Princeton Theological Seminary

The Joe R. Engle Organ Concert
2022-05-24 17:30 - 18:30 (America/New_York)
Concert organist Ilona Kubiaczyk-Adler (Phoenix, Arizona) will present a program exploring the musical diversity of the Americas on May 24 in the Seminary Chapel. Organ works by African American, Mexican, and Brazilian composers will be interspersed with communal singing of hymns on which the compositions are based.
Organist

An active musician and educator in Arizona, Dr. Ilona Kubiaczyk-Adler currently holds the position of the director of ministries in music and arts/organist at the Pinnacle Presbyterian Church in Scottsdale, Arizona. There she runs an active music program with multiple vocal and instrumental ensembles, the Pinnacle Concert Series, and plays the masterful Richards & Fowkes organ.
As a concert organist she explores connections between early and contemporary music, works of underrepresented composers from and outside of the Western canon, and improvisation. She has traveled extensively throughout Europe and both Americas as a soloist and ensemble player. Adler’s most exciting professional engagements happened at the Oude Kerk, Nieuwe Kerk, Orgelpark and Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam; the Sint Laurenskerk in Alkmaar; the Issue Project Room in New York; the “Right Brain Rising!” festival in Arizona; the “Musica Moderna” festival in Łódź; with the U.S. Air Force Strings at St. John’s Episcopal in Washington, DC, at the Göteborg International Organ Academy in Sweden; and Westfield Conference at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
She graduated from three conservatoria: Academy of Music in Łódź, Poland (MA), Conservatorium van Amsterdam in the Netherlands (MM), and Arizona State University in the US (DMA). She worked as an assistant professor of organ at the Academy of Music in Łódź, and as a research assistant at ASU.
Her 2015 solo album Antique Sound Palette, recorded on the recently restored 1719 Hildebrandt organ in Pasłęk, Poland, and recordings she made on the Richards & Fowkes organ at Pinnacle were featured on the American Public Radio. More details and recordings can be found on www.kubiaczyk.com.
She is a member of the Presbyterian Association of Musicians and the American Choral Directors Association, and serves as the Education Chair of the Central Arizona Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. In her free time, she hikes, bikes, and enjoys yoga.
She is a happy mother of two sons. Ilona Kubiaczyk-Adler is exclusively represented by Concert Artist Cooperative.
Health Guidelines
Vaccines and a booster are required to attend events on campus. Our health and wellness protocols regarding COVID-19 change based on the guidance of our local health departments officials and numbers of cases in our region. As a result, protocols are fluid and requirements regarding the use of face coverings, distance, and testing may change. For the latest guidelines, click here.
Livestream
The Joe R. Engle Organ Concert will be livestreamed online as part of Reunion 2022. Click the link below to watch.
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Virtual Open House: Learn More About the Doctor of Philosophy Degree Program
2022-05-19 14:00 - 15:00
You are invited to attend our virtual open house session to ask questions, learn more about Princeton Theological Seminary’s degree programs, and meet representatives from the Office of Admissions.
This week: Learn More About the Doctor of Philosophy Degree Program
The PhD program of Princeton Theological Seminary forms scholars, servants, and leaders of the church and the academy through constructive, critical engagement with the Christian tradition in its complexity and diversity, and where appropriate, in conversation with other religious and intellectual traditions in their multiplicity and variety
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Rose Ellen Dunn, the associate dean for academic administration, to learn more about the doctoral program at Princeton Theological Seminary. Bring your curiosity and your questions, and we look forward to seeing you then.

Registration
There is no cost for this event but registration is required.
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Virtual Open House: International Student Application Process
2022-05-10 14:00 - 15:00
You are invited to attend our virtual open house session to ask questions, learn more about Princeton Theological Seminary’s degree programs, and meet representatives from the Office of Admissions.
This week: International Student Application Process
Princeton Theological Seminary welcomes students from all parts of the world. In response to Christ’s call for the unity of the church, the Seminary embraces in its life and work a rich racial and ethnic diversity and the breadth of communions represented in the worldwide church. Join us for an informative virtual open house event, led by Martha Redondo, the international student coordinator, and the Admissions team. Attendees will receive helpful advice regarding the application process for international students.

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Why Princeton Seminary? A Conversation with Dr. Eric D. Barreto
2022-05-05 14:00 - 15:00
You are invited to connect and converse with Princeton Theological Seminary’s faculty during the Office of Admissions’ “Why Princeton Seminary?” virtual conversations. Take part to learn more about why prospective students should consider attending Princeton Seminary.
This week: A Conversation with Dr. Eric D. Barreto

Eric D. Barreto, MDiv ’04, is the Frederick and Margaret L. Weyerhaeuser Associate Professor of New Testament. He earned a BA in religion from Oklahoma Baptist University, an MDiv from Princeton Seminary, and a PhD in New Testament from Emory University. Barreto is the author of Ethnic Negotiations: The Function of Race and Ethnicity in Acts 16 (2010), Exploring the Bible (Foundations for Learning) which he coauthored with Michael Chan, and the forthcoming “A People for God’s Name”: Theology and Ethnicity in the Acts of the Apostles.
As a Baptist minister, Barreto has pursued scholarship for the sake of the church, and he regularly writes for and teaches in faith communities around the country. He has also been a leader in the Hispanic Theological Initiative Consortium, a national, ecumenical, and inter-constitutional consortium comprised of some of the top seminaries, theological schools, and religion departments in the country. He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature and the National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion.
Join Dr. Barreto for a conversation about his experience at Princeton Theological Seminary and what the seminary has to offer prospective students.

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The Forum on Youth Ministry
2022-05-03 00:00 - 2022-05-05 23:59
Construct: Building Ministry with Young People
Hosted by the Institute for Youth Ministry, the theme for the 2022 Forum event is “Construct: Building Ministry with Young People.” Many of the foundations on which we’ve built our youth ministries have shifted beneath our feet. In the wake (or in the midst) of uncertainty, how is God leading us to construct resilient ministries with young people? What constructs still need to die or be torn down so that fresh frameworks can take shape? What are the tools required for such holy construction? We are aiming to cultivate conversations and collaborations that help leaders identify God’s vision and their resources for rebuilding creative, thoughtful, and justice-oriented ministry with young people.
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Schedule, Speakers, and Offerings
Our schedule, topics, full speaker roster, and all event details can be found on our Sched site, here. Start planning your event schedule today! Please note that you will need to fully register for the event in order to have in-person or online access to the event.
Sneak peek at some of our speakers:

Nate Stucky

Amanda Drury

Georgette Ledgister

Lamar Hardwick

Khristi Adams

Aqueelah Ligonde

Erin Raffety

Michael Paul Cartledge

Kelsey Lambright

Seth Vopat

Katie Douglass

Denise Carrell

Abigail Visco Rusert

Megan DeWald

Carmelle Beaugelin

Location and Accomodations
Princeton Theological Seminary, 64 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ 08540
Online participation is available (worship, lectures, and Spotlight only). Registration is required for link access.
There is limited lodging available on campus at the Erdman Center (20 Library Place, Princeton, NJ 08540, 609-497-7990). Please mention Princeton Theological Seminary’s IYM Forum when you book your room.
We have reserved a block of rooms for a reduced rate at the Hilton Garden Inn (1300 Lenox Drive, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648, 609-895-9200). Please mention Princeton Theological Seminary’s IYM Forum when you book your room.

