Princeton Theological Seminary

Virtual Open House: A Conversation with the Institute for Youth Ministry
2020-12-10 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
You are invited to attend our virtual open house session to ask questions, learn more about Princeton Theological Seminary’s degree programs, and meet admissions representatives. Open house sessions are held on Thursdays. Register by clicking here to complete a simple registration form. When you submit your registration form, you will receive an email with instructions and a link to join the meeting. See you soon!
This open house session will include representatives from the Institute for Youth Ministry:

Abigail Visco Rusert, director
Megan DeWald, associate director
Carmelle Beaugelin, program coordinator for the Log College Project

Virtual Open House: A Conversation with the Association of Black Seminarians
2020-12-03 13:00 - 14:00
You are invited to attend our virtual open house session to ask questions, learn more about Princeton Theological Seminary’s degree programs, and meet admissions representatives. Open house sessions are held on Thursdays. Register by clicking here to complete a simple registration form. When you submit your registration form, you will receive an email with instructions and a link to join the meeting. See you soon!
This open house session will include representatives from the Association of Black Seminarians (ABS):

Jalen Baker, moderator of ABS, MDiv senior
Al Curley, ABS Men’s Fellowship co-chair, MDiv senior
Tamesha Mills, vice moderator of ABS, MDiv middler
Kamaria Byrd, treasurer of ABS, MDiv middler
Lenmarie Pascall, ABS Women’s Fellowship co-chair, MDiv first year

Virtual Open House: Tips on Applying for Second Career Students
2020-11-19 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 admissions representatives. Open house sessions are held on Thursdays. Register by clicking here to complete a simple registration form. When you submit your registration form, you will receive an email with instructions and a link to join the meeting. See you soon!

Theological Education in Prisons: The Incarceration Crisis and the Church
2020-11-19 15:00 - 16:15, 2020-11-18 15:00 - 16:15, 2020-11-17 15:00 - 16:15, 2020-11-16 15:00 - 16:15
Despite increasing public attention to our current mass incarceration crisis, roughly 2.3 million individuals are currently incarcerated in jails, prisons, and immigration detention centers in the United States. The call for the church to care for those in prison is clear, but discerning the best course of action to fulfill this call is challenging.
Using frameworks of reform or frameworks of abolition, many civic organizations, educational institutions, and religious congregations have pursued varied responses to the crisis. Churches and church members may work to raise awareness, get involved in political organizing, or volunteer to visit or correspond with those in prison. There is also a growing movement in the church and its institutions to offer theological education in prisons as a response to this crisis.
Originally planned as a one-day conference on the seminary campus, Theological Education in Prisons: The Incarceration Crisis and the Church, is now being offered as a series of four online webinars. Presenters were selected through a call for papers process. Together, we will seek to identify and learn from current approaches to theological education in prisons to strengthen the church’s ministry with and pursuit of justice for those in prison.

I. Doing Theology in Prison: Academic Theology as Liberation and Resistance
Monday, November 16, 3–4:15 p.m. ESTPresenter: Jennifer McBride
This presentation examines the role academic theology programs in jails and prisons may play in the work of resisting the carceral system. Certificate and degree programs in theological studies, often sponsored by seminaries and divinity schools, are part of a larger national movement that sees higher education in prison as a vital resource in the work of advocacy and resistance. The presentation will briefly examine the role Christian education has played historically and today to bolster the prison and, in contrast, will outline four characteristics of programs that are in the service of liberation. While doing so, the presentation will lift up the voices of incarcerated students, sharing the theological insights of women matriculating through an academic theology certificate program in Georgia, which served as a model for a similar program created at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago.

Jennifer McBride is associate dean and assistant professor at McCormick Theological Seminary. McBride previously held the Board of Regents Endowed Chair in Ethics at Wartburg College in Iowa and was a postdoctoral fellow in the Initiative in Religious Practices and Practical Theology at Emory University. At Emory, she served as program director for the Atlanta Theological Association’s Certificate in Theological Studies at Metro State Prison for Women (2009-2011). She founded a similar program through McCormick at Cook County Department of Corrections and serves as the academic representative of McCormick’s Solidarity Building Initiative. She is a graduate of University of Virginia (PhD) and author of Radical Discipleship: A Liturgical Politics of the Gospel (Fortress Press, 2017). Her most recent essays include “Bonhoeffer’s Critique of Morality: A Theological Resource for Dismantling Mass Incarceration” in Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Theology, and Political Resistance (2020). In addition to scholarly journals and anthologies, her work has appeared in popular publications like The Christian Century and CNN.com and has been featured in The New York Times.

II. A Model for Institutional Leadership as Servants of Solidarity: Liberative Carceral Education
Tuesday, November 17, 3–4:15 p.m. ESTPresenter: Jia Johnson
The research and praxis presented in this presentation seeks to answer the question: How might seminaries in the service of liberation theologies create programs of carceral education that intentionally mitigate the collateral consequences of incarceration? The presenter will offer a model for institutional leadership as servants of solidarity. This model is grounded in the notion that when seminary institutions in the service of liberatory theological education exercise their institutional agency and deploy their resources and networks beyond their academic institution, and directly serve marginalized communities, they create capacities to become institutions of solidarity-builders and justice-makers. Their institutional character embodies leadership as servants of solidarity.

Jia Johnson currently serves as program director for McCormick Theological Seminary’s Solidarity Building Initiative for Liberative Carceral Education at Cook County Jail. Integrating her corporate, entrepreneurial, and management skills with her commitment to public ministry and liberative pedagogy, Johnson serves as McCormick’s liaison and convener in co-creating learning communities and collaborations that tend to the whole of incarcerated learners and their communities. Johnson is a strategic consultant, collaborating with diverse populations, industries, and networks to identify creative solutions for justice-making and solidarity-building. She currently serves as a board member for Community Renewal Society.
Previously, she developed partnerships with formerly incarcerated entrepreneurs at Sunshine Enterprises and Pathway to Enterprise for Returning Citizens, and served as public ministry engagement coordinator for Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. She served on the board for Off the Pews: Faith in Action and later transitioned to become the summer program director. Johnson holds a Master of Arts in public ministry with a concentration in racial justice from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. Johnson became involved with McCormick’s program while pursuing her master’s degree. She chose McCormick’s Certificate in Theological Studies Program (the “Program”) at Cook County Department of Corrections (“CCDOC”) as her field site and co-taught the pilot course with Dr. Jenny McBride.

III. Where You Feel Like Yourself Again: Transformative Theological Education in Prison
Wednesday, November 18, 3–4:15 p.m. ESTPresenters: Elizabeth Bounds, Sarah Farmer, and Rachelle Renee Green
How does theological education in prison feel? Reflecting on the ten years of the Certificate in Theological Studies program at a women’s prison in Georgia, we explore the theological dimensions of the generative space experienced by both teachers and students. Each of us will use biblical stories as the lens through which to name ways theological education in prison challenges not only assumptions about “prisoners,” but also assumptions about the nature and purposes of theological work. Jesus’ action to raise both Lazarus and Jairus’ daughter from the dead points to the radical creativity and possibility within death-dealing spaces. Jesus’ healing of the blind man through spit is a lens to explore the new/renewed visions of student-teachers, who often start blinded by their own assumptions. Finally, the parable of the works in the vineyard points to the subversion of values, of students and teachers, in the creation of learning spaces where all matter. Ultimately, in sharing stories, we come to understand that theological education in prison is where students incarcerated can “feel like yourself again.”

Dr. Elizabeth M. Bounds is associate professor of Christian ethics at the Candler School of Theology, Emory University. The core of her work is focused on the complexity of moral and theological responses to violence and exclusion, whether in the U.S. prison system, ordinary congregational life, or post-conflict situations. Her current research studies theo-moral understandings of the good life among incarcerated women. She is co-founder/administrator of the Certificate in Theological Studies at the Arrendale State Prison for Women.

Sarah Farmer is assistant professor of practical theology and community development in the School of Theology and Ministry at Indiana Wesleyan University. As a practical theologian, she not only teaches community development courses, but also teaches in the areas faith formation, youth ministry, and transformative pedagogy.
Before coming to Indiana Wesleyan University in the Fall of 2018, Farmer served as an associate research scholar and lecturer at Yale Divinity School and helped direct the Adolescent Faith and Flourishing Program at Yale Center for Faith and Culture. Farmer received her MDiv and PhD from Emory University, where she taught as an adjunct faculty and co-directed a Certificate in Theological Studies Program at a Women’s Prison.
Farmer co-founded the Youth Arts and Peace Camp in Chester, Pennsylvania, and worked with the Youth Hope-Builders Academy at Interdenominational Theological Center. She is co-author with Anne E. Streaty Wimberly of Raising Hope: 4 Paths to Courageous Living for Black Youth, which explores the ways adults can become agents of hope in the lives of young people who might be in the midst of circumstances that seem hopeless.

