Linda E. Thomas

Two important issues for African American people of faith are the relations between women and men and between those in the academy and the pulpit. This historic conference unites black theology and womanist theology in conversation between church leaders and scholars from across the United States. After 40 years of growth, the two theologies have matured into unique American bodies of knowledge that express new ways of seeing and experiencing the world.

The participants of "Black Theology and Womanist Theology in Dialogue" are half women and half men; half practitioners and half academics; three generations of black theologians and womanist theologians speaking not only to themselves, but to the future of America. Most sessions are scheduled in the afternoon and evening to encourage clergy and laypeople to attend. They will be held at the University of Chicago Divinity School and the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. Please note the venue designated for each event on the complete conference schedule. (Download the PDF poster - 423kb.) Maps and driving directions for each campus are available at http://maps.uchicago.edu/ and http://www.lstc.edu/about/driving.html.

All sessions are free and open to the public. Funded by the Louisville Institute (a program of the Lilly Endowment), this conference is sponsored by the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and the University of Chicago Divinity School, and cosponsored by the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, the Office of Minority Student Affairs, the Office of Community and Governmental Affairs, and the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, at the University of Chicago. The conference is being coordinated by Linda E. Thomas (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) and Dwight N. Hopkins (University of Chicago).