January 2019
Presented by Mary Julia Jett and Isaac Sharp Friday, January 25, 1-6pm Friday, March 8, 1-5pm Friday, March 29, 1-5pm In conjunction with an exciting new “digital humanities” project aimed at developing an online and open-source resource for introducing Christian tradition, this class is devoted to exploring traditional and alternative sources from Christian history as a way of answering the question, “what is Christian tradition?” In this seminar, students investigate both conventional and overlooked or neglected voices from Christian history based on their own current academic passions and interests. Learn More and Register Isaac Sharp is a doctoral candidate in Ethics at Union Theological Seminary. He previously received a Master of Divinity degree from Mercer University with a concentration in Christian Social Ethics. He is the co-editor, with David P. Gushee, of Evangelical Ethics: A Reader from Westminster John Knox Press’s Library of Theological Ethics series.
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The EDS at Union Spring Community Read is Anna Clark’s riveting book, The Poisoned City: Flint’s Water and the American Urban Tragedy. Anna Clark will join Dean Kelly Brown Douglas on Wednesday, January 30, at 6:00 pm EST, in James Chapel for a conversation about how Flint’s water and this urban tragedy is connected to the work of future faith leaders. Like Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy – EDS at Union’s first community read – Anna Clark’s book will trouble the soul. At its heart, Ms. Clark is asking not only who poisoned Flint’s water, but what poisoned it, and her response as an investigative journalist goes well beyond the fact of lead pipes. Instead, she methodically lays out how embedded racism, wealth gaps, a shift away from democracy at the local level, as well as the targeted neglect of the ties that bind – literally, our urban infrastructure – have resulted in Flint’s black and brown children being poisoned. [...]
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A Fresh Word (formerly Got Sermon?), brings the gifts of Union faculty and special guest faculty to our alumni/ae, students, neighbors, and friends who primarily serve congregations in ministries of preaching. A Fresh Word will feature presentations by the Rev. Dr. Debra Mumford, Frank H. Caldwell Professor of Homiletics, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Dr. David Carr, Professor of Old Testament, and Dr. Aliou Niang, Associate Professor of New Testament. Schedule 8:30 am Registration 9:00 am Opening Devotions 9:15 am Trauma-Informed Visions of Justice in the Lenten Lectionary Texts from Isaiah with Dr. David Carr 10:45 am Break 11:00 am The Practice of Just Living under Empire in Matt 6:1-21 with Dr. Aliou Niang 12:30 pm Lunch 1:30 pm Preaching Justice through Art with Dr. Debra Mumford 2:45 pm Break 3:00 pm Preaching Justice through Art (continued) with Dr. Debra Mumford 4:30 pm Closing Prayer The cost of the event includes continental breakfast and lunch. Event registration closes on Wednesday, February 6.
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