Rachelle Renee Green is assistant professor of practical theology and education at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education. Her interdisciplinary scholarship brings together liberationist theologies, social ethics, and critical pedagogies to explore theologies and philosophies of education for populations on the margins of academic discourse. Her current research focuses on vocation, redemption, and the life-affirming purposes of theological education among incarcerated women.
Green is a former director of the Certificate in Theological Studies Program at Lee Arrendale Prison for Women in Georgia. She comes to theological scholarship after a career in business management and strategic marketing where she focused intently on the needs of women and families of color. Green is a licensed minster in the National Baptist Convention, USA. She is an alum of Emory University (PhD 2019) and Emory’s Candler School of Theology (MDiv 2014).

IV. Freeing the Imprisoned and Those Who Imprison Them
Thursday, November 19, 3–4:15 p.m. ESTPresenters: Andrew Skotnicki
The robust literature pointed toward the demonstrative failures of the criminal justice system by both secular and religious critics needs to be augmented by a metaethical component. The root problem, not unlike our political impasses, is that those on each side of the issue are speaking different languages. The ethical presuppositions of the major religions concerning an ontological orientation to care for creature and creation have been at best misinterpreted and at worst dismissed by a prevailing national discourse of binary divisions, none more destructive than that which separates the lawless from the lawful and the imprisoned from the free. Teaching theology in jail/prison is a small step in reorienting the incarcerated students, and those who oversee them, to expand the horizon of care to include everything and everyone. This goal is addressed by a pedagogical focus utilizing the concepts of conversion and prophecy.

Andrew Skotnicki teaches theological and criminological ethics at Manhattan College in New York City. He is the author of numerous articles on the theological and ethical implications of criminal justice. He has also written four books, the latest of which, Conversion and the Rehabilitation of the Penal System, has received the 2019 Aldersgate Prize that honors the book that best exemplifies Christian engagement with the social order. He is founder and director of the E3MC program (Engaging, Educating, Empowering Means Change), an educational partnership between Manhattan College and jails on Rikers Island and Westchester County.

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Electoral Aftermath: Can We Still Begin Again?
2020-11-16 16:30 - 17:45
A conversation with Professor Eddie S. Glaude Jr., author of Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own, moderated by Keri Day, associate professor of constructive theology and African American religion.

About the Speaker
Eddie S. Glaude Jr. is an intellectual who speaks to the complex dynamics of the American experience. His most well-known books, Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul, and In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America, take a wide look at Black communities, the difficulties of race in the United States, and the challenges our democracy faces. He is an American critic in the tradition of James Baldwin and Ralph Waldo Emerson. In his writings, the country’s complexities, vulnerabilities, and the opportunities for hope come into full view. Hope that is, in one of his favorite quotes from W.E.B Du Bois, “not hopeless, but a bit unhopeful.”
He is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor and chair of the Department of African American Studies, a program he first became involved with shaping as a doctoral candidate in religion, at Princeton University. He is the former president of the American Academy of Religion. His books on religion and philosophy include An Uncommon Faith: A Pragmatic Approach to the Study of African American Religion; African American Religion: A Very Short Introduction; and Exodus! Religion, Race, and Nation in Early 19th Century Black America, which was awarded the Modern Language Association’s William Sanders Scarborough Book Prize. Glaude is also the author of two edited volumes, and many influential articles about religion for academic journals. He has also written for the likes of The New York Times and Time Magazine.
Known to be a convener of conversations and debates, Glaude takes care to engage fellow citizens of all ages and backgrounds — from young activists, to fellow academics, journalists and commentators, and followers on Twitter in dialogue about the direction of the nation. His scholarship and his sense of himself as a public intellectual are driven by a commitment to think carefully with others in public.
Glaude’s most recent book, Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own, was released on June 30, 2020. Of Baldwin, Glaude writes, “Baldwin’s writing does not bear witness to the glory of America. It reveals the country’s sins, and the illusion of innocence that blinds us to the reality of others. Baldwin’s vision requires a confrontation with our history (with slavery, Jim Crow segregation, with whiteness) to overcome its hold on us. Not to posit the greatness of America, but to establish the ground upon which to imagine the country anew.”
Some like to describe Glaude as the quintessential Morehouse man, having left his home in Moss Point, Mississippi at age 16 to begin studies at the HBCU. He holds a master’s degree in African American studies from Temple University, and a PhD in religion from Princeton University. He began his teaching career at Bowdoin College. In 2011 he delivered Harvard’s Du Bois lectures. In 2015 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Colgate University, delivering commencement remarks titled “Turning Our Backs,” which was recognized by The New York Times as one of the best commencement speeches of the year. He is a columnist for Time Magazine and a MSNBC contributor on programs like Morning Joe, and Deadline Whitehouse with Nicolle Wallace. He also regularly appears on Meet the Press on Sundays. Glaude hosts the podcast AAS 21, recorded at Princeton University in Stanhope Hall, the African American Studies department’s home.

About the Moderator
Keri Day is associate professor of constructive theology and African American religion at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, NJ. Day earned her PhD in religion from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. She earned an MA in religion and ethics from Yale University Divinity School in New Haven, Connecticut, and a Bachelor of Science from Tennessee State University in Nashville. Her teaching and research interests are in womanist/feminist theologies, social critical theory, cultural studies, economics, and Afro-Pentecostalism. Her first academic book, Unfinished Business: Black Women, The Black Church, and the Struggle to Thrive in America, was published in November of 2012. Her second book, Religious Resistance to Neoliberalism: Womanist and Black Feminist Perspectives, was published in December of 2015. In 2017, she was recognized by ABC News as one of six black women at the center of gravity in theological education in America.

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What’s Next? Ministry Hacks for a Post-Election Church
2020-11-12 19:00 - 20:30
Overview
A hyper-polarized electorate just made the strenuous task of leading Christian communities in 2020 harder. Adapting worship and other programs to a COVID-19 context would have been enough. Then came a national referendum on race. And now we’re not talking to one another across Red-Blue lines. Want help with that? As the ballots are counted and limbo gives way to a fifty-fifty split between the joyful and the jilted, join Rev. Dr. Allen Hilton, the founder and leader of the House United Movement (and an alum of Princeton Seminary, class of ’89) for a webinar that offers practical approaches to preaching, praying, and pastoring in the aftermath.

About the Instructor
Allen Hilton, MDiv ’89, is a speaker, teacher, writer, and leader who brings people together across lines of political and racial difference for the common good. He is the founder and executive director of House United, flying or Zooming 35 weeks per year to help divided communities around the nation collaborate and build community. His book, House United: How the Church Can Save the World (Fortress, 2018), describes American political polarization and calls Christians to help solve it. After earning an MDiv at Princeton Theological Seminary (Class of 1989) and a PhD in New Testament at Yale, Allen began his vocation as a professor, serving on the Bible faculties of St. Mary’s College of CA and the Yale Divinity School; he then joined the pastoral teams of large churches in Connecticut, Washington, Minnesota, and Arizona. He lives now in Austin, Texas, with his beloved wife, Liz, and their teen sons, Sam and Isaac.

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Thursday, November 12 at 7 p.m. EST on Zoom

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Virtual Open House: Wait, You Want to Major in What?
2020-11-12 13:00 - 14:00
Join us today and hear from current students who will speak about their journey to seminary without holding an undergraduate degree or taking courses in Theology or Religious Studies. Register by clicking here to complete a simple registration form. When you submit your registration form, you will receive an email with instructions and a link to join the meeting. See you soon!

Virtual Open House: Women in Ministry: A Conversation with Alumnae
2020-11-05 13:00 - 14:00

A Political Conversation
2020-11-02 19:00 - 20:30
Join the Center for Black Church Studies (BCS) as we discuss the 2020 election and sociopolitical issues that are crucial to the Black church, including racism, voting rights, poverty, education, and public health. BCS Interim Director Kermit Moss will moderate the discussion.