Health Guidelines
Vaccines and a booster are required to attend The Forum on Youth Ministry 2022 on campus. Our health and wellness protocols regarding COVID-19 change based on the guidance of our local health departments officials and numbers of cases in our region. As a result, protocols are fluid and requirements regarding the use of face coverings, distance, and testing may change. For the latest guidelines, click here.

Fees and Registration
Standard Participant – $289Online Participant – $49 (partial access to livestreamed portions of the event only)Princeton Seminary Student – No cost (currently enrolled in a degree program at Princeton Theological Seminary)
Registration Ends: May 2, 2022
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All participants who register and pay registration fees will receive a copy of the Institute for Youth Ministry’s new research report. Standard Participants will receive the report at event check-in, and online participants will have the opportunity to share their mailing address with us during the registration process.

White Supremacy and Christianity: Reckoning with the Past and Reimagining the Future
2022-04-28 09:00 - 17:30
Description
Most recently, we have encountered white supremacy’s persistence against the violent backdrop of racist violence faced by the Black community at the hands of law enforcement. An unprecedented level of protest has swept the nation in honor of Trayvon Martin, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Tamir Rice, Roxanne Moore, Ahmaud Arbery, and many other Black men, women, transgender people, and children who have lost their lives due to the enduring white supremacy in America. The Christian church in America has also witnessed a national reckoning as Christians grapple with their complicity in upholding systems and structures of racist violence.
White supremacy’s inculcation in American society has affirmed a form of conceptual violence that has often been the prelude to physical violence, rendering violence and its undergirding ideology normative. More tragically, white supremacy embraced in various institutional forms enforces limitations on the marginalized to exist beyond the prescribed boundaries inscribed on them by white supremacy. The result is the forced conformity by the marginalized to prescribed notions of their (non)existence, as those notions are taken not as projections but as realities of their existence. This dynamic of white supremacy represents an urgent concern for communities of the oppressed and demands a theological response. Yet, for some, the relentless assault of white supremacy suggests the failure of Christian theology to serve as a resistor to the encroachments of white supremacy upon human dignity and flourishing.
The Center for Barth Studies and the Betsey Stockton Center for Black Church Studies at Princeton Theological Seminary are partnering together to host a one-day virtual event titled “White Supremacy and Christianity: Reckoning with the Past and Reimagining the Future” on Thursday, April 28. This conference seeks to assert the continuing hope in the power of theological interrogation to assist both theological discourse and the praxes of the church but also desires to engage in a reexamination of the tools of theological or praxiological inquiry into white supremacy. It may be that the persistence of white supremacy is partly a response to Christian theology’s use of intellectual or practical tools that have themselves become infected with white supremacy. Instead of resistance, theological discourse has become complicit with white supremacy. The goal of this event is to foster dialogue and constructive conversation around alternative modes of existence and theological inquiry. At the same time, we also seek to identify the ways religious leaders, faith scholars, and their respective institutions might continue to assert the enduring hope of the Christian faith to reimagine a future free of the lingering effects of white supremacy.

Speakers

Amaryah AmstrongVirginia Tech

Obery HendricksColumbia University

Paul Dafydd JonesUniversity of Virginia

Joseph WintersDuke University

Discussion Panel

Keri DayPrinceton Seminary

Kelly Brown Douglas EpiscopalDivinity School at Union Theological Seminary

Earle FisherAbyssinian MissionBaptist Church, Tennessee

Hanna ReichelPrinceton Seminary

Schedule
(all times are in EST)
9–10 a.m. | Speaker 1 – Paul Dafydd Jones (University of Virginia)
10–10:30 a.m. | Break
10:30–11:30 a.m. | Speaker 2 – Amaryah Armstrong (Virginia Tech)
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Lunch Break
1–2 p.m. | Speaker 3 – Joseph Winters (Duke University)
2–2:30 p.m. | Break
2:30–3:30 p.m. | Speaker 4 – Obery Hendricks (Columbia University)
3:30–4 p.m. | Break
4–5:30 | Panel Discussion – Keri Day (Princeton Seminary), Earle Fisher (Abyssinian Mission Baptist Church, Tennessee), Hanna Reichel (Princeton Seminary), and Kelly Brown Douglas (Union Theological Seminary).
Registration
There is no cost for this event but registration is required.
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Virtual Open House: Learn More About the Betsey Stockton Center for Black Church Studies
2022-04-26 18:00 - 19:00
You are invited to attend our virtual open house session to ask questions, learn more about Princeton Theological Seminary’s degree programs, and meet representatives from the Office of Admissions.
This week: Learn More About the Betsey Stockton Center for Black Church Studies
The Betsey Stockton Center for Black Church Studies endeavors to cultivate Black theological genius and inspire people to interweave their ministry and scholarly work into the historical tapestry of the Black church’s prophetic witness. Subsequently, critical reflection is for emancipatory action. The Betsey Stockton Center for Black Church Studies also functions as a center for creativity fostering theological imagination and cultivating innovative practices.
Princeton Theological Seminary invites you to join us for a conversation with Rev. Dr. David Latimore, director of the Betsey Stockton Center for Black Church Studies, to learn more about the vision and work of the center.

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A Spring Choral Bouquet in Honor of Jan Ammon
2022-04-24 19:00 - 20:00
Princeton Seminary Chapel ChoirMartin Tel, conductorMichael Gittens, accompanist
The Princeton Seminary Chapel Choir will be honoring the Rev. Janice Smith Ammon at their spring concert. Ammon, who has served Princeton Theological Seminary as the Bryant M. Kirkland Minister of the Chapel for fifteen years, will be retiring at the conclusion of the academic year. The concert will include choral favorites of Ammon sung by the choir as well as hymns sung by the congregation.
All are welcome to join in this choral celebration, which will be followed by a reception.

