- Education
- BS Charter Oak State College 1989
MDiv Yale Divinity School 1993
PhD Yale University 2000
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- Academic Work History
- 2005-2008 The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia
Associate Professor of African-American Studies and
Director of the Urban Theological Institute
1999-2005 Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Associate Professor of Theology and Philosophy
1998 Hartford Seminary
Lecturer
1995-1997 Yale Divinity School
Lecturer
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- Church Work History
Member, Philadelphia Association, Pennsylvania Southeast Conference,
United Church of Christ
2000-2004 Plymouth Congregational UCC
Interim Pastor
1997-1999 Imani Fellowship Community Church, UCC
Interim Pastor
1993-1996 Black Church at Yale
Pastor
1990-1993 Faith Congregational UCC
Assistant Minister
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- Select Church and Professional Workshops and Leadership
- "Sin-Talk, Theo-Politics and African-American Experience," State of the Black Church Summit, Brite Divinity School, Ft. Worth, TX, April 2005
"Sin, Politics, and the Common Good," Annual Meeting of the Kentuckiana Association of the Indiana-Kentucky Conference of the UCC, Louisville, KY, October 2002
"Making Peace in Canaan: African-American Congregationalists in the Antebellum North," Annual Meeting of the Congregational Historical Society, Providence, RI, May 2001
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- Church Professional Publications
- "What is Sin?" in Called to Belong and Called To Lead. New Leader Curriculum, Congregational Ministries Division, Presbyterian Church (USA), Louisville, KY 2004
"The Remembrance of Integrity: African-American New England Congregationalists and the Politics of History," in PRISM - A Theological Journal of the United Church of Christ, Spring 1999
"Truth or Tale: Afircan-American Women's Experience as Theological Source," in PRISM - A Theological Journal of the United Church of Christ, Spring 1996
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- Select Scholarly Lectures, Workshops and Leadership
Response: "Despair, Evil, and Human Suffering: A Conversation Between Kierkegaard and Black Theology." Joint Session, Black Theology Group and the Kierkegaard, Religion and Culture Group, American Academy of Religion, Philadelphia, November 2005
"E-racing While Black: Pedagogy and Race." Academic Teaching and the Study of Religion Section, American Academy of Religion, San Antonio, TX, November 2004
Response: "Discussion of Stephen G. Ray's Do No Harm: Social Sin and Christian Responsiblity." Theology and Religious Reflection Section, American Academy of Religion, Atlanta, GA, November 2003
"Not All Black and White: African-American Christian History and the Politics of Historical Identity." The Afro-American Religious History Group, American Academy of Religion, Nashville, KY, November 2000
"The Importance of Recognizing Ethnicity and Race When Doing African-American Religious Studies and Theology." Conference on Race, Ethnicity, and Migration, Yale University, April 1998
"Race and Christian Identity: A Consideration of Bonhoeffer's Treatment of the Jewish Question." The Bonhoeffer Group, American Academy of Religion, New Orleans, LA, November 1996
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- Scholarly Publications
- Co-author, Black Church Studies: An Introduction. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2007
"The End of Man: Human Rights, Christian Theology and The Rights of Human Persons," in Human Rights: Christian Influences and Issues, Frances Adeney and Arvind Sharma, eds. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2007
"As If Christ Lives: Christology and the Unfinished Business of the UCC," in Who Do You Say That I Am: The Meaning of Jesus in the United Church of Christ, Scott Paeth, ed. Cleveland: United Church Press, 2006
Contributor, Constructive Theology: A Contemporary Approach to Classical Themes, Serene Jones and Paul Lakeland, eds. Mineneapolis: Fortress Press, 2004
Do No Harm: Social Sin and Christian Resaponsibility,Minneapolis, Fortress Press, 2002
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- Membership in Academic Societies
American Academy of Religion, 1993-present
Co-chair, Black Theology Group, 2005-present
Steering committee member, Christian Systematic Theology Section, 2005-present
Steering committee member, Liberal Theologies Consultation, 2004-present
Society for the Study of Black Religion, executive committee
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- Awards, Recognition, and Academic Degrees
- 2006 Award of Excellence for Column, The Associated Church Press
Kentuckiana Metroversity, Distinguished Teacher of Adult Learners, 2002
Charter Oak State College, Distinguished Alumni Award, 1998
Yale Univeristy, University Fellowship, 1993-1998
Yale Divinity School, Hooker Fellowship for Excellence in Theological Studies, 1993
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