The Rev. Dr. Earle Fisher serves as senior pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee. He is a community organizer; co-organized the Memphis Grassroots Organizations Coalition; and is spearheading initiatives in criminal justice reform, media accountability, the removal of confederate monuments, and voter empowerment. Through this justice work, Fisher formed #UPTheVote901 to give more political power to more people and increase voter turnout. Fisher is the 2019-2020 Henry Logan Starks Fellow at Memphis Theological Seminary and the 2020 Political Science Research Fellow at the University of Memphis teaching and studying political theology and radical Black politics. Most of Fisher’s work focuses on the African American religious rhetoric, contemporary rhetorical theory, Black liberation theology, and the prophetic persona of Albert Cleage, Jr. Fisher holds a BS from LeMoyne Owen College, an MDiv from Memphis Theological Seminary, and a PhD from the University of Memphis. He is ordained in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and Missionary Baptist denominations.

Dr. Terrence L. Johnson is an associate professor of religion and politics in the Department of Government at Georgetown University. He is also a senior research fellow at the Berkley Center, an affiliate member of the Department of African American Studies, and serves on the executive committee of the Center for Jewish Civilization at Georgetown University. Johnson’s research interests include African American political thought, ethics, American religions, and the role of religion in public life. He is the author of Tragic Soul-Life: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Moral Crisis Facing American Democracy (2012) and serves as co-editor of the Duke University Press Series Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People. Johnson is completing a manuscript titled We Testify with Our Lives: Black Power and the Ethical Turn in Politics, which explores the decline of Afro-Christianity in the post-civil rights era and efforts among African-American leftists to imagine ethics and human rights activism as necessary extensions of political liberalism, pragmatism, and liberal public philosophies. Johnson holds a BA from Morehouse College, an MDiv from Harvard Divinity School, and a PhD from Brown University.

The Reverend Dr. Regena Thomas is the director of the Human Rights and Community Relations Department of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). In addition, she serves as the Executive Minister at Grant Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Trenton, New Jersey. Prior to the position with AFT she was the director of community engagement and constituency at the Democratic National Committee. Thomas served as Secretary of State for the State of New Jersey from 2002 through 2006, appointed by Gov. James McGreevey. Prior to her appointment as Secretary of State, Thomas was considered a leading political consultant for the Democratic National Committee, Democratic Governors’ Association, and the Democratic Senatorial Committee specializing in African American turnout. She has worked for District of Columbia mayors Marion Barry and Sharon Pratt Kelly both in government and their political campaigns. She accepted her call to ministry and was ordained in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She earned her MDiv from New Brunswick Theological Seminary and her DMin with a specialty in urban ministry from Wesley Theological Seminary.

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The 2020 Herencia Webinars - Part 3
2020-10-29 18:00 - 2020-11-02 18:00
Forjando un camino hacia adelante — Resiliencia en medio de las Pandemias
Forging a Path Forward — Resilience Amid the Pandemics
El impacto de las pandemias del 2020 (COVID-19, el racismo y una economía que se desmorona) está repercutiendo en los vecindarios y congregaciones de todo el país y el mundo. Los líderes religiosos buscan ministrar sin las prácticas habituales de reunirse para adorar, servir a la comunidad y brindar atención pastoral. Estas pandemias globales están provocando muchas injusticias y circunstancias que justifican el llamado de la iglesia a ser fiel a su misión. Las Conferencias Herencia, en línea virtual en el 2020, explorarán el impacto continuo de estas pandemias en la Iglesia local y global y ofrecerán una visión para desarrollar un camino creativo hacia adelante, influenciado por la revelación de Dios de “hacer algo nuevo” –Isaías 43:19.
The impact of the pandemics of 2020 — COVID-19, racism, and a crumbling economy — is reverberating through neighborhoods and congregations across the country and the globe. Faith leaders seek to minister without the customary practices of gathering for worship, community service, and providing pastoral care. These global pandemics are bringing to bear many injustices and circumstances that warrant the church’s call to be faithful to its mission. The Herencia Lectures, online in 2020, will explore the ongoing impact of these pandemics on the local and global church and offer a vision for developing a creative way forward, influenced by God’s revelation of “doing a new thing” –Isaiah 43:19.

Descripción | Description
PART 1: Jueves 22 de Octubre | Thursday, October 226:00–7:30 p.m. EDTPresenter: Damaris D. Whittaker
La vida en el desierto: Iglesia, pandemia, racismo y opresión internalizada.Vivimos en el desierto, y es en el desierto que los hijos de Dios claman desde los márgenes de la opresión. Estos tiempos sin precedentes nos han llevado a una realidad que nunca imaginamos. La pandemia COVID-19, los asesinatos de personas negras y morenas por parte de la policía, la esterilización involuntaria de mujeres inmigrantes por parte de ICE y los cambios institucionales son solo algunos de los desafíos que enfrentamos. Como clero, estamos en primera línea. ¿Cómo lideramos en este momento? ¿Cuál es nuestro mensaje durante estos tiempos difíciles? Nos reuniremos para examinar y reflexionar sobre este momento en el ministerio y lo que significa ser “la voz del que clama en el desierto”.
Life in the Wilderness: Church, Pandemic, Racism, and Internalized OppressionWe are living in the wilderness, and, in the wilderness, God’s children are crying out from the margins of oppression. These unprecedented times have thrust us into a reality we never imagined. The COVID-19 pandemic, the murders of Black and Brown people by police, the involuntary sterilization of immigrant women by ICE, and institutional changes are just a few of the challenges we are facing. As clergy, we are in the front lines. How are we leading at this moment? What is our message during these troubling times? We will gather to examine this moment in ministry, and consider what it means to be “the voice of one crying in the wilderness.”
PART 2: Martes 27 de Octubre | Tuesday, October 276:00–7:30 p.m. EDTPresenter: Victor Aloyo
Identificación y Navegación de Vulnerabilidades DuraderasNuestras experiencias durante estos momentos con la familia, los feligreses, los residentes de la comunidad y tantos en nuestro mundo del ministerio pueden ser bastante desafiantes. Quizás se pregunte si su llamado actual está bajo asedio. Como servidores/as, buscamos ser fuertes y solidarios sin tener en cuenta nuestras preguntas y vulnerabilidades. Nos reuniremos en pequeños grupos para expresar nuestros temores, compartir nuestras alegrías y experimentar la profundidad de nuestra humanidad y espiritualidad.Aviso: En esta sesión, los participantes se dividirán en pequeños grupos.
Identifying and Navigating Enduring VulnerabilitiesOur experiences during these moments with family, parishioners, community residents, and so many in our world of ministry can be quite challenging. Perhaps you wonder if your present call is under siege. As servants, we seek to be strong and supportive without taking into consideration our questions and vulnerabilities. We will gather in small groups to claim our fears, share our joys, and experience the depth of both our humanity and spirituality.Notice: In this session, participants will break out into small groups.
PART 3: Jueves 29 de Octubre | Thursday, October 29 PostponedNew Date: Monday, November 26:00–7:30 p.m. EDTPresenter: Raimundo Barreto
La pandemia del COVID-19 como amplificador de la injusticia estructural: una reflexión del estado brasileño con lecciones para el resto de nosotros.Inspirada por las declaraciones del cardenal Czerny al comparar el COVID-19 con una lupa, esta conferencia reflexiona sobre el trágico impacto de la pandemia en Brasil, cuestionando las estructuras racializadas de la sociedad brasileña y el papel de la religión en la devastación causada por la pandemia, particularmente entre las poblaciones más vulnerables. Si bien destaca el papel de la religión en la construcción de las injusticias estructurales amplificadas por la pandemia, esta conferencia también destaca las respuestas religiosas relevantes que han ayudado a construir resiliencia y resistencia en medio del sufrimiento causado por la crisis actual.
The COVID-19 Pandemic as an Amplifier of Structural Injustice: a Reflection on the Brazilian Case with Lessons for the Rest of UsInspired by Cardinal Czerny’s remarks comparing COVID-19 to a magnifying glass, this lecture reflects on the tragic impact of the pandemic in Brazil, interrogating the racialized structures of the Brazilian society and the role of religion in the devastation caused by the pandemic, particularly among the most vulnerable populations. While highlighting the role of religion in the construction of the structural injustices amplified by the pandemic, this lecture also underscores relevant religious responses which have helped build resilience and resistance amid the suffering caused by the current crisis.