Health Guidelines
Vaccines and a booster are required to attend events on campus. Our health and wellness protocols regarding COVID-19 change based on the guidance of our local health departments officials and numbers of cases in our region. As a result, protocols are fluid and requirements regarding the use of face coverings, distance, and testing may change. For the latest guidelines, click here.

White Supremacy and Christianity: Reckoning with the Past and Reimagining the Future
2022-04-22 09:00 - 17:30
Most recently, we have encountered white supremacy’s persistence against the violent backdrop of racist violence faced by the Black community at the hands of law enforcement. An unprecedented level of protest has swept the nation in honor of Trayvon Martin, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Tamir Rice, Roxanne Moore, Ahmaud Arbery, and many other Black men, women, transgender people, and children who have lost their lives due to the enduring white supremacy in America. The Christian church in America has also witnessed a national reckoning as Christians grapple with their complicity in upholding systems and structures of racist violence.
White supremacy’s inculcation in American society has affirmed a form of conceptual violence that has often been the prelude to physical violence, rendering violence and its undergirding ideology normative. More tragically, white supremacy embraced in various institutional forms enforces limitations on the marginalized to exist beyond the prescribed boundaries inscribed on them by white supremacy. The result is the forced conformity by the marginalized to prescribed notions of their (non)existence, as those notions are taken not as projections but as realities of their existence. This dynamic of white supremacy represents an urgent concern for communities of the oppressed and demands a theological response. Yet, for some, the relentless assault of white supremacy suggests the failure of Christian theology to serve as a resistor to the encroachments of white supremacy upon human dignity and flourishing.
The Center for Barth Studies and the Betsey Stockton Center for Black Church Studies at Princeton Theological Seminary are partnering together to host a one-day virtual event titled “White Supremacy and Christianity: Reckoning with the Past and Reimagining the Future” on Thursday, April 28. This conference seeks to assert the continuing hope in the power of theological interrogation to assist both theological discourse and the praxes of the church but also desires to engage in a reexamination of the tools of theological or praxiological inquiry into white supremacy. It may be that the persistence of white supremacy is partly a response to Christian theology’s use of intellectual or practical tools that have themselves become infected with white supremacy. Instead of resistance, theological discourse has become complicit with white supremacy. The goal of this event is to foster dialogue and constructive conversation around alternative modes of existence and theological inquiry. At the same time, we also seek to identify the ways religious leaders, faith scholars, and their respective institutions might continue to assert the enduring hope of the Christian faith to reimagine a future free of the lingering effects of white supremacy.
Speakers

Amaryah Amstrong, Virginia Tech
Obery Hendricks, Columbia University
Paul Dafydd Jones, University of Virginia
Joseph Winters, Duke University

Discussion Panel

Keri Day, Princeton Seminary
Kelly Brown Douglas, Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary
Earl Fischer, Abyssinian Mission Baptist Church, Tennessee
Hanna Reichel, Princeton Seminary

Schedule
(all times are in EST)
9–10 a.m. | Speaker 1 – Paul Dafydd Jones (University of Virginia)
10–10:30 a.m. | Break
10:30–11:30 a.m. | Speaker 2 – Amaryah Armstrong (Virginia Tech)
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Lunch Break
1–2 p.m. | Speaker 3 – Joseph Winters (Duke University)
2–2:30 p.m. | Break
2:30–3:30 p.m. | Speaker 4 – Obery Hendricks (Columbia University)
3:30–4 p.m. | Break
4–5:30 | Panel Discussion – Keri Day (Princeton Seminary), Earle Fisher (Abyssinian Mission Baptist Church, Tennessee), Hanna Reichel (Princeton Seminary), and Kelly Brown Douglas (Union Theological Seminary).
Registration
There is no cost for this event but registration is required.
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Prayer as Resistance: Contemplative Practices for Liberative Justice
2022-04-22 - 2022-04-23 | Princeton Seminary, 64 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ, 08542, United States
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.
Schedule
FRIDAY, APRIL 22
(all times are in EST)
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
SATURDAY, APRIL 23
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
or
“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)
OR
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)
or
“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
or
“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)
or
“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)
or
“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
Speakers

