As part of our ongoing “Faculty on the Road” initiative, we are delighted to announce that the Rev. Dr. Serene Jones, President of Union Theological Seminary and Johnston Family Professor for Religion & Democracy, will be the
As part of our ongoing “Faculty on the Road” initiative, we are delighted to announce that the Rev. Dr. Serene Jones, President of Union Theological Seminary and Johnston Family Professor for Religion & Democracy, will give the
Mark your calendars now for Saturday, March 23 as All Saints Church hosts an afternoon with the Reverend Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas. Forty years ago, white Christians made up 80 percent of Americans. Now white Christians are a
Korean Buddhist Nun, Dae Hae, recently made a film interpreting Jesus’ teaching of the “Sermon on the Mount” from a Buddhist Perspective. Union will screen this award-winning film which has received international recognition and engage
The fallout from twenty years of neoliberal economic globalism has sparked a surge of interest in the old idea of democratic socialism. Gary Dorrien will address the expansive and ambitious intellectual history of this topic, and his
In the biblical imagination, the heavens are teeming with life—and it isn’t all angels singing. God is surrounded by hybrid creatures, vengeful spirits, divine hitmen, and other bizarre figures who commit remarkably violent acts, all
Watch the Live Stream Join Michelle Alexander, best-selling author of The New Jim Crow, New York Times columnist and Visiting Professor of Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary, in a special edition of her Spirit
Struggling with how to maintain your equanimity during the Trump era? And with how to best fight Trump and what he represents? Come hear Robert Wright talk about how to do both at once. Robert
Please join us for a screening of The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson. This powerful documentary examines the mysterious 1992 death of the Stonewall veteran and beloved Greenwich Village personality Marsha P. Johnson.
On September 6 and 7, 2019, Color Of Change, Define American, and Union Theological Seminary will host a symposium on mass incarceration and mass detention at Union’s campus in New York City. For too long,
EDS at Union has selected No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black & Free in America by Darnell Moore for our Community Read for the upcoming fall semester. Darnell Moore will join Dean Kelly
The “Model Minority” myth—which neglects the lived reality of oppressed peoples within any given racial/ethnic group—is toxic as well as grossly inaccurate when applied to the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) community with its vast
Please join EDS at Union for a screening of Brother Outsider, on Wednesday, October 2 at 6:30 pm. This award-winning film introduced millions of viewers around the world to Bayard Rustin — the visionary strategist
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