Due to the coronavirus pandemic, all events are being held virtually.
April 7, 12:00 p.m.: Pitts Weekly Workshop: Alumni Resources
This webinar will introduce alumni resources available at Pitts Theology Library and the Emory University Library System. Register here.
April 7, 1:00 p.m.: Kessler Conversation
David Fink, associate professor of religion at Furman University, will address “Wealth, Work, and Wisdom in Early Modern Society.” Learn more and register.
April 7, 4:00 p.m.: McDonald Lecture
McDonald Chair M. Shawn Copeland will present a public lecture on “Beyond Imagining to Resurrection.” Register here.
April 8, 5:00 p.m.: Panel Discussion: “Being Black and Christian in America: The Black Church and New Vistas of Race in the U.S.”
Co-sponsored by Candler’s Black Church Studies and World Christianity programs, this panel discussion will explore the complex issues and new possibilities generated by the intersection of Black identity and Christian witness in a new era. Learn more and register.
April 15, 6:00 p.m.: Panel Discussion: “Black Church, Religion, and Politics”
The last in a yearlong slate of events celebrating 30 years of Candler’s Black Church Studies program, this panel discussion moderated by Associate Professor in the Practice of Sociology of Religion and Culture and Director of Black Church Studies Nichole R. Phillips will consider the historical reality of an institution designed to resist intractable social forces by way of its racial justice orientation and involvement with political activism which spawned social movements from its inception in America—then and now. Learn more and register.
April 22, 7:00 p.m.: Catherine of Siena Lecture: “Who to Obey: The Law or the Prophets
Candler’s Aquinas Center of Theology presents guest speaker Phyllis Zagano, internationally acclaimed Catholic scholar. Register here.
April 27, 11:30 a.m.: Honors Day Convocation
Join the Candler community online for Honors Day Convocation, an annual celebration of vocational and academic excellence. Watch live on the Candler Facebook page or website.
May 5, 1:00 p.m.: Kessler Conversation
Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, professor of theological and social ethics at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, and the Graduate Theological Union, will address “Luther’s Ethic of Neighbor-love: A Theological Repudiation of Maximizing Profit.” Learn more and register.