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

Musicians

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

Workshops
Shake Hands with the Devil (Andrew Skotnicki)
Speaker: Andrew Skotnicki
Workshop Description: Among the prohibitive hurdles that impede the progress of the contemplative activist, assuming that s/he is a practicing contemplative, is self-righteousness. Jesus established loving and healing relationships with everyone except two groups who adamantly resisted: the very religious and those convinced of their moral rectitude. All noble sentiments of the passionate reformer aside, a binary approach to the problems we confront in furthering the Reign of God leads to further division and ends up profiting the dualist, not those s/he aims to serve. Shaking hands with the devil not only means shaking hands with one’s opponent; it means shaking hands with oneself.
Brokenness to Beauty: Kintsugi (David Kim)
Speaker: David Kim
Workshop Description: In this hands-on workshop you will learn about this 400-year-old Japanese craft in the mending of ceramics making beauty from brokenness. A certified instructor from Academy Kintsugi will guide a small group through Kintsugi techniques to equip each participant with the needed skills and materials. Every participant will need to bring a broken, cracked, or chipped piece of ceramic — a mug, a bowl, a cup, or a plate. This reflective practice is a powerful experience in seeing how the very cracks in our lives become the places in which new beauty can emerge to nurture a community that seeks to turn brokenness into beauty in our hearts and broader culture.
This workshop is only available for in-person participants and partial scholarships (to assist with the $70 fee) are available if needed. Please contact info@goldenwoodnyc.org for more information.
Note: $70 fee for materials (15 participants max, in-person only)
Repairers of the Breach: A Contemplative Politics for Our Time (Leonard McMahon)
Speaker: Leonard McMahon
​​Workshop Description: Common Ground Dialogue is an organization dedicated to improving civility and civic engagement in American political life. Its aim is not “conflict resolution” because, while laudable and necessary, this is shortsighted and misguided. Conflict is necessary and even desirable in a healthy democracy, so “resolving” it is not appropriate. Rather, our aim is to make conflict function as it is supposed to in a democracy, as an impetus for engagement. Thus, civility is the use of healthy, functional conflict to generate constructive political engagement. Political life then moves from harmful discord to productive disagreement. And it does so via a process we call The Truth Method.
This method is easily learned and, unlike most resolution techniques, difficult to forget. Since it relies on ancient techniques that have been tested over centuries, the Method seeks deeper and more lasting transformation than mere crisis management or even “empathy.” This Method takes ancient tools and adapts them for modern circumstances and psyches. It involves a safe, supportive, and patient process of slowly deepening awareness and allowing one to touch the unspoken ground upon which one takes a political stand.
This brief workshop will involve an introductory lecture with some detail as to history and sources, an overview of the method, a short practice session with fellow participants, and a question and answer period. The aim is to become acquainted with the basics quickly while piquing interest in future practice.
Ignatian Imaginative Contemplation as Resistance (Robert W. McChesney, S.J)
Speaker: Robert W. McChesney, S.J.
Visiting Research Fellow and Spiritual Director
Ignatian Retreats, Spiritual Direction, and Leadership
Holy Trinity Church
Washington, DC 20007
Workshop Description: Have you ever seen Jesus face to face? I have. Are you familiar with the timbre of his voice? I am. Did you ever touch his wounds? Yes, many times. The formal use of the imagination in contemplative practice in the western tradition can be traced at least to a popular 14th century bestseller by Ludolph of Saxony called Vita Christi. It was subsequently reinterpreted and popularized by Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Ignatian imaginative contemplation is widely practiced internationally today, and mediates divine encounter, personal healing, solidarity, and transformation into the compassion of God for a troubled planet and its most pressing needs.
This workshop includes three components: presentation of an authentic first-person account as case study exemplifying the liberative power of imaginative contemplation; prayerful participation in a short, Scripture-based guided imaginative contemplation; and an opportunity to share the experience of contemplation and debrief the workshop.
God Dwells in the Thick Darkness: Listening and Wrestling with the Divine Antagonist (Shann Ray)
Speaker: Shann Ray
Workshop Description: In contemplative leadership embodied by listening and action, a lens of poetry, story, and song can help us find the greater good in the wake of national and world violence, grief, and loss. In this presentation we will consider the body at rest and war, in beauty and strength, in violence and despair, in the finality of darkness and the atomic fusion that beckons new life. From the ashes of holocaust, in the unity of deep listening, love becomes an essential human gift found not only in casting one’s eyes upward, but in visceral, physical gestures found in reconciliation ceremonies worldwide: a healing hand on the chest of friends and strangers, a loving embrace between enemies. The breath of the holy over the wrist bones of a child. Deus in omnibus. God in all things. In this session we will craft poems together through a joyful method of engaging contemplation and the imagination.
Finding, Holding, and Being “Center”: God-Self Integration as Liberative Justice for Marginalized Peoples (adwoa Lewis-Wilson)
Speaker: adwoa Lewis-Wilson
Workshop Description: For persons who inhabit marginalized identities in a climate of heightened consciousness of oppressive systems, it is easy for the “stock stories” of injustice to become the center of our personal identities and our call to action. This workshop explores the insidious consequences of this reality on the individual’s spiritual vitality and the ongoing revelation of God among all people. We will reframe the definition of justice and reconciliation precisely in the marginalized person’s liberated spiritual practice, arguing that this recentering is essential for any sustainable, culturally transfigurative shift in justice. What revelation of God is nested exclusively in those who are oppressed and how might they reclaim that spiritual dignity for the good of all as a form of generative resistance? This workshop is grounded in the Christian tradition as well as the experience of being a person of marginalized identity serving among folks of dominant identity (for myself, a Black woman exploring race in predominantly White congregations.) However, the concepts should be applicable to all. Participants are invited to prepare by reflecting in advance on their own areas of privilege and marginalization, as well as their sentiments toward each. Push back, curiosity, and personal experience are welcome!
Registration and Conference Fees
Conference Fees:

$25 for virtual attendees
$85 for in-person attendees

This conference is free for PTS students, faculty and staff, but registration is required.
Online registration closes on April 21.
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Health Guidelines
Vaccines and a booster are required to attend events on campus. Our health and wellness protocols regarding COVID-19 change based on the guidance of our local health departments officials and numbers of cases in our region. As a result, protocols are fluid and requirements regarding the use of face coverings, distance, and testing may change. For the latest guidelines, click here.
Co-Sponsors
This conference is co-sponsored by the following ministries and organizations:
The Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality
The Spirituality Institute for Research and Education
Goldenwood NYC
The Betsy Stockton Center for Black Church Studies
The Center for Asian American Christianity
Hispanic Theological Initiative
The Center for Theology, Women, and Gender
The Overseas Ministries Study Center
All Saints’ Church
The Theology Lab at Highrock Online
Soulcare at Highrock Online
Oasis Ministries for Spiritual Development

Prayer as Resistance: Contemplative Practices for Liberative Justice
2022-04-22 00:00 - 2022-04-23 00:00
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.

Schedule
Speakers
Musicians
Workshops
Registration and Conference Fees
Health Guidelines
Co-Sponsors

Schedule
Friday, April 22
(all times are in EST)
6:30–8 p.m. | Opening PanelLocation: 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
Saturday, April 23
9:30–10 a.m. | Saturday Morning PlenaryLocation: 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 SkotnickiLocation: Theron Room in the Theodore Sedgwick Wright Library or Zoom Livestreamor“Repairers of the Breach: A Contemplative Politics for Our Time” facilitated by Leonard McMahonLocation: The Cooper Conference Room at The Erdman Center (in-person only)
OR
10:15 a.m.–12:45 p.m. | “Brokenness to Beauty: Kintsugi” facilitated by David KimLocation: 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 SkotnickiLocation: Theron Room in the Theodore Sedgwick Wright Library (in-person only)or“Repairers of the Breach: A Contemplative Politics for Our Time” facilitated by Leonard McMahonLocation: The Cooper Conference Room at The Erdman Center or YouTube Livestream12:30–2 p.m. | Lunch Break
2–3 p.m. | Selection of Workshops (Workshop 3)
“Ignatian Imaginative Contemplation as Resistance” facilitated by Fr. Rob McChesneyLocation: The Cooper Conference Room at The Erdman Center or YouTube Livestreamor“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)or“Finding, Holding, and Being ‘Center’: God-Self Integration as Liberative Justice for Marginalized Peoples” facilitated by adwoa Lewis-WilsonLocation: 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 McChesneyLocation: The Cooper Conference Room at The Erdman Center (in-person only)or“God Dwells in the Thick Darkness: Listening and Wrestling with the Divine Antagonist” facilitated by Shann RayLocation: 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

