbook of Calvi n and Calvinism (Oxford) and Huldrych Zwingli. God’s Armed Prophet (Yale). The biography of Zwingli explores the roots of the Reformation and the pr oblematic relationship between religion and violence. His John Calvin’s In stitutes of the Christian Religion (Princeton 2016) looks at the reception from the sixteenth century to the age of YouTube of one of the defining w orks of the Reformation. He is the author of Calvin (Yale\, 2009)\, a biog raphy of the Genevan reformer\, and the Swiss Reformation (Manchester\, 20 02)\, a Choice Magazine “Outstanding Publication” (2003). Read more.\nProf essor Kirsten Macfarlane\nI gained my BA\, MSt and DPhil at the University of Oxford\, Lincoln College\, before taking up a Title A Research Fellows hip at Trinity College\, Cambridge University in October 2017. In 2019 I r eturned to Oxford\, where I am currently Associate Professor of Early Mode rn Christianities and Tutorial Fellow at Keble College. I have also held V isiting Fellowships at the Houghton Library\, Harvard\; the Massachusetts Historical Society\; the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies\; and the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Read more.\n \n \n\nSCHEDULE\n \n9.30 a.m. Coffee and pastries available in the Chapel\n10.00 a.m. Welcome\nRevd. Dr. Serene Jones\, Pres ident\, Union Theological Seminary\n10.10 a.m. Introductions\nRevd. Dr. Eu an Cameron\, Henry Luce III Professor of Reformation Church History\, Unio n Theological Seminary\n10.20 a.m. “The Many Lives of the Early Modern Bib le: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives.”\nDr Bruce Gordon\, Titus St reet Professor of Ecclesiastical History\, Yale University\n11.35 a.m. Bre ak\n11.45 a.m. “Grocer\, Draper\, Skinner\, Divine: Towards an Intellectua l History of Lay Believers in Post-Reformation England and New England.”\n Dr Kirsten Macfarlane\, Associate Professor of Early Modern Christianities in the Faculty of Theology and Religion\, University of Oxford\n1.00 p.m. Lunch\n2.00 p.m. Panel Discussion with Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars in Reformation Studies\nHost: Euan Cameron\nParticipants:\nAndre as Berger\, University of Basel\nElizabeth Buckheit\, Yale University\nMic hael Hammett\, Columbia University\nColin Hoch\, Yale University\nSerena S trecker\, Yale University\n3.00 p.m. Break\n3.30 p.m. “Is the Reformation Over?”\nDr Kenneth Appold\, James Hastings Nichols Professor of Reformatio n History\, Princeton Theological Seminary\n4.45 p.m. Concluding Reflectio ns and Looking Forward\nEuan Cameron\n5.20 p.m. Reception for all attendee s in the Chapel\nTickets: https://host.nxt.blackbaud.com/registration-form /?formId=dbc210c0-011e-4300-9b5c-4fae73d6dc53&envId=p-srWBW36ys0aZ4CkIRtKH 6Q. 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Please join us on Frida y\, April 14\, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm ET for Re-forming the history of the Reformation?. In this one-day colloquium\, we will co nsider the recent achievements in the discipline of Reformation studies an d explore pathways for future research. This event is being held in honor of the retirement of Th e Revd. Dr. Euan K Cameron\, Henry Luce III Chair of Reformation Churc h History. Professor Cameron is the first and so far only holder of the He nry Luce III Chair of Reformation Church History\, and will retire at the end of this academic year. RSVP to join in person. < em>
\n\nFeatured guest speakers include Kenneth G. Appold\, James Hastings Nichols Professor of Reformation History at Princeton Theological Seminar y\; Bruce Gordon\, Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastic al History at Yale Divinity School\, and Kirsten Macfarlane\, Associate Professor in Early Modern Christianities at the University of Oxford.
