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Clifton R. Clarke, assistant provost for the William E. Pannell Center and associate professor of Black church studies and world christianity, responds to Peter C. Hill’s lecture “Religiously Inflected Experiences of the Ordinary.”

The Integration Symposium is an annual conference held by the School of Psychology on the integration of psychology and theology. At the 2019 conference, Peter C. Hill, professor of psychology at Biola University’s Rosemead School of Psychology, presented on “A Psychology of the Ordinary: Humility, Grace, and Gratitude as Religious Inflections of the World.” His three lectures, and the faculty responses to each, explored how humility, grace, and gratitude—as elements of religious experience—impact everyday human life.

Listen to all of the 2019 integration lectures and responses on Fuller.edu/Studio.

Dr. Lisa Thompson, Dr. Candace Shields, Dr. Leslie Callahan, and Dr. Valerie Cooper, moderated by Tamisha Tyler, respond to questions concerning the theological tradition of womanism and the legacy of womanist scholar Dr. Katie Cannon. The panelists discuss embracing one’s particularity and whole self, promoting survival and quality of life, confronting misogyny, and the use of traditional and secular sources in theology.

The Black Public Theology Symposium was held at Fuller in October 2018. The symposium sought to bring the Black academy and the Black church into dialogue and explore ways to distill Black theology and make it accessible to the Black church and community. 

Learn more about the Pannell Center for African American Church Studies: http://fuller.edu/pannell-center/

For more resources for a deeply formed spiritual life, visit Fuller.edu/Studio

Vincent Bacote, Leslie Callahan, Valerie Cooper, and Michael McBride respond to questions during the second day of the Black Public Theology Symposium in a panel conversation moderated by Trey Clark. The panelists discuss moving a pietistic congregation toward public engagement, the role of scholarly vocation, the challenge of reconciliation, facing histories of injustice, and self-care practices for those engaged in the work of social justice.

The Black Public Theology Symposium was held at Fuller Theological Seminary, October 2018. The symposium sought to bring the Black academy and the Black church into dialogue and explore ways to distill Black theology and make it accessible to the Black church and community.

Learn more about the Pannell Center for African American Church Studies: http://fuller.edu/pannell-center/

For more resources for a deeply formed spiritual life, visit Fuller.edu/Studio

Beginning with spoken word performed by Phil Allen, a panel that includes Candace Shields, Eric Williams, Vincent Lloyd, and Lisa Thompson, moderated by Dwight Radcliff, responds to questions from lectures during the Black Public Theology Symposium. The panelists discuss issues such as how Black theology interacts with experiences beyond the North American Black church, the essential work of knowing oneself, understanding Jesus’ blackness, the role of passion, and the inclusion of LGBTQIA in Black religious space.

The Black Public Theology Symposium was held at Fuller in October 2018. The symposium sought to bring the Black academy and the Black church into dialogue and explore ways to distill Black theology and make it accessible to the Black church and community.

Learn more about the Pannell Center for African American Church Studies: http://fuller.edu/pannell-center/

For more resources for a deeply formed spiritual life, visit Fuller.edu/Studio

Dr. Vincent Bacote, associate professor of ethics at Wheaton College, describes the opportunity for a Black public theology to engage with the world between Sundays, contributing to conversations involving topics such as white supremacy, politics, education, public health, and healthy forms of social justice activism.

The Black Public Theology Symposium was held at Fuller in October 2018. The symposium sought to bring the Black academy and the Black church into dialogue and explore ways to distill Black theology and make it accessible to the Black church and community.

Learn more about the Pannell Center for African American Church Studies: http://fuller.edu/pannell-center/

For more resources for a deeply formed spiritual life, visit Fuller.edu/Studio

Dr. Leslie Callahan, senior pastor of St. Paul’s Baptist Church in Philadelphia, observes and denounces the tendency of Christians to organize around charismatic “strong men,” which predisposes those individuals to prefer authoritarian styles of leadership. Dr. Callahan weaves together the strands of racism and patriarchy that contribute to American politics, such as the election of Donald Trump, as well as the organization of churches.

The Black Public Theology Symposium was held at Fuller in October 2018. The symposium sought to bring the Black academy and the Black church into dialogue and explore ways to distill Black theology and make it accessible to the Black church and community.

Learn more about the Pannell Center for African American Church Studies: http://fuller.edu/pannell-center/

For more resources for a deeply formed spiritual life, visit Fuller.edu/Studio

Reverend Michael McBride, lead pastor of The Way Christian Center and national director of Urban Strategies and LIVE FREE, discusses the resources of the Black church for developing a Black theopraxis in order to resist the structures of white supremacy, human hierarchy, and whiteness. 

The Black Public Theology Symposium was held at Fuller in October 2018. The symposium sought to bring the Black academy and the Black church into dialogue and explore ways to distill Black theology and make it accessible to the Black church and community.

Learn more about the Pannell Center for African American Church Studies: http://fuller.edu/pannell-center/

For more resources for a deeply formed spiritual life, visit Fuller.edu/Studio

Dr. Valerie Cooper, associate professor of religion and society and Black church studies at Duke Divinity School, unveils the forces that maintain segregation in the American evangelical church, arguing that many initiatives that declare themselves to be defenses of “theological orthodoxy,” biblicism, or conservative values are really means of preventing racial integration.

The Black Public Theology Symposium was held at Fuller in October 2018. The symposium sought to bring the Black academy and the Black church into dialogue and explore ways to distill Black theology and make it accessible to the Black church and community. 

Learn more about the Pannell Center for African American Church Studies: http://fuller.edu/pannell-center/

For more resources for a deeply formed spiritual life, visit Fuller.edu/Studio

Dr. Lisa Thompson, assistant professor of homiletics at Union Theological Seminary, demonstrates the role of proclamation in calling individual and communal fragmentation into wholeness, recalling proclamations from the book of Ezekiel and Toni Morrison’s Beloved, while also reflecting on the present proclamations of #BlackLivesMatter, #SayHerName, and #MeToo.

The Black Public Theology Symposium was held at Fuller in October 2018. The symposium sought to bring the Black academy and the Black church into dialogue and explore ways to distill Black theology and make it accessible to the Black church and community.

Learn more about the Pannell Center for African American Church Studies: http://fuller.edu/pannell-center/

For more resources for a deeply formed spiritual life, visit Fuller.edu/Studio

Dr. Vincent Lloyd, associate professor of theology and religious studies at Villanova University, addresses the role of negative theology in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s thinking, recommending that Black public theology reengage the practice of naming what is not good in order to move people toward God and the good.

The Black Public Theology Symposium was held at Fuller in October 2018. The symposium sought to bring the Black academy and the Black church into dialogue and explore ways to distill Black theology and make it accessible to the Black church and community.

Learn more about the Pannell Center for African American Church Studies: http://fuller.edu/pannell-center/

For more resources for a deeply formed spiritual life, visit Fuller.edu/Studio