Sankofa Institute 10th Anniversary Closing Ceremony
Oblate School of Theology
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Dr. John Kinney & Dr. Jacqueline Lewis will conclude Sankofa Institute’s 10th Anniversary Closing Ceremony.
By Oblate School of Theology
Date and time
Saturday, September 21 · 9am – 2pm CDT
Location
Online
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Refunds up to 7 days before event
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About this event
- Event lasts 5 hours
“Black Theopraxis Returning to the Source”
10th Anniversary Closing Ceremony
Saturday, September 21, 2024 | 9:00AM – 2:00pm CST | HYBRID
- Lecture: 9:00 am – 11:30 am
- Closing Ceremony: 11:30 am – 12:00 pm
- Reception: 12:00 pm – 2 pm
TICKETS: $10 (+ Processing Fee)
Check-in begins at 8:30AM
Oblate School of Theology, 285 Oblate Drive, San Antonio, TX 78216
Morell Hall (Located on the first floor of the Donald E. O’Shaughnessy Library)
Registrants can participate IN-PERSON or online, via Zoom.
DESCRIPTION
The Sankofa Institute is blessed to have the esteem Dr. John Kinney and Dr. Jacqueline Lewis conclude discussion Black Theopraxis: Returning to the Source at the closing ceremony of the Sankofa Institute’s 10th Anniversary.
In the beginning God created and the Spirit says, with the attestation of science, that nothing exists in isolation. Inherent in creation are principles of reciprocity, interdependence, mutuality, and relationality. Vitality and flourishing in creation occur in relationships. Death emerges through separation from the source of life and fragmented relationships in life. Building theology from two lies told by the snake births snakeology and the conceptual framework for a distant God, deficient humanity, divided community, and degraded nature. In snakeology, Christianity becomes another category of division, exclusion, and supremacy finding its end in ultimate and eternal separation.
Black Theopraxis, in concept and practice, carries us beyond the fragmentation of snakeology by attending to the design and desire of the Creator rather than normalizing the consequences generated by the voice and vision of the snake. Black Theopraxis is engaged and embodied theological construction calling and guiding us into personal, communal, and holistic healing, restoration, and reconciliation.
“Will we be made Whole”?
The presentation is sponsored by Sankofa Institute for African American Pastoral Leadership.
PRESENTERS
The Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis is Senior Minister and Public Theologian at Middle Church in New York City. In her activism, preaching, speaking, writing, and teaching, Dr. Lewis advocates for racial equality, gun control, economic justice, and equal rights for all sexual orientations/genders. A world-renowned theologian, Dr. Lewis has been featured on The Today Show, All In with Chris Hayes, AM Joy, The Melissa Harris Perry Show, NY1, ABC, NBC, PBS, CBS and many more. Her writing has appeared in outlets like Harper’s Bazaar, Vox, The Huffington Post and Religion News Service. She is the author of several books, most recently Fierce Love: A Bold Path to a Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World which was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.
Dr. John Kinney, a member of Sankofa’s Council of Elders at Oblate School of Theology, has over 40 years of experience in theological training and ministerial preparation, including 27 years as Dean of the Samuel Dewitt Proctor School of Theology and Senior Vice President at Virginia Union University. He holds degrees from Marshall University, Virginia Union University, and a Ph.D. from Columbia University/Union Theological Seminary. Dr. Kinney has taught at several institutions and lectured extensively across the U.S. and Africa, focusing on the harmony and fragmentation in creation, particularly regarding racism, sexism, and materialism. He has consulted for various religious organizations and served in leadership roles with the Association of Theological Schools. Additionally, he has been the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Beaverdam, Virginia, for over 47 years.