Presentadores | Presenters

Damaris D. Whittaker es una ministra de la Iglesia de Cristo Unida (UCC) y una teóloga pública profundamente apasionada por la justicia social. Aunque creció en la tradición Pentecostal, su viaje personal de fe ha sido diverso. Se graduó en el Seminario Teológico de Nueva York (D.Min.) y tiene experiencia en el manejo de las finanzas del ministerio, el aumento de la administración y la asesoría y orientación al personal de la iglesia. Ella tiene un estilo de predicación dirigido por el espíritu y dirige servicios de adoración que reflejan la diversidad cultural de sus congregaciones. Predica en inglés y español.
Damaris D. Whittaker is a United Church of Christ (UCC) minister and a public theologian deeply passionate about social justice. Although raised in the Pentecostal tradition, her personal faith journey has been diverse. A graduate of New York Theological Seminary (DMin), she is experienced in managing ministry finances, increasing stewardship, and providing mentorship and guidance to church staff. She has a spirit-led style of preaching and leads worship services that are reflective of the cultural diversity of her congregations. She preaches in English and Spanish.

Victor Aloyo, Jr. es el Decano Asociado de Diversidad Institucional y Participación Comunitaria en el Seminario Teológico de Princeton y pastor principal de La Iglesia Presbiteriana Nuevas Fronteras. Aloyo obtuvo títulos del Colegio of Nuevo Rochelle (BA), el Seminario Teológico de Princeton (MDiv) y la Universidad de Pennsylvania (EdD). Su trabajo doctoral se centró en navegar la diversidad y la inclusión en un marco de justicia social. Con más de 30 años de participación comunitaria, relaciones multiculturales y liderazgo congregacional en Nueva Jersey y Nueva York, Aloyo tiene el dedo en el pulso de los problemas predominantes de muchas culturas en la actualidad.
Victor Aloyo, Jr. is the associate dean of institutional diversity and community engagement at Princeton Theological Seminary and head pastor of La Iglesia Presbiteriana Nuevas Fronteras. Aloyo holds degrees from the College of New Rochelle (BA), Princeton Theological Seminary (MDiv), and the University of Pennsylvania (EdD). His doctoral work focused on navigating diversity and inclusion within a framework of social justice. With more than 30 years of community engagement, multicultural relations, and congregational leadership in New Jersey and New York, Aloyo has his finger on the pulse of the prevailing issues of many cultures today.

Raimundo César Barreto Jr. es profesor asistente de cristianismo mundial en el Seminario Teológico de Princeton. Ministro bautista ordenado, tiene un doctorado del Seminario Teológico de Princeton y títulos del Seminario Teológico Bautista del Norte en Brasil y la Escuela de Teología McAfee / Mercer University. Antes de unirse a la facultad de PTS, enseñó en el Northeastern Baptist Seminary y en la Faculdade Batista Brasileira en su país de origen, y también se desempeñó como director de la División de Libertad y Justicia de la Baptist World Alliance (BWA). Sigue involucrado en el trabajo ecuménico e interreligioso en relación con los organismos eclesiásticos denominacionales y ecuménicos, incluidas las Iglesias Bautistas Americanas de EE. UU., La Alianza Mundial Bautista y el Consejo Nacional de Iglesias de EE. UU. Su docencia e investigación abarcan diferentes disciplinas, que incluyen el cristianismo mundial, las teologías de la liberación y poscolonial / decolonial, las religiones latinoamericanas y latinas y las relaciones interculturales e interreligiosas.
Raimundo César Barreto Jr. is assistant professor of world Christianity at Princeton Theological Seminary. An ordained Baptist minister, he holds a PhD from Princeton Theological Seminary, and degrees from the Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in Brazil and McAfee School of Theology/Mercer University. Before joining the Princeton Seminary faculty, he taught at the Northeastern Baptist Seminary and at Faculdade Batista Brasileira in his home country, having also served as director of the Freedom and Justice Division of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA). He remains involved in ecumenical and interfaith work in connection with denominational and ecumenical ecclesiastical bodies, including the American Baptist Churches USA, the Baptist World Alliance, and the National Council of Churches USA. His teaching and research span different disciplines, which include world Christianity, liberation and postcolonial/decolonial theologies, Latin American and Latino/a Religions, and intercultural and interfaith relations.

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Virtual Open House: International Students - Tips on Applying
2020-10-29 10:00 - 11:00

The Healing Project
2020-10-28 19:00 - 20:00
2020 is a year filled with anxiety, grief, and tragedy. We are simultaneously dealing with a historic global pandemic; racial reckoning; political upheaval; and our own personal worries, losses, and stresses. But as people of faith, we live with hope. Please join the Center for Black Church Studies for a seminar to help our community with tools for working through these uncertain times. This workshop will have a self-care skill-building component and also small group time to share testimonies and to pray. Rev. Maureen Gerald, MDiv ’06, and Rev. Rashad Grove, MDiv ’19, will lead us in moments of sharing and testimony and help us direct our minds to optimism and healing.

Rev. Gerald has been highly academically and professionally trained at the College of St. Elizabeth, Columbia University, and Princeton Theological Seminary. She is a credentialed counselor, coach, and spiritual director with more than 20 years of experience in the mental health field. Gerald is the Founder and CEO of Momentum Counseling, Coaching, & Consulting LLC, a successful private practice located in Princeton, New Jersey, providing holistic mental, emotional, and spiritual wellness. Her community of clients includes adults, adolescents, members of the LGBTQ community, married couples, and families, and she specializes in issues of anxiety, anger, PTSD, defiant behaviors, women’s issues, sexual identity, depression, and complicated grief.

Rev. Grove is the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Wayne and is a sixth-generation Baptist minister. He is a graduate of the State University of New York at Empire State College and Princeton Theological Seminary. He received a Certificate in Black Church Studies and a Certificate Women, Theology, and Gender. While at Princeton Seminary, he received the prestigious The Matthew Anderson, Jonathan C. Gibbs, John B. Reeve Award by the faculty of the Department of History and Ecumenics. As a public theologian, Rev. Grove’s work has been featured in numerous publications. In his work as a TV, film, and music journalist, he has appeared on BET, Billboard, MTV News, The History Channel, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Hip-Hop Collective at Harvard University, and many others. He has served on the board of directors of the Philadelphia Baptist Association, the oldest Baptist association in the country.

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The 2020 Herencia Webinars - Part 2
2020-10-27 18:00 - 19:30
Forjando un camino hacia adelante – Tenacidad en medio de las PandemiasForging a Path Forward – Resilience Amid the Pandemics
El impacto de las pandemias del 2020 (COVID-19, el racismo y una economía que se desmorona) está repercutiendo en los vecindarios y congregaciones de todo el país y el mundo. Los líderes religiosos buscan ministrar sin las prácticas habituales de reunirse para adorar, servir a la comunidad y brindar atención pastoral. Estas pandemias globales están provocando muchas injusticias y circunstancias que justifican el llamado de la iglesia a ser fiel a su misión. Las Conferencias Herencia, en línea virtual en el 2020, explorarán el impacto continuo de estas pandemias en la Iglesia local y global y ofrecerán una visión para desarrollar un camino creativo hacia adelante, influenciado por la revelación de Dios de “hacer algo nuevo” –Isaías 43:19.
The impact of the pandemics of 2020 — COVID-19, racism, and a crumbling economy — is reverberating through neighborhoods and congregations across the country and the globe. Faith leaders seek to minister without the customary practices of gathering for worship, community service, and providing pastoral care. These global pandemics are bringing to bear many injustices and circumstances that warrant the church’s call to be faithful to its mission. The Herencia Lectures, online in 2020, will explore the ongoing impact of these pandemics on the local and global church and offer a vision for developing a creative way forward, influenced by God’s revelation of “doing a new thing” –Isaiah 43:19.