Speakers

Bo Karen LeePresider

Lisa Marie BowensPanelist

Shane ClaibornePanelist

Haejin Shim FujimuraPanelist

Makoto FujimuraPanelist

David KimWorkshop Leader

adwoa Lewis-WilsonWorkshop Leader

Juliet LiuPanelist

Robert McChesneyWorkshop Leader

Leonard McMahonPanelist/Workshop Leader

Shann RayPanelist/Workshop Leader

Andrew SkotnickiPanelist/Workshop Leader

Caz Tod-PearsonPanelist

Prayer Leaders

Karen Hernandez-Granzen

Luke Powery

Emily “Z” Zinsitz

Musicians

David Bennett ThomasPiano

Jasyn BrazobanTrombone

Shanon ChuaVocalist

Cornell FieldsPiano/Speaker

Jason FraticelliBass

George RabbaiTrumpet

Satchel SchwartzDrummer

Workshops

Registration and Conference Fees
Conference Fees:

$25 for virtual attendees
$85 for in-person attendees

This conference is free for PTS students, faculty and staff, but registration is required.Online registration closes on April 21.
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Co-Sponsors
This conference is co-sponsored by the following ministries and organizations:
The Society for the Study of Christian SpiritualityThe Spirituality Institute for Research and EducationGoldenwood NYCThe Betsy Stockton Center for Black Church StudiesThe Center for Asian American ChristianityHispanic Theological InitiativeThe Center for Theology, Women, and GenderThe Overseas Ministries Study CenterAll Saints’ ChurchThe Theology Lab at Highrock OnlineSoulcare at Highrock OnlineOasis Ministries for Spiritual Development

Why Princeton Seminary? A Conversation with Dr. Heath W. Carter
2022-04-21 14:00 - 15:00
You are invited to connect and converse with Princeton Theological Seminary’s faculty during the Office of Admissions’ “Why Princeton Seminary?” virtual conversations. Take part to learn more about why prospective students should consider attending Princeton Seminary.
This week: A Conversation with Dr. Heath W. Carter
Dr. Heath W. Carter is an associate professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, where he teaches and writes about the intersection of Christianity and American public life. He is the author of Union Made: Working People and the Rise of Social Christianity in Chicago (Oxford University Press, 2015), which was the runner up for the American Society of Church History’s 2015 Brewer Prize, and the co-editor of three books: The Pew and the Picket Line: Christianity and the American Working Class (University of Illinois Press, 2016), Turning Points in the History of American Evangelicalism (Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2017), and A Documentary History of Religion in America, 4th Ed. (Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2018).
Carter is currently at work on a new book titled On Earth as it is in Heaven: Social Christians and the Fight to End American Inequality (under contract with Oxford University Press). He is also the co-editor of William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company’s award-winning Library of Religious Biography series.
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Carter as he shares his perspective and answers your questions about Princeton Seminary, American Christianity, theological education, and much more.

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Virtual Open House: A Conversation with Alums
2022-04-12 18:00 - 19:00
You are invited to attend our virtual open house session to ask questions, learn more about Princeton Theological Seminary’s degree programs, and meet representatives from the Office of Admissions.
This week: A Conversation with Alums
Are you wondering what life and ministry are like after graduating from Princeton Theological Seminary? Are you curious to know how former Princeton Seminary students have put their various theological degrees to the test? On Tuesday, April 12 at 6 p.m. ET, you are invited to connect with alums serving in traditional and nontraditional ministries. You will have the opportunity to learn more from Rev. Ann-Henley Nicholson, MDiv ’14, director of Alumni Relations, about the various resources that Princeton Seminary has to offer our graduates.
We look forward to seeing you then!

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Yellow Christianity
2022-04-08 14:00 - 15:30
On April 8 at 2 p.m., Dr. Jonathan Tran will deliver a lecture titled ”Yellow Christianity” in the Theron Room of Wright Library. The lecture will also be livestreamed online.
Continuing themes from his book, Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism (OUP, 2022), Tran develops an account of “yellow” politics and Christianity that begins with particular sites of racial capitalist oppression and domination and pushes toward liberative coalitional politics. His lecture will discuss recent cases of anti-AAPI violence and their historical antecedents, liberation theology’s attention to local and transnational sources of oppressive domination, and how “yellow Christianity” offers a way forward.
This lecture is co-sponsored by the Center for Asian American Christianity, the Asian Association of Princeton Theological Seminary, and the Korean Student Association.

Speaker

Jonathan Tran holds the George W. Baines Chair of Religion at Baylor University, in Waco, Texas, USA. His research explores the theological implications of the human life in language, especially focusing on the grammar of Christian speech. Most recently he authored Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism (OUP, 2022).

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Frederick Neumann Memorial Lecture: Dr. Ryan LaMothe
2022-04-07 19:00 - 20:00
Princeton Theological Seminary welcomes Dr. Ryan LaMothe to deliver the Frederick Neumann Memorial Lecture on April 7 at 7:00 p.m. in the Theron Room of the Wright Library. LaMothe’s lecture is titled “Dwelling, Sovereignty, and Theology in the Anthropocene Age: A Proposal.”
A reception will follow in the same location. The lecture will also be livestreamed on the Seminary’s YouTube channel.

Speaker

Ryan LaMothe, PhD, is professor of pastoral care and counseling at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology. Over the last 24 years, he has published over 160 articles and book reviews, as well as six books and two edited volumes.
These publications address topics in psychoanalysis, psychology of religion, pastoral counseling, pastoral theology, and most recently, pastoral political theology.
In 2017, he received Springer Publishing Award, titled “Transforming the World One Article at a Time.” He has served on three editorial boards of peer-reviewed journals, and has served as president of the Society for Pastoral Theology.

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Why Princeton Seminary? A Conversation with Dr. Kenda Creasy Dean
2022-04-07 14:00 - 15:00
You are invited to connect and converse with Princeton Theological Seminary’s faculty during the Office of Admissions’ “Why Princeton Seminary?” virtual conversations. Take part to learn more about why prospective students should consider attending Princeton Seminary.
This week: A Conversation with Dr. Kenda Creasy Dean

Kenda Creasy Dean is an ordained United Methodist pastor and serves as the Mary D. Synnott Professor of Youth, Church, and Culture at Princeton Theological Seminary. She works closely with Princeton’s Institute for Youth Ministry and the Farminary (the Seminary’s initiative in restorative agriculture and theological formation). In 2013 she founded Ministry Incubators with fellow youth pastor and serial entrepreneur Mark DeVries, which helps Christian leaders create entrepreneurial ministries and engage their congregations in Christian social innovation.
Dean is the author of numerous books on young people and the church, including Almost Christian: What the Faith of Our Teenagers Is Telling the American Church; Delighted: What Youth Are Teaching the Church about Joy; and The Godbearing Life: The Art of Soul Tending for Youth Ministry. Her most recent book is the forthcoming Knee-Deep in Flotsam: Why Churches Innovate and How to Start.
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Dean as she shares her perspective and answers your questions about Princeton Theological Seminary, innovative ministry, youth ministry, theological education and much more.

