Presbyterian Mission Agency womanist theology Archives

Union Theological Seminary honors one of its most gifted graduates, the Rev. Dr. Gay Byron

Posted March 15th, 2024

Union Theological Seminary, which conferred three degrees on the late Rev. Dr. Gay Byron, recently held a hybrid event honoring the famed womanist scholar. Watch the 90-minute program, which included a choral music tribute, by clicking here.

Union Presbyterian Seminary works to expand Katie’s canon

Posted March 15th, 2023

Gone now more than four years, the Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon, one of the foremost educators in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the first Black woman ever ordained by a forebear denomination, lives on in the lives of the scholars whose work relies in no small part on what they learned from her.

Dr. Delores S. Williams is remembered and reimagined

Posted November 22nd, 2022

Dr. Delores Seneva Williams, a seminal thinker and writer in the development of womanist theology, died at the age of 88 on Nov. 17, said her daughter, Celeste Williams.

‘Let me stop there. I’m getting ready to start preaching’

Posted March 28th, 2022

Anytime two deans and a seminary president are gathered for conversation around “Womanist Herstory, Womanist Hope,” those privileged to listen in can count on a thoughtful and thought-provoking hour. Listen to their conversation, recorded last week, by clicking here.

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Union Theological Seminary honors one of its most gifted graduates, the Rev. Dr. Gay Byron

Union Presbyterian Seminary works to expand Katie’s canon

Dr. Delores S. Williams is remembered and reimagined

‘Let me stop there. I’m getting ready to start preaching’

Johnson C. Smith Seminary opens registration for 2022 Drum Major for Justice cohorts

Valuing women’s voices and the power of their leadership

‘Let’s take the opportunity to swing wide the gates’

Three women receive Katie Cannon Scholarship