Descripción | Description
PART 1: Jueves 22 de Octubre | Thursday, October 226:00–7:30 p.m. EDTPresenter: Damaris D. Whittaker
La vida en el desierto: Iglesia, pandemia, racismo y opresión internalizadaVivimos en el desierto, y es en el desierto que los hijos de Dios claman desde los márgenes de la opresión. Estos tiempos sin precedentes nos han llevado a una realidad que nunca imaginamos. La pandemia COVID-19, los asesinatos de personas negras y morenas por parte de la policía, la esterilización involuntaria de mujeres inmigrantes por parte de ICE y los cambios institucionales son solo algunos de los desafíos que enfrentamos. Como clero, estamos en primera línea. ¿Cómo lideramos en este momento? ¿Cuál es nuestro mensaje durante estos tiempos difíciles? Nos reuniremos para examinar y reflexionar sobre este momento en el ministerio y lo que significa ser “la voz del que clama en el desierto.”
Life in the Wilderness: Church, Pandemic, Racism, and Internalized OppressionWe are living in the wilderness, and, in the wilderness, God’s children are crying out from the margins of oppression. These unprecedented times have thrust us into a reality we never imagined. The COVID-19 pandemic, the murders of Black and Brown people by police, the involuntary sterilization of immigrant women by ICE, and institutional changes are just a few of the challenges we are facing. As clergy, we are in the front lines. How are we leading at this moment? What is our message during these troubling times? We will gather to examine this moment in ministry, and consider what it means to be “the voice of one crying in the wilderness.”
PART 2: Martes 27 de Octubre | Tuesday, October 276:00–7:30 p.m. EDTPresenter: Victor Aloyo
Identificación y Navegación de Vulnerabilidades DuraderasNuestras experiencias durante estos momentos con la familia, los feligreses, los residentes de la comunidad y tantos en nuestro mundo del ministerio pueden ser bastante desafiantes. Quizás se pregunte si su llamado actual está bajo asedio. Como servidores/as, buscamos ser fuertes y solidarios sin tener en cuenta nuestras preguntas y vulnerabilidades. Nos reuniremos en pequeños grupos para expresar nuestros temores, compartir nuestras alegrías y experimentar la profundidad de nuestra humanidad y espiritualidad.Aviso: En esta sesión, los participantes se dividirán en pequeños grupos.
Identifying and Navigating Enduring VulnerabilitiesOur experiences during these moments with family, parishioners, community residents, and so many in our world of ministry can be quite challenging. Perhaps you wonder if your present call is under siege. As servants, we seek to be strong and supportive without taking into consideration our questions and vulnerabilities. We will gather in small groups to claim our fears, share our joys, and experience the depth of both our humanity and spirituality.Notice: In this session, participants will break out into small groups.
PART 3: Jueves 29 de Octubre | Thursday, October 296:00–7:30 p.m. EDTPresenter: Raimundo Barreto
La pandemia del COVID-19 como amplificador de la injusticia estructural: una reflexión del estado brasileño con lecciones para el resto de nosotrosInspirada por las declaraciones del cardenal Czerny al comparar el COVID-19 con una lupa, esta conferencia reflexiona sobre el trágico impacto de la pandemia en Brasil, cuestionando las estructuras racializadas de la sociedad brasileña y el papel de la religión en la devastación causada por la pandemia, particularmente entre las poblaciones más vulnerables. Si bien destaca el papel de la religión en la construcción de las injusticias estructurales amplificadas por la pandemia, esta conferencia también destaca las respuestas religiosas relevantes que han ayudado a construir resiliencia y resistencia en medio del sufrimiento causado por la crisis actual.
The COVID-19 Pandemic as an Amplifier of Structural Injustice: a Reflection on the Brazilian Case with Lessons for the Rest of UsInspired by Cardinal Czerny’s remarks comparing COVID-19 to a magnifying glass, this lecture reflects on the tragic impact of the pandemic in Brazil, interrogating the racialized structures of the Brazilian society and the role of religion in the devastation caused by the pandemic, particularly among the most vulnerable populations. While highlighting the role of religion in the construction of the structural injustices amplified by the pandemic, this lecture also underscores relevant religious responses which have helped build resilience and resistance amid the suffering caused by the current crisis.

Presentadores | Presenters

Damaris D. Whittaker es una ministra de la Iglesia de Cristo Unida (UCC) y una teóloga pública profundamente apasionada por la justicia social. Aunque creció en la tradición Pentecostal, su viaje personal de fe ha sido diverso. Se graduó en el Seminario Teológico de Nueva York (D.Min.) y tiene experiencia en el manejo de las finanzas del ministerio, el aumento de la administración y la asesoría y orientación al personal de la iglesia. Ella tiene un estilo de predicación dirigido por el espíritu y dirige servicios de adoración que reflejan la diversidad cultural de sus congregaciones. Predica en inglés y español.
Damaris D. Whittaker is a United Church of Christ (UCC) minister and a public theologian deeply passionate about social justice. Although raised in the Pentecostal tradition, her personal faith journey has been diverse. A graduate of New York Theological Seminary (DMin), she is experienced in managing ministry finances, increasing stewardship, and providing mentorship and guidance to church staff. She has a spirit-led style of preaching and leads worship services that are reflective of the cultural diversity of her congregations. She preaches in English and Spanish.

Victor Aloyo, Jr. es el Decano Asociado de Diversidad Institucional y Participación Comunitaria en el Seminario Teológico de Princeton y pastor principal de La Iglesia Presbiteriana Nuevas Fronteras. Aloyo obtuvo títulos del Colegio of Nuevo Rochelle (BA), el Seminario Teológico de Princeton (MDiv) y la Universidad de Pennsylvania (EdD). Su trabajo doctoral se centró en navegar la diversidad y la inclusión en un marco de justicia social. Con más de 30 años de participación comunitaria, relaciones multiculturales y liderazgo congregacional en Nueva Jersey y Nueva York, Aloyo tiene el dedo en el pulso de los problemas predominantes de muchas culturas en la actualidad.
Victor Aloyo, Jr. is the associate dean of institutional diversity and community engagement at Princeton Theological Seminary and head pastor of La Iglesia Presbiteriana Nuevas Fronteras. Aloyo holds degrees from the College of New Rochelle (BA), Princeton Theological Seminary (MDiv), and the University of Pennsylvania (EdD). His doctoral work focused on navigating diversity and inclusion within a framework of social justice. With more than 30 years of community engagement, multicultural relations, and congregational leadership in New Jersey and New York, Aloyo has his finger on the pulse of the prevailing issues of many cultures today.

Raimundo César Barreto Jr. es profesor asistente de cristianismo mundial en el Seminario Teológico de Princeton. Ministro bautista ordenado, tiene un doctorado del Seminario Teológico de Princeton y títulos del Seminario Teológico Bautista del Norte en Brasil y la Escuela de Teología McAfee / Mercer University. Antes de unirse a la facultad de PTS, enseñó en el Northeastern Baptist Seminary y en la Faculdade Batista Brasileira en su país de origen, y también se desempeñó como director de la División de Libertad y Justicia de la Baptist World Alliance (BWA). Sigue involucrado en el trabajo ecuménico e interreligioso en relación con los organismos eclesiásticos denominacionales y ecuménicos, incluidas las Iglesias Bautistas Americanas de EE. UU., La Alianza Mundial Bautista y el Consejo Nacional de Iglesias de EE. UU. Su docencia e investigación abarcan diferentes disciplinas, que incluyen el cristianismo mundial, las teologías de la liberación y poscolonial / decolonial, las religiones latinoamericanas y latinas y las relaciones interculturales e interreligiosas.
Raimundo César Barreto Jr. is assistant professor of world Christianity at Princeton Theological Seminary. An ordained Baptist minister, he holds a PhD from Princeton Theological Seminary, and degrees from the Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in Brazil and McAfee School of Theology/Mercer University. Before joining the Princeton Seminary faculty, he taught at the Northeastern Baptist Seminary and at Faculdade Batista Brasileira in his home country, having also served as director of the Freedom and Justice Division of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA). He remains involved in ecumenical and interfaith work in connection with denominational and ecumenical ecclesiastical bodies, including the American Baptist Churches USA, the Baptist World Alliance, and the National Council of Churches USA. His teaching and research span different disciplines, which include world Christianity, liberation and postcolonial/decolonial theologies, Latin American and Latino/a Religions, and intercultural and interfaith relations.

Costo y Registro | Cost and Registration
No hay ningún costo para participar, pero es necesario registrarse.La inscripción cierra a las 2:00 p.m. el día de cada seminario web.
There is no cost to participate but registration is required.Registration closes at 2:00 p.m. on the day of each webinar.
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The 2020 Herencia Webinars - Part 1
2020-10-22 18:00 - 19:30
Forjando un camino hacia adelante — Resiliencia en medio de las PandemiasForging a Path Forward — Resilience Amid the Pandemics
El impacto de las pandemias del 2020 (COVID-19, el racismo y una economía que se desmorona) está repercutiendo en los vecindarios y congregaciones de todo el país y el mundo. Los líderes religiosos buscan ministrar sin las prácticas habituales de reunirse para adorar, servir a la comunidad y brindar atención pastoral. Estas pandemias globales están provocando muchas injusticias y circunstancias que justifican el llamado de la iglesia a ser fiel a su misión. Las Conferencias Herencia, en línea virtual en el 2020, explorarán el impacto continuo de estas pandemias en la Iglesia local y global y ofrecerán una visión para desarrollar un camino creativo hacia adelante, influenciado por la revelación de Dios de “hacer algo nuevo” –Isaías 43:19.
The impact of the pandemics of 2020 — COVID-19, racism, and a crumbling economy — is reverberating through neighborhoods and congregations across the country and the globe. Faith leaders seek to minister without the customary practices of gathering for worship, community service, and providing pastoral care. These global pandemics are bringing to bear many injustices and circumstances that warrant the church’s call to be faithful to its mission. The Herencia Lectures, online in 2020, will explore the ongoing impact of these pandemics on the local and global church and offer a vision for developing a creative way forward, influenced by God’s revelation of “doing a new thing” –Isaiah 43:19.