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An Evening with Danté Stewart
2022-04-05 18:00 - 19:00
Sponsored by the Betsey Stockton Center for Black Church Studies and the Association of Black Seminarians at Princeton Theological Seminary, this virtual event features a discussion with Danté Stewart about his new book, Shouting in the Fire: An American Epistle.

Danté Stewart is a theologian, essayist, and cultural critic. He is author of Shoutin’ In The Fire: An American Epistle. Named by Religion News Service as one of “Ten Up-And-Coming Faith Influencers,” his work has appeared on CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post, ESPN’s The Undefeated, Sojourners, and more. He received his BA in sociology from Clemson University. He is currently studying at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Mujerista Symposium - Spring 2022
2022-03-31 17:00 - 20:00
Gratitude: Weaving Together Indigenous Wisdom and Theological Implications
The Office of Multicultural Relations will collaborate with En Conjunto: A Latinx Student Collaborative at Princeton Theological Seminary and additional student organizations to present a student-organized Mujerista Symposium on March 31. This symposium will explore the transformative power of gratitude expressed in Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book of essays, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants. Those interested in attending this event may do so in person or via livestream.
In the essay “Allegiance to Gratitude,” Kimmerer introduces the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address, which provides a template for transformative gratitude. Such gratitude names and bows to each and every gift within God’s creation, recognizing that humans are just one piece of an interrelated web of beings, all sharing in the abundance of grace which is made evident in the land itself. This powerful gratitude becomes a revolutionary act because it breeds cultures of reciprocity. How can we continue to hoard unjustly when we are steeped in appreciation for the freely given gifts of God? How can we not offer our gifts in return to the land and to one another when we witness daily to the abundance and generosity of every other created thing?
With Indigenous women as our guides, we will explore the interweaving of theological underpinnings that connect the act of gratitude to ethical relationships with ecology and a covenant to care for all of creation. This event provides an important space for the Princeton Seminary community to listen and learn from the wisdom of Indigenous perspectives and practices, from the women who have been caretakers and partakers of the land we now share long before Europeans came to its shores.
Through this event, we will also consider the ways in which transformative gratitude can be cultivated in Christian community through ongoing relationships with the many indigenous peoples who still inhabit this land. We will consider what whole-hearted creation gratitude might call us to in terms of our ministries, our use of church resources, and our daily lives as we learn from Indigenous examples and leadership in this realm.

Guest Speakers

Rt. Rev. Dr. Carol J. Gallagher is the regional canon for the Central Region of the Diocese of Massachusetts comprising the 56 congregations, as well as other church-related institutions, in the Boston Harbor, Alewife, Charles River, and Neponset River deaneries. Gallagher has been the assistant bishop in the Diocese of Montana since 2014, developing relationships with Native leaders and congregations there, educating and training clergy and lay leaders in issues of race, gender, and inclusion, and leading the Task Force on Native Issues. She has also been serving during that time as the bishop missioner to the Bishops’ Native Collaborative, working with the Episcopal Church Executive Committee to do assessments and respond to needs, and to provide materials and trainings for lay leadership and clergy. She brings a passion for training and formation for all the baptized and for using her skills in culture, leadership development, pastoral care, and faith and relationship to empower others.

Dr. Cecilia Titizano is Bolivian of Aymara descent. She holds a PhD in philosophical theology from the Graduate Theological Union (GTU) in Berkeley, California. For many years, Cecilia has worked in the area of international development, among Quechua and Aymara communities. She is part-time faculty in the Theology and Religious Studies Department at the University of San Francisco, where she teaches Indigenous Cosmologies and Theologies and Ethics in the Indigenous Spiritual Traditions. Cecilia serves in Memoria Indígena as an advisory board member and is part of the Comunidad de Sabias y Teólogas Indígenas del Abya Yala (COSTIAY).

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The Spirit of Soul Food: Race, Faith, and Food Justice
2022-03-30 12:00 - 13:30
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Sponsored by the Betsey Stockton Center for Black Church Studies and the Farminary at Princeton Theological Seminary, this event features a conversation with Dr. Christopher Carter about his new book, The Spirit of Soul Food: Race, Faith, and Food Justice. Carter’s work merges a history of Black American foodways with a Christian ethical response to food injustice and reveals how racism and colonialism have long steered the development of U.S. food policy. Carter reflects on how people of color can eat in a way that reflects their cultural identities while remaining true to the principles of compassion, love, justice, and solidarity with the marginalized. This conversation seeks to answer the critical question: Given the history of a food production system that inflicts harm upon people of color and the poor, what should soul food look like today?

Featured Speaker

Dr. Christopher Carter’s teaching and research focuses on philosophical and theological ethics, Black and Womanist theological ethics, environmental ethics, and animals and religion. He approaches religious studies as a liberation ethicist committed to exploring how the moral economy of U.S. religious thought and culture impact the everyday lives of marginalized populations, particularly African American and Latinx communities. He is active in the leadership of the American Academy of Religion where he serves as a steering committee member of both the Religion and Ecology and the Animals and Religion Group. Professor Carter is also a pastor within the United Methodist Church and currently serves as an assistant pastor at Pacific Beach United Methodist Church.

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The L.I.V.E. (Learning, Inclusion, Vitality, Exploration) Symposium
2022-03-30 10:00 - 11:00
The L.I.V.E. (Learning, Inclusion, Vitality, Exploration) Symposium is Princeton Theological Seminary’s initiative to reach domestic underrepresented prospective students in graduate theological education as they discern their vocation within the church and academy.
Join us from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) to hear from several faculty, staff members, and current students about our vision for theological education, and what we love about Princeton Seminary!
FEATURED SPEAKERS

M. Craig Barnes, President and Professor of Pastoral Ministry
Dennis T. Olson, Charles T. Haley Professor of Old Testament Theology
Jay-Paul M. Hinds, Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology

This is event is hosted by the Office of Multicultural Relations and the Office of Admissions.

