EDS Colloquia are dynamic, virtual hubs where the public are invited to witness and participate in rigorous theological discourse with renowned experts. Colloquia further EDS' legacy of progressive education and innovative, inclusive pedagogy. Through these virtual events, EDS fosters transformative conversations that incubate ideas, shift theological narratives, and inspire action for justice. EDS Colloquia are offered in tandem with our public, virtual, non-credit courses, in this case "Decolonizing Christian Discourse: Approaches to Liberating Theology and Church Practice" with Dr. Oluwatomisin Oredein.
Resources
Books
- Dr. James Howard Hill, Jr. https://www.bu.edu/cas/arts-sciences/article/race-religion-haunting-and-michael-jackson/
- From Dr. Oluwatomisin Olayinka Oredein Mercy Amba Oduyoye: Ecumenism, Feminism, and Communal Practice and Theopoetics in Color: Embodied Approaches to Theological Discourse
- The Cross and the Lynching Tree https://orbisbooks.com/products/the-cross-and-the-lynching-tree?srsltid=AfmBOoqHP6WWKTN1p32YLxtLAsBYcDUs3cVH_BPJzPU4ZL5bsh25ahBq
Other Resources
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Dr. James Howard Hill, Jr.
Dr. James Howard Hill, Jr. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Religion at Boston University. He holds a B.A. from Criswell College, an M.T.S. from Southern Methodist University, and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University. He teaches courses and conducts research in black study, religion and the politics of popular culture in the United States, political theory, black political thought, modernity, ecology, and coloniality, and conceptual methodologies informing the study of religion. Hill, Jr is the author of two forthcoming books: The Haunting King: Religion, Michael Jackson, and the Politics of Black Popular Culture and Haunting Joy: Essays on Religion, Black Popular Culture, and Overcoming Childhood Adversity.
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Dr. Oluwatomisin Olayinka Oredein
Oluwatomisin Olayinka Oredein is a proud daughter of the late Olugbenga and Iyabo Oredein, a tremendously blessed sister, aunty, and friend, a poet and creative writer, and Assistant Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Theological Imagination and Associate Professor in Black Religious Traditions and Constructive Theology and Ethics at Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth, TX. Her scholastic and creative work engages theopoetics, womanist thought, Black literature, social ethics, notions of liminality, and cultural inquisition. Her curiosities are drawn to the "why's" behind the "what's" humanity does and finds itself within.
She is the author of The Theology of Mercy Amba Oduyoye: Ecumenism, Feminism, and Communal Practice, a Notre Dame Press monograph that links how the events and pursuits of Mercy Amba Oduyoye's life inform her ecumenical path and the formation of African women's theology. Oredein is also the co-editor of the anthology Theopoetics in Color: Embodied Approaches to Theological Discourse the first theopoetic work featuring all racially and ethnically minoritized scholars. She is currently working on a book examining an ethic of care from a theo-ethical perspective.
Learn more about her on her website.