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Joanna Dewey and Carter Heyward lectures set for Episcopal Divinity School
Delivering the Joanna Dewey Lecture at 4 p.m. will be the Rev. Dr. Renita J. Weems, a noted scholar, author and minister. Her lecture is titled, “Baking Cakes to the Queen of Heaven: God, Goddesses, and Growing Up Black and Female in America.”
The Joanna Dewey Lecture in Feminist Biblical Studies was created as a tribute to Dr. Joanna Dewey, the Harvey Guthrie, Jr. professor emerita of Biblical Studies and former academic dean, to assure the continuation of her life work in theologies of liberation. Dewey is known for her many contributions to the women’s rights movement, particularly her work in developing women’s liberation theology. She continues to teach courses at EDS and promotes a critical approach to biblical interpretation and an understanding of feminist liberation theology.
After a short reception, the Carter Heyward Lecture will begin at 7 p.m. with Marvin Ellison, the William S. Bass professor of Christian Ethics at Bangor Theological Seminary in Maine, delivering his lecture titled “Is Marriage a ‘Must’ or a ‘Bust’? Enlarging the Justice Agenda.”
The Carter Heyward Scholars Program was created to honor the Rev. Dr. Carter Heyward, the Howard Chandler Robbins professor emerita of Theology and one of the first women ordained in the Episcopal Church. Heyward dedicated her life’s work to making theology inspire and transform lives, and to inspire Christians to action.
There is no fee to attend either lecture; however pre-registration is requested. For more information or to register, contact Priscilla Burns at pburns@eds.edu.
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