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Virtual Open House: Learn More About the Doctoral Degree Program
2022-03-29 14:00 - 15:00
You are invited to attend our virtual open house session to ask questions, learn more about Princeton Theological Seminary’s degree programs, and meet representatives from the Office of Admissions.
This week: Learn More About the Doctoral Degree Program
The PhD program of Princeton Theological Seminary forms scholars, servants, and leaders of the church and the academy through constructive, critical engagement with the Christian tradition in its complexity and diversity, and where appropriate, in conversation with other religious and intellectual traditions in their multiplicity and variety.
Learn more about the PhD program by attending this special virtual open house featuring current PhD students and Dr. Rose Ellen Dunn, the associate dean for academic administration.

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Annie Kinkead Warfield Lectures
2022-03-28 19:00 - 2022-03-31 19:00
Dr. Friederike Nüssel will present the 2022 Annie Kinkead Warfield Lecture series, “Dynamics of the Spirit: a pneumatological approach to dogmatics.”
All lectures in this series will take place in the Theron Room of the Wright Library at Princeton Theological Seminary. The lectures will also be livestreamed on the Seminary’s YouTube channel.
Monday, March 287 p.m. – Lecture One: Rethinking developments in pneumatologyReception immediately following
Tuesday, March 293 p.m. – Lecture Two: “God is Spirit” – Narrating God’s revelation as Spirit7 p.m. – Lecture Three: The creating Spirit as the power of diversity
Wednesday, March 304 p.m. – Lecture Four: The redeeming Spirit as the gift of recognition
Thursday, March 313 p.m. – Lecture Five: The reconciling Spirit as the medium of presence7 p.m. – Lecture Six: The Spirit of freedom and the human
Speaker
Dr. Friederike Nüssel is professor of systematic theology and director of the Ecumenical Institute at Heidelberg University. She is also the director of Marsilius-Kolleg (Institute for Interdisciplinary Inquiry) at the university. Dr. Nüssel works at the intersection of dogmatic and ecumenical theology. She is a former member of the Center for Theological Inquiry.

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Monday, March 287 p.m. – Lecture One: Rethinking developments in pneumatology
Tuesday, March 293 p.m. – Lecture Two: “God is Spirit” – Narrating God’s revelation as Spirit7 p.m. – Lecture Three: The creating Spirit as the power of diversity
Wednesday, March 304 p.m. – Lecture Four: The redeeming Spirit as the gift of recognition
Thursday, March 313 p.m. – Lecture Five: The reconciling Spirit as the medium of presence7 p.m. – Lecture Six: The Spirit of freedom and the human

The Warfield Lectures are named in honor of Annie Kinkead Warfield, wife of Dr. Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield who served as professor of theology at Princeton Theological Seminary from 1887 to 1921.

Virtual Open House: Learn More About the Center for Barth Studies
2022-03-24 14:00 - 15:00
You are invited to attend our virtual open house session to ask questions, learn more about Princeton Theological Seminary’s degree programs, and meet representatives from the Office of Admissions.
This week: Learn More About the Center for Barth Studies

The Center for Barth Studies (CBS) aims to be a globally connected research center that serves both the academy and the church worldwide by providing a space for Princeton Theological Seminary patrons, visiting scholars and students, pastors, and lay persons to engage with the work and legacy of Karl Barth both in person and online. CBS maintains and develops an exhaustive resource collection of works by and about Karl Barth, hosts annual conferences for scholars and pastors as well as a yearly translator’s seminar, facilitates reading groups, and assists with the research needs of all inquirers. CBS is also responsible for creating and ensuring the quality of the English language online version of the Church Dogmatics.
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Kait Dugan, managing director of the Center for Barth Studies, about Karl Barth, the Center for Barth Studies, and the role of the Center at Princeton Theological Seminary.

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Virtual Open House: You Can Afford Princeton Theological Seminary
2022-03-10 14:00 - 15:00
You are invited to attend our virtual open house session to ask questions, learn more about Princeton Theological Seminary’s degree programs, and meet representatives from the Office of Admissions.
This week: You Can Afford Princeton Theological Seminary

You are invited to this financial aid session, which will begin with an introduction from Mike Livio, director of Student Administrative Services, and then launch into a presentation to learn more about financial aid opportunities and ways you are able to afford Princeton Theological Seminary. Participants will also have an opportunity to ask any questions they may have near the conclusion.
We look forward to seeing you there!

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Admissions Masters Application Workshop (For Domestic Students)
2022-03-08 12:00 - 13:00
There is still time to submit your master’s application!
Join the Office of Admissions on March 8 at 12:00 p.m. ET for an hourlong application workshop.
At this live workshop, prospective students will receive helpful tips from the Office of Admissions on how to start and complete your application. Workshop attendees will learn how to succeed in the application process, gain a better idea of the application process, and learn what the Admissions committee is looking for in applicants. This one-hour workshop is designed for domestic students applying to master’s degree programs only.
Please note, financial aid is still available!

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An Evening with Dutch Music Treasures: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck and Jacob van Eyck
2022-03-04 19:30 - 20:30
This evening is a special Dutch music program offered by organist Mina Choi (MDiv, 2016) and recorder player John H. Burkhalter III. Together with an ensemble of Seminary Singers, they will introduce musical treasures from two of the best-known musicians of the Dutch Golden Age: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562 – 1621) and Jacob van Eyck (1590 – 1657). Sweelinck’s well-known organ variations were transcribed for the descant recorder by van Eyck. This concert will present both organ and recorder variations sharing the same tunes enabling listeners to compare and contrast the styles of performance practice, as well as a psalm motet for choir by Sweelinck. This event will also feature the recently installed Paul Fritts Op. 21 organ in the Scheide Hall of the Princeton Theological Seminary.
Space is limited and reservations are required. Please email chapel.office@ptsem.edu to make a reservation.

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Prathia Hall Lecture: Dr. Renita J. Weems
2022-03-03 19:00 - 20:00
Princeton Theological Seminary welcomes Dr. Renita J. Weems to deliver the Prathia Hall Lecture on March 3 at 7:00 p.m. Weems’ lecture is titled “Learning to Think Better Than We Have Been Trained: Black Women and the Academic Study of Religion.”
Those interested in attending this event may do so in person or watch via the livestream.
This lecture is presented by the Center for Theology, Women, and Gender.

