Loading...The Rev. Dr. Traci C. West, professor of ethics and African American studies at Drew University Theological School, has been invited to give this year's Katie Geneva Cannon Lecture hosted by the Women's Center at Louisville Theological Seminary. The lecture and post-lecture workshop will be held on Sunday, Sept. 18, and Monday, Sept. 19, 2011.
The lecture on "What Does Anti-racist Christian Sexual Ethics Look Like?" will begin at 7:30 p.m. (EDT) at Hundley Hall at Gardencourt in Louisville. "In Christian ministry, lay and ordained leaders are faced with a host of challenging issues and pastoral needs related to sexuality and women’s lives," the brochure states announcing her lecture. "These concerns are shaped by the competing moral values of culturally diverse members of our communities as well as conflicting, publically articulated values voiced in the media that reflect our shared, globally interdependent world. In this complicated moral climate, how do we develop a Christian sexual ethic that is both woman-affirming and rejecting of popular racist stereotypes?"
West is a clergy member of the United Methodist church, the author of Wounds of the Spirit: Black Women, Violence, and Resistance Ethics (1999), Disruptive Christian Ethics: When Racism and Women’s Lives Matter (2006), and editor of Our Family Values: Same-sex Marriage and Religion (2007). Her current research project includes interviews with activists working to address sexual violence against women in Ghana, South Africa, and Brazil.
The workshop on Monday, Sept. 19 will be at the seminary's Laws Lodge. Preceded by a worship service at 9 a.m., the workshop on "U.S. Christianity and Violence Against Women" will begins at 10:30 a.m. followed by lunch and a closing worship service. Registration is required for the workshop; a $25 fee covers the workshop, materials and lunch. The fee is waived for students.
More information and online registration may be found at //wimminwiselpts.wordpress.com/events/