\nEuan C ameron was educated at Eton and Oxford\, where he graduated BA in History in the First Class in 1979 and received the D.Phil. in 1982. From 1979 to 1985 he was a junior research fellow at All Souls College\, Oxford. In 198 5 he moved to the University of Newcastle upon Tyne\, where he worked in t he Department of History for 17 years\, receiving promotions to Reader (19 92) and full Professor (1997) and serving as Head of Department. He was aw arded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship in 1996/7. In 2002 he was appointed as the first Henry Luce III Professor of Reformation Church History at Un ion Theological Seminary in New York\, with a concurrent appointment in th e Department of Religion in Columbia University. From 2004 to 2010 he also served as Academic Vice-President in the seminary. During 2010/11\, while on sabbatical leave\, he held a fellowship at All Souls College\, Oxford.
\nCameron’s scholarly work analyses the role and transformations of religion in European society in the later Middle Ages and Reformation per iods. His academic research first began in the area of religious dissent\, especially the Waldensian heresy: he has published three books on that su bject\, The Reformation of the Heretics (1984)\, Waldenses: Reje ctions of Holy Church in Medieval Europe (2000) and A Companion to the Waldenses in the Middle Ages (2022) in collaboration with Profes sor Marina Benedetti of the University of Milan. Read more.
\nKenneth G. Appold is the James Hastings Nichols Professor o f Reformation History at Princeton Theological Seminary. Appold earned his BA\, MA\, MPhil\, and PhD from Yale University\, and his Dr.theol.habil. from the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg in Germany. Prior to c oming to Princeton\, he served as a research professor at the Institute fo r Ecumenical Research in Strasbourg\, France\, and taught church history a t the Johannes-Gutenberg University of Mainz\, Germany. His areas of inter est include the history and legacy of the Reformation\, the global history of Christianization\, and the history of Christian ecumenism. He teaches courses on the Reformation in Europe\, with particular focus on early Luth eranism\, the Radical Reformation and the Catholic Reformation\, the histo ry of church-state relations\, and the history of Christianization in the New World and East Asia. A member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Am erica\, Appold has served as co-chair of the Lutheran-Pentecostal Internat ional Study Group and is a member of the Lutheran World Federation’s ecume nical dialogue with the Orthodox churches. His ongoing projects include co -editing (with Nelson H. Minnich) the Cambridge History of Reformation Theology\, and writing a book on Luther and the Peasants. Read more.
\nA native of Canada\, Bruce Gordon taught at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland\, where he was professor of modern history and deputy director of the St Andrews Reformation Studies Institut e. He came to Yale in 2008. His research and teaching focus on European re ligious cultures of the late-medieval and early modern periods\, with a pa rticular interest in the Reformation and its reception. In 2021 he publish ed The Oxford Handbook of Calvin and Calvinism (Oxford) and H uldrych Zwingli. God’s Armed Prophet (Yale). The biography of Zwingli explores the roots of the Reformation and the problematic relationship be tween religion and violence. His John Calvin’s Institutes of the Chris tian Religion (Princeton 2016) looks at the reception from the sixtee nth century to the age of YouTube of one of the defining works of the Refo rmation. He is the author of Calvin (Yale\, 2009)\, a biography o f the Genevan reformer\, and the Swiss Reformation (Manchester\, 2002)\, a Choice Magazine “Outstanding Publication” (2003). Read more.
\nI gained my BA\, MSt and DPhil at the University of Oxford\, Lincoln Coll ege\, before taking up a Title A Research Fellowship at Trinity College\, Cambridge University in October 2017. In 2019 I returned to Oxford\, where I am currently Associate Professor of Early Modern Christianities and Tut orial Fellow at Keble College. I have also held Visiting Fellowships at th e Houghton Library\, Harvard\; the Massachusetts Historical Society\; the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies\; and the Netherlands Institut e for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Read more.
