Fourth Annual James Cone Lecture with Dr. Terrence L. Johnson
You’re invited to the fourth annual James Cone Lecture in honor of Dr. James H. Cone, the father of Black Liberation Theology. This annual lecture continues forth his legacy of prophetic Black theological and religious thought that pricks the conscience of America.
This year’s lecture, available to be viewed in-person, in James Chapel at Union Theological Seminary, or Online via Zoom Webinar, will be on Wednesday, April 3, and will be given by Dr. Terrence L. Johnson, the Charles G. Adams Professor of African American Religious Studies at Harvard Divinity School. He is a Faculty Associate of the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics and affiliate faculty of the Program in American Studies. His lecture titled, Between Black Liberation Theology and Democratic Womanism: Black faith and the Spirit of Freedom in a Time of War and Moral Decadence, promises to be an engaging and thought-provoking.
Doors will open at 5:30 PM ET and the Zoom Webinar will begin at 6:00 PM ET.
We are excited to continue this lecture series in honor of James Hal Cone and to bring together scholars, theologians, and the Union community to engage in critical dialogue about the ongoing struggle for justice and equality in America. Join us in celebrating Cone’s legacy and the impact of his work.
About Dr. Terrence L. Johnson
Terrence L. Johnson is the Charles G. Adams Professor of African American Religious Studies at Harvard Divinity School. He is a Faculty Associate of the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics and affiliate faculty of the Program in American Studies.
His research interests include African American political thought, ethics, American religions, and the role of religion in public life. Johnson’s interdisciplinary research agenda is historical, critical, and constructive. He weaves together African American religions, political theory, and American history to paint broad conceptual schemes for imagining religion, democracy, ethics, liberalism, justice, and freedom.
He is the author of Blacks and Jews in America: An Invitation to Dialogue (2022, with Jacques Berlinerblau); We Testify with Our Lives: How Religion Transformed Radical Thought from Black Power to Black Lives Matter (2021); and Tragic Soul-Life: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Moral Crisis Facing American Democracy (2012). He is currently completing a manuscript entitled Torn Asunder: Race and Religion in the Shadow of Law and Justice, which is under contract with Columbia University Press.
Johnson serves as co-editor of the Duke University Press Series “Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People” and co-editor of the Harvard Theological Review. He is also a member of the Corporation of Haverford College.
Along with writing scholarly articles, Johnson has written for or appeared on CBS This Morning, Salon, NPR, and the Literary Hub.
A graduate of Morehouse College, Johnson received his M.Div. from Harvard Divinity School and Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Brown University.