Descripción | Description
PART 1: Jueves 22 de Octubre | Thursday, October 226:00–7:30 p.m. EDTPresenter: Damaris D. Whittaker
La vida en el desierto: Iglesia, pandemia, racismo y opresión internalizada.Vivimos en el desierto, y es en el desierto que los hijos de Dios claman desde los márgenes de la opresión. Estos tiempos sin precedentes nos han llevado a una realidad que nunca imaginamos. La pandemia COVID-19, los asesinatos de personas negras y morenas por parte de la policía, la esterilización involuntaria de mujeres inmigrantes por parte de ICE y los cambios institucionales son solo algunos de los desafíos que enfrentamos. Como clero, estamos en primera línea. ¿Cómo lideramos en este momento? ¿Cuál es nuestro mensaje durante estos tiempos difíciles? Nos reuniremos para examinar y reflexionar sobre este momento en el ministerio y lo que significa ser “la voz del que clama en el desierto”.
Life in the Wilderness: Church, Pandemic, Racism, and Internalized OppressionWe are living in the wilderness, and, in the wilderness, God’s children are crying out from the margins of oppression. These unprecedented times have thrust us into a reality we never imagined. The COVID-19 pandemic, the murders of Black and Brown people by police, the involuntary sterilization of immigrant women by ICE, and institutional changes are just a few of the challenges we are facing. As clergy, we are in the front lines. How are we leading at this moment? What is our message during these troubling times? We will gather to examine this moment in ministry, and consider what it means to be “the voice of one crying in the wilderness.”
PART 2: Martes 27 de Octubre | Tuesday, October 276:00–7:30 p.m. EDTPresenter: Victor Aloyo
Identificación y Navegación de Vulnerabilidades DuraderasNuestras experiencias durante estos momentos con la familia, los feligreses, los residentes de la comunidad y tantos en nuestro mundo del ministerio pueden ser bastante desafiantes. Quizás se pregunte si su llamado actual está bajo asedio. Como servidores/as, buscamos ser fuertes y solidarios sin tener en cuenta nuestras preguntas y vulnerabilidades. Nos reuniremos en pequeños grupos para expresar nuestros temores, compartir nuestras alegrías y experimentar la profundidad de nuestra humanidad y espiritualidad.Aviso: En esta sesión, los participantes se dividirán en pequeños grupos.
Identifying and Navigating Enduring VulnerabilitiesOur experiences during these moments with family, parishioners, community residents, and so many in our world of ministry can be quite challenging. Perhaps you wonder if your present call is under siege. As servants, we seek to be strong and supportive without taking into consideration our questions and vulnerabilities. We will gather in small groups to claim our fears, share our joys, and experience the depth of both our humanity and spirituality.Notice: In this session, participants will break out into small groups.
PART 3: Jueves 29 de Octubre | Thursday, October 296:00–7:30 p.m. EDTPresenter: Raimundo Barreto
La pandemia del COVID-19 como amplificador de la injusticia estructural: una reflexión del estado brasileño con lecciones para el resto de nosotros.Inspirada por las declaraciones del cardenal Czerny al comparar el COVID-19 con una lupa, esta conferencia reflexiona sobre el trágico impacto de la pandemia en Brasil, cuestionando las estructuras racializadas de la sociedad brasileña y el papel de la religión en la devastación causada por la pandemia, particularmente entre las poblaciones más vulnerables. Si bien destaca el papel de la religión en la construcción de las injusticias estructurales amplificadas por la pandemia, esta conferencia también destaca las respuestas religiosas relevantes que han ayudado a construir resiliencia y resistencia en medio del sufrimiento causado por la crisis actual.
The COVID-19 Pandemic as an Amplifier of Structural Injustice: a Reflection on the Brazilian Case with Lessons for the Rest of UsInspired by Cardinal Czerny’s remarks comparing COVID-19 to a magnifying glass, this lecture reflects on the tragic impact of the pandemic in Brazil, interrogating the racialized structures of the Brazilian society and the role of religion in the devastation caused by the pandemic, particularly among the most vulnerable populations. While highlighting the role of religion in the construction of the structural injustices amplified by the pandemic, this lecture also underscores relevant religious responses which have helped build resilience and resistance amid the suffering caused by the current crisis.

Presentadores | Presenters

Damaris D. Whittaker es una ministra de la Iglesia de Cristo Unida (UCC) y una teóloga pública profundamente apasionada por la justicia social. Aunque creció en la tradición Pentecostal, su viaje personal de fe ha sido diverso. Se graduó en el Seminario Teológico de Nueva York (D.Min.) y tiene experiencia en el manejo de las finanzas del ministerio, el aumento de la administración y la asesoría y orientación al personal de la iglesia. Ella tiene un estilo de predicación dirigido por el espíritu y dirige servicios de adoración que reflejan la diversidad cultural de sus congregaciones. Predica en inglés y español.
Damaris D. Whittaker is a United Church of Christ (UCC) minister and a public theologian deeply passionate about social justice. Although raised in the Pentecostal tradition, her personal faith journey has been diverse. A graduate of New York Theological Seminary (DMin), she is experienced in managing ministry finances, increasing stewardship, and providing mentorship and guidance to church staff. She has a spirit-led style of preaching and leads worship services that are reflective of the cultural diversity of her congregations. She preaches in English and Spanish.

Victor Aloyo, Jr. es el Decano Asociado de Diversidad Institucional y Participación Comunitaria en el Seminario Teológico de Princeton y pastor principal de La Iglesia Presbiteriana Nuevas Fronteras. Aloyo obtuvo títulos del Colegio of Nuevo Rochelle (BA), el Seminario Teológico de Princeton (MDiv) y la Universidad de Pennsylvania (EdD). Su trabajo doctoral se centró en navegar la diversidad y la inclusión en un marco de justicia social. Con más de 30 años de participación comunitaria, relaciones multiculturales y liderazgo congregacional en Nueva Jersey y Nueva York, Aloyo tiene el dedo en el pulso de los problemas predominantes de muchas culturas en la actualidad.
Victor Aloyo, Jr. is the associate dean of institutional diversity and community engagement at Princeton Theological Seminary and head pastor of La Iglesia Presbiteriana Nuevas Fronteras. Aloyo holds degrees from the College of New Rochelle (BA), Princeton Theological Seminary (MDiv), and the University of Pennsylvania (EdD). His doctoral work focused on navigating diversity and inclusion within a framework of social justice. With more than 30 years of community engagement, multicultural relations, and congregational leadership in New Jersey and New York, Aloyo has his finger on the pulse of the prevailing issues of many cultures today.

Raimundo César Barreto Jr. es profesor asistente de cristianismo mundial en el Seminario Teológico de Princeton. Ministro bautista ordenado, tiene un doctorado del Seminario Teológico de Princeton y títulos del Seminario Teológico Bautista del Norte en Brasil y la Escuela de Teología McAfee / Mercer University. Antes de unirse a la facultad de PTS, enseñó en el Northeastern Baptist Seminary y en la Faculdade Batista Brasileira en su país de origen, y también se desempeñó como director de la División de Libertad y Justicia de la Baptist World Alliance (BWA). Sigue involucrado en el trabajo ecuménico e interreligioso en relación con los organismos eclesiásticos denominacionales y ecuménicos, incluidas las Iglesias Bautistas Americanas de EE. UU., La Alianza Mundial Bautista y el Consejo Nacional de Iglesias de EE. UU. Su docencia e investigación abarcan diferentes disciplinas, que incluyen el cristianismo mundial, las teologías de la liberación y poscolonial / decolonial, las religiones latinoamericanas y latinas y las relaciones interculturales e interreligiosas.
Raimundo César Barreto Jr. is assistant professor of world Christianity at Princeton Theological Seminary. An ordained Baptist minister, he holds a PhD from Princeton Theological Seminary, and degrees from the Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in Brazil and McAfee School of Theology/Mercer University. Before joining the Princeton Seminary faculty, he taught at the Northeastern Baptist Seminary and at Faculdade Batista Brasileira in his home country, having also served as director of the Freedom and Justice Division of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA). He remains involved in ecumenical and interfaith work in connection with denominational and ecumenical ecclesiastical bodies, including the American Baptist Churches USA, the Baptist World Alliance, and the National Council of Churches USA. His teaching and research span different disciplines, which include world Christianity, liberation and postcolonial/decolonial theologies, Latin American and Latino/a Religions, and intercultural and interfaith relations.