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9.30 a.m. Coffee and pastries available in the Chap el
\n10.00 a.m. Welcome
\nRevd. Dr. Serene Jones\, President\, Union Theological Seminary
10.10 a.m. Introductions
\nRevd. Dr. Euan Cameron\, Henry Luce III Professor of Reformation
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\nDr Kirsten Macfarlane\, Associate Professor of Early Mode
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4.45 p.m. Concluding Reflections and Looking
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\nEuan Ca
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5.20 p.m. Reception for all attendees in the Chapel
\n X-TICKETS-URL:https://host.nxt.blackbaud.com/registration-form/?formId=dbc2 10c0-011e-4300-9b5c-4fae73d6dc53&envId=p-srWBW36ys0aZ4CkIRtKH6Q END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-25100@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240329T111805Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Faculty CONTACT:Yarilynne Regalado\; yr2409@utsnyc.edu DESCRIPTION:Join us in-person at Union Theological Seminary on Saturday\, M ay 13 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm\, for the Second Annual Mama Leo Lecture Ser ies. The Puerto Rican spiritual leader Reverend Leoncia Rosado Rousseau\, known to many as Mama Leo\, is best described as a pioneer within the Pent ecostal church. Her work and legacy to transform and liberate the oppresse d on the margins of society has inspired many to plant holistic churches t hat serve the poor and marginalized within the urban center of New York Ci ty faith communities.\nThis lecture series will follow this pioneering spi rit and dive into the roots of Latinx Preaching by hosting a range of work shops from Holistic Preaching to Preaching to the Outcast. Join us as we i nvoke Mama Leo’s spirit and continue her work and legacy.\nThis in-person event will feature a keynote lecture by Dr. Kittim Silva. This celebration and exploration of Latinx Preaching will be a full day of workshops from speakers such as Rev. Dr. Ray Rivera\, Rev. Dr. David Anglada\, Rev. Olga Simpson\, Rev. Rev. Orfa Rivera\, Franklin Simpson\, Rev. Dr. Jose Martine z\, Rev. David Ramos\, Rev. Enid Almanzar\, Rev. Dr. Liz Ríos\, Rev. Dr. L uis Alvarez and Rev. Vicente Martínez. Learn more about the Mama Leo Latin x Lecture Series here.\nRegistration has closed for this event. \n\nTicket s: https://host.nxt.blackbaud.com/registration-form/?formId=2c385739-e2a9- 4a81-9824-2af813aa06e4&envId=p-srWBW36ys0aZ4CkIRtKH6Q. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230513T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230513T150000 GEO:+40.811238;-73.9619 LOCATION:Union Theological Seminary @ 3041 Broadway\, New York\, NY 10027\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:2nd Annual Mama Leo Latinx Lecture Series URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/save-the-date-2nd-annual-mama-leo-latinx-lectu re-series/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/mama-leo-p hoto-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploa ds/mama-leo-photo.png\;2150\;1650\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nJoin us in-person at Union T heological Seminary on Saturday\, May 13 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm strong>\, for the Second Annual Mama Leo Lecture Series. The Puerto Rican spiritual leader Reverend Leoncia Rosado Rousseau\, known to many a s Mama Leo\, is best described as a pioneer within the Pentecostal church. Her work and legacy to transform and liberate the oppressed on the margin s of society has inspired many to plant holistic churches that serve the p oor and marginalized within the urban center of New York City faith commun ities.
\nThis lecture series will follow this pioneering s pirit and dive into the roots of Latinx Preaching by hosting a range of wo rkshops from Holistic Preaching to Preaching to the Outcast. Join us as we invoke Mama Leo’s spirit and continue her work and legacy.
\nThis i n-person event will feature a keynote lecture by Dr. Kittim Silva. This ce lebration and exploration of Latinx Preaching will be a full day of worksh ops from speakers such as Rev. Dr. Ray Rivera\, Rev. Dr. David Anglada\, R ev. Olga Simpson\, Rev. Rev. Orfa Rivera\, Franklin Simpson\, Rev. Dr. Jos e Martinez\, Rev. David Ramos\, Rev. Enid Almanzar\, Rev. Dr. Liz Ríos\, R ev. Dr. Luis Alvarez and Rev. Vicente Martínez. Learn more about the Mama Leo L atinx Lecture Series here.
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