Speaker

In addition to being a former professor at Vanderbilt Divinity School (1987-2004), Dr. Renita Weems has taught at Spelman College, Howard University Divinity School, and Memphis Theological Seminary. She grew up in Atlanta, Georgia where she attended Atlanta public schools.
Weems earned a PhD degree at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1989, making her the first African American woman to earn a doctorate in Old Testament Studies. Her dissertation was a trailblazing effort. Writing in an era when women doctoral students hesitated to take on “women’s issue” topics, and when most male faculty still felt uncertain, if not uncomfortable, advising such topics, Weems chose to study marriage imagery in the Hebrew prophets. Her work offered careful, challenging, and often painful insights into use of this metaphor; moving beyond traditional scholarship, which had all too easily looked only at the “love” side of the marriage metaphor. Weems was among the first to point to the violence associated with this biblical imagery, violence acceptable within the prophets’ cultural assumptions about marriage and all too often considered acceptable even in 20th-century America. Weems’ 1995 volume Battered Love: Marriage, Sex, and Violence in the Hebrew Prophets brought this important work to a wide audience, with powerful hermeneutical reflection on implications for contemporary understandings of God and of marriage. Just a Sister Away: A Womanist Vision of Women’s Relationships in the Bible, published in 1989 along with a host of other articles and books highlighting the questions and experiences that Black women bring when reading the Bible, has sealed her legacy as a trailblazer in the field of womanist biblical scholarship. Her seminal essay “Reading Her Way: African American Women and the Bible” appeared in the landmark book Stony the Road We Trod: African American Biblical Interpretation (1991). Her commentary on the book of Song of Songs in the New Interpreter’s Bible (1997) remains an important resource for understanding biblical notions of love, sex, and human sexuality.
Finally, Weems is a biblical scholar, a minister, and an author whose scholarly insights into modern faith, biblical texts, and the role of spirituality in everyday lives has made her a highly sought-after writer and speaker for more than four decades. She has numerous books, commentaries, and articles on the Bible and prophetic religion to her credit. She has written multiple articles and essays for academics, preachers, and lay audiences on topics of faith, prophetic religion, Christian ethics, biblical notions of justice, women’s spirituality, and the Bible and human sexuality. She is the first Black woman to deliver the Yale University Lyman Beecher Lecture (2008). Weems is featured in “Black Stars: African American Religious Leaders” (2008), a collection of biographies of some of the most important Black Religious Leaders over the last 200 hundred years, including such impressive figures as Adam Clayton Powell, Elijah Muhammad, Sojourner Truth, Howard Thurman, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Weems lives in Nashville with her family.

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Established in 2019, the Prathia Hall lectureship is named in honor of Dr. Prathia Wynn Hall. Hall earned three degrees from Princeton Seminary: a Master of Divinity in 1982, a Master of Theology in 1984, and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1997 in which she graduated magna cum laude. An activist in the Civil Rights Movement and a leader in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Hall was a womanist theologian, a social ethics professor, and one of the first women ordained in the American Baptist Association.

Why Princeton Seminary? A Conversation with Dr. David C. Chao
2022-03-01 18:00 - 19:00
You are invited to connect and converse with community members from Princeton Theological Seminary during the Office of Admissions’ “Why Princeton Seminary?” virtual conversations. Take part to learn more about why prospective students should consider attending Princeton Seminary.
This week: A Conversation with Dr. David C. Chao

Dr. David C. Chao is director of the Center for Asian American Christianity at Princeton Theological Seminary. He teaches courses on Asian American theology, organizes academic programming in Asian American theology and ministry, and mentors Asian and Asian American students. His research and writing focus on Asian American theology, the uses of Christian doctrine for liberation, and the convergence and divergence of Protestant and Catholic dogmatics. He has a wide range of pastoral experience with Chinese American, Korean American, and pan-Asian churches and ministries and is an active member of the Presbyterian Church (USA). The Center for Asian American Christianity advances research and scholarship pertaining to Asian American Christianity through its events and publications, offers innovative conferences on Asian American theology drawing upon leading practitioners and scholars from Asian American studies and Asian American theology on topics relevant to Asian American congregations, and equips and empowers the ministries of Asian American leaders and Asian American congregations.
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Chao as he shares his perspective and answers your questions about Princeton Theological Seminary, Asian American Christianity, and more.

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Virtual Open House: A Conversation with the Hispanic Theological Initiative
2022-02-24 14:00 - 15:00
You are invited to attend our virtual open house session to ask questions, learn more about Princeton Theological Seminary’s degree programs, and meet representatives from the Office of Admissions.
This week: A Conversation with the Hispanic Theological Initiative
The Hispanic Theological Initiative (HTI) exists to create and nurture a community of Latinx scholars to serve the academy and the church through the combined efforts of a consortium of member schools, including Princeton Theological Seminary. The intent of this project is to increase recruitment, retention, and graduation rates of Hispanic PhD students, leveraging institutional resources toward dissertation completion and the eventual doctorate that will result in a greater presence of Hispanic faculty and senior administrators in seminaries, schools of theology, and universities.
Join us for a conversation on February 24th with members from the Hispanic Theological Initiative and learn more about their initiatives and their work at Princeton Theological Seminary.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture: Dr. Dwight N. Hopkins
2022-02-17 19:00 - 20:00
Princeton Theological Seminary welcomes Dr. Dwight N. Hopkins to deliver the Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture on February 17 at 7:00 p.m. Hopkins’ lecture is titled “Faith and Wealth: Black Liberation Theology & Martin Luther King, Jr.”
Those interested in attending this event may do so in person or watch via the livestream.
This lecture is presented by the Association of Black Seminarians.

Speaker
Dwight N. Hopkins is the Alexander Campbell Professor at the University of Chicago. He teaches courses on Black liberation theology, the humanities and wealth, and global comparative cultures. He founded a 14-country network on Black religions and spiritualities. Focused on women’s advocacy and youth and student education, the network included Hawaii, Fiji, Australia, Japan, India, England, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Ghana, Cuba, Jamaica, Brazil, and the USA. He is currently working on three new classes: Black Liberation Theology: Hopkins versus Cone?; Theology and Black Wealth Ownership; and Black Liberation Theology & the Critics Who Oppose It.

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Vaccination and wearing face coverings while indoors are expected for all campus visitors and guests. Face coverings are required indoors for all people, regardless of vaccination status. Please note speakers may remove their masks while presenting. Additionally, campus visitors should be prepared to share their names, phone numbers, and email addresses at the event, should contract tracing be necessary.

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