Celebrated Theologian To Speak At Canisius College
Lecture, entitled “Racism and America’s Churches,” is part of Conversations in Christ and Culture series.
BUFFALO, NY - The Canisius College Center for the Global Study of Religion will welcome celebrated theologian, James Cone, Ph.D., to campus on Saturday, February 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the college’s Montante Cultural Center. Dr. Cone is the Charles A. Briggs Distinguished Professor of Theology at New York City’s Union Theological Seminary. His lecture, entitled “Racism and America’s Churches,” is part of the center’s Conversations in Christ and Culture lecture series. The event is free and open to the public. Cone is an internationally recognized theologian and expert in the area of race in America. He has published numerous books on this issue including Black Theology and Black Power, A Black Theology of Liberation, and most recently, Risks of Faith: The Emergence of a Black Theology of Liberation, 1968-1998. Frequently featured in documentary films exploring race in America, Cone has also lectured at more than 1,000 colleges, universities, divinity schools and community organizations in the United States and abroad.
Conversations in Christ and Culture is an ecumenical lecture, workshop and conference series designed to expose the local Christian community to internationally known speakers. The purpose is to foster conversations about important issues involving the relationship between Christianity and culture, and to promote cooperation and understanding across religious, gender and ethnic issues. The lecture series is funded through the generosity of the ecumenical community of Western New York, the Canisius Center for the Global Study of Religion and the John R. Oishei Foundation.
For more information on Cone’s visit, contact Dr. Tim Wadkins in the Canisius College Religious Studies Department at 716-888-2820.
Canisius College is one of 28 Jesuit colleges in the nation and the premier private college in Western New York. Canisius prepares leaders – intelligent, caring, faithful individuals – able to pursue and promote excellence in their professions, communities and service to humanity.