Name: A Theology of City Planning
Start: 2025-04-04T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-04-04T20:00:00-05:00
Location: 310 W 17th St, Little Rock, AR, United States, Arkansas 72206

Trinity Cathedral's Insights Lecture Series presents a lecture and panel discussion with the Rev. Dr. Willie James Jennings.
What kind of city do we want to live in? What kind of city should we live in? And how might a Christian participate in making those decisions? As Little Rock undergoes a new city planning process, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral welcomes the Rev. Dr. Willie James Jennings, one of the world’s leading and most celebrated theologians, to speak about a “theology of city planning” as a part of the Insights Lecture Series. Immediately after his lecture, Professor Jennings will participate in a panel discussion with local change-makers, Kathy Webb and Jay Jennings. A reception will follow in Morrison Hall. On Sunday, April 6, Professor Jennings will lead Trinity’s Adult Formation offering at 9:15 am and will preach at the 10:30 am service. To learn more, contact the Rev. Thomas Alexander ([email protected]).
The Rev. Dr. Willie James Jennings is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Systematic Theology and Africana Studies at the Yale Divinity School. A theologian who teaches in the areas of Christian thought, race theory, decolonial, and environmental studies, Professor Jennings is the author of the award-winning The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race, which is now widely recognized as a theological masterpiece. He is currently completing on a two-volume work on the doctrine of creation, including a reflection on how cities are planned and organized.