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Sept 25 | 9:00AM – 12:00PM Central Time | ONLINE EVENT VIA ZOOM WEBINARRecent events have made clear the fraught nature of Black life. Such include the COVID-19 pandemic, the continuing peril faced by persons of African descent in the United States and elsewhere, and the problematic use of the Bible as proof-text in the justification of ideas, policies, and practices inimical to Black thriving. As a result, the need for theological readings of the Bible as Scripture that are restorative, promote healing, and that are grounded in liberating notions of “common sense” derived broadly from Africana epistemologies is particularly acute. This lecture will suggest possible guideposts for such readings. It is hoped that it will contribute to larger conversations about ways that authoritative texts, like the Bible, can be more strategically engaged to promote wholeness and in ways consistent with the aspirations implicit in United Nations General Assembly resolution 68/237, which declared 2015 – 2024 as the “International Decade for People of African Descent.”
The presentation is sponsored by Sankofa Institute for African American Pastoral Leadership.
For more information, visit https://ost.edu/event/sankofaworkshop-sep-2021/
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Oblate School of Theology, 285 Oblate Dr, San Antonio, United States
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