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Daybook -- Today is Tuesday, July 25, 2006. The Church calendar remembers St. James the Apostle.
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First Carter Heyward Scholars Lecture scheduled for October 25 at Episcopal Divinity School
[ENS] The inaugural Carter Heywood Scholars Lecture -- named for one of the "Philadelphia 11" who on July 29, 1974, broke the barrier against the ordination of women to the priesthood of the Episcopal Church when they were "irregularly" ordained in Philadelphia -- will be held October 25, 7-9 p.m., in Sherrill Hall, Room 3A, on the Episcopal Divinity School (EDS) campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Upon Heyward's retirement from EDS, the lecture was established to honor her "theology of liberation."
Delivering the address will be the Rev. Dr. Traci C. West, associate professor of Ethics and African American Studies at Drew University Theological School in Madison, New Jersey, who will speak on "Public Ethics: When Racism and Women's Lives Matter."
West is the author of "Disruptive Christian Ethics: When Racism and Women's Lives Matter," and "Wounds of the Spirit: Black Women, Violence, and Resistance Ethics." She has also written articles on violence against women, racism, clergy ethics, sexuality and other justice issues in church and society.
She received her B.A. from Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, her MDiv., from Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California, and her Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary, New York City.
She is an ordained elder in the New York Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church who previously served in campus and parish ministry in the Hartford, Connecticut area. She is a member of United Methodists of Color for a Fully Inclusive Church, participated in an interfaith clergy delegation to Baghdad, Iraq, and was interviewed in the documentary on violence against black women titled, "NO!" by Aishah Simmons.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information and pre-registration email Penny Kohn at pkohn@eds.edu.
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Catalyst: "Disruptive Christian Ethics: When Racism and Women's Lives Matter" from Westminster John Knox Press, 2006, by Dr. Traci C. West, 216 pages, paperback, $24.95
[Source: Westminster John Knox Press] Bringing to the fore the difficult realities of racism and the sexual violation of women, Traci West argues for a liberative method of Christian social ethics in which the discussion begins not with generic philosophical concepts but in the concrete realities of the lives of the socially and economically marginalized. She writes, "The idea that we've 'moved beyond' our society's need for concretely identifying these concerns is a costly lie."
Presenting conscience-jarring stories of individual women's experience and endurance of prejudice, violation, and subjugation, West demonstrates how racism can impact key ideas in Christian ethics, influence government policy on welfare, infect public practice, and invade worship. Concluding with hope-filled testimonies of black women ministers and activists confronting heterosexism in their communities, Disruptive Christian Ethics is a virtual toolkit for how to "do" ethics. It enables readers to hone their skills at recognizing racial subjugation and demonstrates how to make the transformation of unjust, marginalizing conditions for women a key criterion for evaluating society's health.
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