Costo y Registro | Cost and Registration
No hay ningún costo para participar, pero es necesario registrarse.
There is no cost to participate but registration is required.
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Virtual Open House: PhD Program - Tips on Applying
2020-10-22 13:00 - 14:00

The 2020 Hispanic Theological Initiative (HTI) Book Prize Webinar
2020-10-20 18:00 - 20:00
Join us online to hear Dr. Peter Mena discuss his award-winning book, Place and Identity in the Lives of Antony, Paul, and Mary of Egypt: Desert as Borderland, (Palgrave MacMillan) followed by a panel discussion. Utilizing the work of Chicana writer, thinker, and poet Gloria Anzaldúa to consider the descriptions of space and identity in Christian hagiographies, Mena argues that the ancient desert is constructed as a borderland for Christian ascetics and the negotiation of identities is intrinsically tied to the descriptions of desert space.
The Hispanic Theological Initiative (HTI) Book Prize was established in 2002 to acknowledge junior scholars who publish in their field. The award recognizes and rewards the best book written by a junior Latinx scholar on theology and/or religion each year. The prize includes a monetary award and a guest lectureship at the annual HTI Professional Development Conference. The 2020 conference was cancelled due to the pandemic, so we are offering this celebratory presentation online.

Presenter and Prize Winner

Peter Anthony Mena is assistant professor of theology and religious studies in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Diego.  He is a historian of Christianity with expertise in Christian late antiquity and interests in the literature and cultures of the late-ancient Mediterranean as well as in contemporary literary and critical theories, and Latinx Theologies. Mena uses postcolonial, gender and queer theories, and cultural studies as an approach to study the past with the goals of considering current political, social, and cultural moments and theological movements. His monograph, Place and Identity in the Lives of Antony, Paul, and Mary of Egypt: Desert as Borderland (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019), uses the work of Chicana writer Gloria Anzaldúa to consider the descriptions of space and identity in ancient Christian hagiographies.

Panelists

Luis N. Rivera-Pagán is the Henry Winters Luce Professor of Ecumenics and Mission Emeritus at Princeton Theological Seminary. He earned his PhD from Yale University in 1970 and is the author of several books, including A la sombra del armagedón: reflexiones críticas sobre el desafío nuclear (1988), Senderos teológicos: el pensamiento evangélico puertorriqueño (1989), A Violent Evangelism: The Political and Religious Conquest of the Americas (1992), Los sueños del ciervo: Perspectivas teológicas desde el Caribe (1995), Entre el oro y la fe: El dilema de América (1995), Mito exilio y demonios: literatura y teología en América Latina (1996), La evangelización de los pueblos americanos: algunas reflexiones históricas (1997), Diálogos y polifonías: perspectivas y reseñas (1999), Fe y cultura en Puerto Rico (2002), Essays From the Diaspora (2002), God,in your Grace… Official Report of the Ninth Assembly of the World Council of Churches (2007) [editor], Teología y cultura en América Latina (2009), Ensayos teológicos desde el Caribe (2013), Peregrinajes teológicos y literarios (2013), Essays from the Margins (2014), Voces teológicas en diálogo con la cultura (2017) [editor], Evocaciones literarias and sociales (2018), Evangelización y violencia: La conquista de América (2020), and Voz profética y teología liberadora (2020).

Jacqueline M. Hidalgo is associate dean for institutional diversity, equity and inclusion as well as professor of Latina/o/x studies and religion at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Author of Revelation in Aztlán (2016) and co-editor of Latinxs, the Bible, and Migration (2018), her work examines the power of scriptural imaginaries, narratives, and material cultures in shaping relations of race and gender in the American West. A past president of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States and vice president of the New England/Eastern Canada Region of the Society of Biblical Literature, she also studies religion, scriptures, and culture among Latinx/a/os in the U.S. more generally.

Kristi Upson-Saia is professor of religious studies and founding director of the Center for Research & Scholarship at Occidental College. She is a specialist in religions of the late ancient Mediterranean world whose recent research focuses on religious dress and performativity, as well as medicine, health, and healing. She is the co-founder and co-director of the international working group ReMeDHe (pronounced “remedy”) that supports and coordinates scholars working at the intersection of religion and medicine, disability, and health in late antiquity.

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Virtual Open House: Financial Aid Information Session
2020-10-15 18:00 - 19:00

Virtual Open House: Master Degree Program - Tips on Applying
2020-10-08 13:00 - 14:00, 2020-09-17 13:00 - 14:00

Journey to the Mountaintop: The Conversion and Faith Development of Martin Luther King, Jr.
2020-10-05 14:30 - 2020-10-06 16:00
The night before he was assassinated on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. stood in the pulpit of the Mason Temple (Church of God in Christ) in Memphis, Tennessee, to deliver what would become his eulogy. As the hall’s air fills with reverberating “Amens” and “Hallelujahs,” King attempts to share with the eager crowd that he had come to a place in his life where he wanted to do only one thing: “Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place.” And then he says, “But I’m not concerned about that now. I just want to do God’s will.” King testifies that he was inspired to do God’s will, that is, to continue the struggle for social justice, because “[God] allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over, and I’ve seen the promised land.”
This two-part online course will explore King’s religious conversion experiences and stages in the development of his faith that facilitated his journey to the mountaintop. Participants will be challenged to reimagine the mountaintop not just as a promise — i.e., a vision of the approaching beloved community — but as a performance — i.e., the doing of God’s will in the here and now.

Leader

Jay-Paul M. Hinds, ThM ’08, MDiv ’07, is assistant professor of pastoral theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. He received his Doctorate of Philosophy in religion and Certificate of Psychoanalytic Studies from Emory University, with a concentration in religious practices and practical theology. He earned his Master of Divinity and Master of Theology from Princeton Theological Seminary. Hinds earned a Bachelor of Arts: religion, cum laude, from Felician College.
Before returning to Princeton Seminary, Hinds served as assistant professor of pastoral care, practical theology, and psychology of religion at Howard University School of Divinity.
Select Publications

“The Son’s Fault: Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Search for and Recovery of Sonship,” Journal of Religion and Health, 57, no. 2 (2018): 451–69.
“A Gift Grows in the Ghetto: Reimagining the Spiritual Diagnosis of Black Men,” Pastoral Psychology, 67, no. 2 (2018): 141–54.
“Shame and Its Sons: Black Men, Fatherhood and Filicide,” Pastoral Psychology, 63, no. 5-6 (2014): 641–58.
“Redemptive Prose: Richard Wright’s Re-Authoring of the Patricidal Urtext,” Pastoral Psychology, vol. 62, no. 5 (2013): 687–707.
“The Prophet’s Wish: A Freudian Interpretation of Martin Luther King’s Dream,” Pastoral Psychology, vol. 61, no. 4 (2012): 467–84.
“Traces on the Blackboard: The Vestiges of Racism on the African American Psyche,” Pastoral Psychology, vol. 59, no. 6 (2010): 783–98.

Cost & Registration
Fee: $55
Participants will be given access to the session recordings after the course.
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The Art of Transitional Ministry - Cancelled
2020-10-05 00:00 - 2020-10-09 23:59
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Leading a congregation through transition is challenging and rewarding. Whether it is a change in leadership or a changing neighborhood, it takes knowledge, skill, and spiritual strength to navigate the waters of transition in a way that allows a congregation and its leaders to thrive. The Art of Transitional Ministry offers training in the skills and understanding necessary for leading a congregation in transition. There are two week-long courses of study. Both weeks are being offered concurrently.
Week one is the basic education course for pastors and congregational leaders who are serving or are considering serving in congregations that are in the midst of transition. This intensive 30-hour course provides basic understandings for consciously leading congregations through changes in context, identity, and leadership. The week one training is appropriate for any temporary transitional ministry leaders, including interim and designated pastors, as well as installed pastors serving congregations in the midst of change.
Week two is for pastors and leaders serving in congregations in the midst of transitions in leadership, culture, context, and ministry. Participants will use their current ministry situations to reflect on the leader’s role and tasks in times of transition. Completion of week one and current service in a transitional or interim ministry position is required for participation in this course.

