Conference 2022 - Princeton Theological Seminary
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Conference 2022

Prayer as Resistance:

Contemplative Practices for Liberative Justice

April 22 - 23, 2022

Overview

Contemplative prayer fuels action in the world, and when it is fully rooted in God, leads to a deeper concern for social justice. Come and be empowered to consider a variety of ways in which our justice work might be anchored in the depths of God’s love for us and for our world.

All are welcome to attend this conference in person or online.

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Leadership

  • Bo Karen Lee, Presider
  • Lisa Marie Bowens, Panelist
  • Shane Claiborne, Panelist
  • Haejin Shim Fujimura, Panelist
  • Makoto Fujimura, Panelist
  • David Kim, Workshop Leader
  • Adwoa Lewis-Wilson, Workshop Leader
  • Juliet Liu, Panelist
  • Robert McChesney, Workshop Leader
  • Leonard McMahon, Panelist/Workshop Leader
  • Shann Ray, Panelist/Workshop Leader
  • Andrew Skotnicki, Panelist/Workshop Leader
  • Caz Tod-Pearson, Panelist

Prayer Leaders

  • Karen Hernandez-Granzen
  • Luke Powery
  • Emily “Z” Zinsitz

  • David Bennett Thomas, Piano
  • Jasyn Braziban, Trombone
  • Shanon Chua, Vocalist
  • Cornell Fields, Piano/Speaker
  • Jason Fraticelli, Bass
  • George Rabbai, Trumpet
  • Satchel Schwartz, Drummer

Schedule


  • 6:30–8 p.m. | Opening Panel
    • Location: Theron Room in the Theodore Sedgwick Wright Library or YouTube Livestream
  • 8–8:15 p.m. | Break
  • 8:15–9:30 p.m. | Opening Night Jazz Concert (Jazz improvisation as liberative justice)
    • Location: Princeton Theological Seminary Chapel or YouTube Livestream

  • 9:30–10 a.m. | Saturday Morning Plenary
    • Location: Princeton Theological Seminary Chapel or YouTube Livestream
  • 10:15–11:15 a.m. | Selection of Workshops (Workshop 1)
    • “Shake Hands with the Devil” facilitated by Andrew Skotnicki
      Location: Theron Room in the Theodore Sedgwick Wright Library or Zoom Livestream
    • “Repairers of the Breach: A Contemplative Politics for Our Time” facilitated by Leonard McMahon
      Location: The Cooper Conference Room at The Erdman Center (in-person only)
  • 10:15 a.m.–12:45 p.m. | “Brokenness to Beauty: Kintsugi” facilitated by David Kim
    • Location: Gambrell Room in Scheide Hall (This workshop is only offered once & in-person)
  • 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | Selection of Workshops (Workshop 2)
    • “Shake Hands with the Devil” facilitated by Andrew Skotnicki
      Location: Theron Room in the Theodore Sedgwick Wright Library (in-person only)
    • “Repairers of the Breach: A Contemplative Politics for Our Time” facilitated by Leonard McMahon
      Location: The Cooper Conference Room at The Erdman Center or YouTube Livestream
  • 12:30–2 p.m. | Lunch Break
  • 2–3 p.m. | Selection of Workshops (Workshop 3)
    • “Ignatian Imaginative Contemplation as Resistance” facilitated by Fr. Rob McChesney
      Location: The Cooper Conference Room at The Erdman Center or YouTube Livestream
    • “God Dwells in the Thick Darkness: Listening and Wrestling with the Divine Antagonist” facilitated by Shann Ray
      Location: Theron Room in the Theodore Sedgwick Wright Library (in-person only)
    • “Finding, Holding, and Being ‘Center’: God-Self Integration as Liberative Justice for Marginalized Peoples” facilitated by adwoa Lewis-Wilson
      Location: Gambrell Room in Scheide Hall or Zoom Livestream (This workshop is only offered once)
  • 3:15–4:15 p.m. | Selection of Workshops (Workshop 4)
    • “Ignatian Imaginative Contemplation as Resistance” facilitated by Fr. Rob McChesney
      Location: The Cooper Conference Room at The Erdman Center (in-person only)
    • “God Dwells in the Thick Darkness: Listening and Wrestling with the Divine Antagonist” facilitated by Shann Ray
      Location: Theron Room in the Theodore Sedgwick Wright Library or Zoom Livestream
  • 4:30–5 p.m. | Closing Plenary: “Gathering the Graces + Commissioning”
    • Location: Princeton Theological Seminary Chapel or Zoom Livestream