Leadership

Julie Donohue Thompson
Julie Donohue Thompson currently serves as transitional pastor at The Presbyterian Church on the Hill in Ocean, New Jersey. She has served in churches large and small, in settings urban, suburban, and rural, but primarily in “tall steeple” churches in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Georgia, and New Jersey. Thompson is a graduate of Miami University (Ohio) and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, where she attended while working in campus and youth ministry.
Thompson enjoys long-distance running and racing and finds them to be apt metaphors for pastoral ministry.

Stu Ritter
Stu Ritter has served as a transitional pastor in the PC (USA) since 1999, leading congregations of 250 to 1,500 members in 10 presbyteries. He is currently stated clerk of Northeast Georgia Presbytery. Earlier, he worked as a city planner, administrator, and consultant in organizational development. He also taught social research and leadership development at the University of New Hampshire, the University of Judaism, and Cornell University. Ritter is a graduate of Cornell (BA), UNC-Chapel Hill (MA), and San Francisco Theological Seminary (MDiv).

Barry Williams
Barry Williams’ roots are in southwest Louisiana, where he grew up learning a bit about Cajun culture and cooking. He attended Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana, earning a BS in business, then attended seminary in Austin, Texas, and went on to serve churches in the suburbs of Houston, Dallas, and Ft. Worth before moving to work with a congregation in Salina, Kansas. In 1996, the Williams family moved to southwest Missouri. Springfield has functioned as “home base” for Barry as he served as an interim/transitional pastor in the region. He has been part of the PC (USA) interim ministry education faculty since 2000. His interests include fly fishing; cooking; and staying in contact with family, friends, and colleagues.

Bill Carter
Bill Carter loves his work as a pastor, which he has done since 1985. Serving as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, Bill is a jazz pianist who frequently weaves his music into his ministry. A faculty member of CREDO and longtime moderator of his presbytery’s committee on ministry, he has played piano duets with Dave Brubeck, presented a jazz concert based on the psalms with Walter Brueggemann, and sung improvisations with Bobby McFerrin. He may be the only pastor in the PC (USA) who takes a week of vacation to tour with his jazz quartet (www.presbybop.com).

Libby Rollins
Libby Rollins has been involved in interim ministry for 17 years, serving seven congregations of various sizes, settings, and needs. She joined the teaching team 10 years ago and has taught weeks one and two at a number of sites.

Registration and Fees
Week I: The cost is $495 and includes the program and meals (three breakfasts, three lunches, three dinners) and daily coffee breaks.
Week II: The cost is $495 and includes the program and meals (three breakfasts, three lunches, three dinners) and daily coffee breaks.
Please read the registration and cancellation policy before registering.

Lodging and Site Information
Due to campus construction, the program will take place in two locations: Princeton Theological Seminary’s Erdman Center, 20 Library Place, Princeton, New Jersey, and Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau Street, Princeton, New Jersey. It is a 10-minute (1/2 mile) walk from the Erdman Center to Nassau Church. Location details will be noted in the schedule sent to you by email before your arrival.
Onsite lodging is available at the Erdman Center for an additional nightly fee. Information on booking a room for this event is included in the registration confirmation.
Free parking in the Seminary’s library lot is provided for participants. There is no parking available at Nassau Church. Transportation between the venues will be arranged for those requesting an accommodation.
Meals included in the program will be offered at Nassau Church and the Mackay Campus Center on the Seminary campus.

Virtual Open House: Learn About The Farminary
2020-10-01 13:00 - 14:00

Virtual Open House: Discerning Your Call
2020-09-24 18:00 - 19:00

Executive Certificate in Religious Fundraising - Cancelled
2020-09-21 08:30 - 2020-09-24 15:00
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The Executive Certificate in Religious Fundraising (ECRF), a four-day intensive program with a practical application project, provides the research, tools, and customized training to meet the growing needs of leaders in religious communities and fundraisers of faith-based organizations. The focus of the ECRF is on the cultural, organizational, and philanthropic practices unique to religious institutions that in turn enable donors motivated by spiritual and religious values to experience the joy of generous giving.
Who should attend
Religious leaders in faith-based organizations and institutions who wish to learn more about the spirituality of fundraising and gain a core foundation in fundraising principles.
ScheduleMonday, Sept. 21, 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 22 and 23, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.Thursday, Sept. 24, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
What’s included

Certificate curriculum
Breakfast, lunch, and refreshments each day of the course
One group dinner

What’s not included

Lodging
Other meals
Personal travel expenses
Required and recommended reading material

Registration and Cost
Early Bird rate $1,300 through July 27.Regular rate $1,550 starting July 28.
A deposit of $300 is required to register.Full payment for Early Bird rate is due July 27.Full payment for regular rate is due September 7.
Lodging is available in the Seminary’s Erdman Center. Reservations can be made, after you register, by calling the front desk at 609.497.7990.
Cancellation & Refund Policy for ECRF
Cancellations made by July 27 will receive a full refund of the amount paid less a $15 processing fee. Cancellations made July 28 – September 7 will receive a refund less the $300 deposit.There are no refunds for any cancellations made after September 7.

Conversation with the Authors of The Toni Morrison Book Club
2020-09-16 19:00 - 21:00
On Wednesday, September 16 from 7-9 p.m., the Center for Black Church Studies (BCS) will host a conversation on The Toni Morrison Book Club with authors Dr. Juda Bennett, Dr. Winnifred Brown-Glaude, Dr. Cassandra Jackson, and Dr. Piper Kendrix Williams. This virtual event is free and open to the public.
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About The Toni Morrison Book Club
In this startling group memoir, four friends and scholars — black and white, gay and straight, immigrant and American-born — use Toni Morrison’s novels as a springboard for intimate and revealing conversations about the problems of everyday racism and living whole in times of uncertainty. Tackling everything from first love and Soul Train to police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement, the authors take up what it means to read challenging literature collaboratively and to learn in public as an act of individual reckoning and social resistance.
Framing their book club around collective secrets, the group bears witness to how Morrison’s works and words can propel us forward while we sit with uncomfortable questions about race, gender, and identity.
Participants
Dr. Juda Bennett, English department chair at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ), received degrees in creative writing at Binghamton University and a PhD in American literature from Washington University in St. Louis. He teaches courses on queer literature and theory, African American literature, and transgender theory. He is the author of Toni Morrison and the Queer Pleasure of Ghosts and The Passing Figure: Racial Confusion in Modern American Literature. His scholarly essays on race and sexuality have appeared in The African American Review, Biography, ImageText, and other journals, and his creative work has appeared in Laurel Review, Quarterly West, Wisconsin Review, and other literary journals.
Dr. Winnifred Brown-Glaude, associate professor of African American studies and sociology and anthropology at TCNJ, received her PhD in sociology from Temple University (2003). Her primary fields of research include race and ethnicity in the Anglophone-Caribbean, race, gender and informal economies, and gender and globalization. Her most recent book is Higglers in Kingston: Women’s Informal Work in Jamaica. Her other publications include several articles and an edited collection, Doing Diversity in Higher Education: Faculty Leaders Share Challenges and Strategies. She is currently working on her third book, Neoliberalism in a Small Place: The Case of Jamaica.
Dr. Cassandra Jackson, professor of English at TCNJ, received a BA in English from Spelman College and a PhD in English from Emory University. Her research and teaching interests focus on African American literature, critical race theory, and visual culture. She is the author of Barriers Between Us: Interracial Sex in Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Violence, Visual Culture, and the Black Male Body. In 2010 she co-curated a TCNJ Art Gallery exhibit, “Wounding the Black Male: Photographs from the Light Work Collection.” This exhibit has also been shown at the Light Work Gallery (Syracuse) and the CEPA Gallery (Buffalo). Professor Jackson is an alum of the OpEd Project, a nonprofit organization that aims to increase the number of women and minority thought leaders in key commentary forums. Her public commentary on race in American culture can be found on the Huffington Post. She is currently working on a book of creative non-fiction on race and infertility.
Dr. Piper Kendrix Williams, associate professor of English and African American studies at TCNJ, received a BA from Spelman College and an MA and PhD from Rutgers University. She teaches various classes on topics in 19th and 20th century African American literature, African diaspora literature, and multicultural studies. Her book, Representing Segregation: Toward an Aesthetics of Living Jim Crow, and Other Forms of Racial Division, co-edited with Brian Norma, was published by SUNY Press in 2010.
