Whether confronting the legacy of historical white supremacy or exploring the effects of wage and wealth inequality, we are challenged to explore our social identities and related attachments in this time. And we are invited to turn toward and take up our part of the work of minimizing socially created surplus suffering. How might our …
View course details “Practicing the Inner Work of Racial Justice”

Course Description The Residential School tragedy highlights the need for senior church leaders to examine the Church’s prevailing Indigenous perspectives and practices. This course aims at helping build a healthy respect for Indigenous identity as “other”, neither vilifying or idealizing, but seeking to become an ally. Throughout this six-class course, you’ll explore the topics of …
View course details “Master Class on Canadian Indigenous Realities and the Canadian Church with Ray Aldred”

The annual Convocation & Pastors’ School is a conference that offers lectures, worship, and seminars for Christian leaders of all traditions. Led by scholars and practitioners from Duke University and beyond, this event is a cooperative endeavor with the North Carolina and Western North Carolina Conferences of the United Methodist Church, The Duke Endowment, and …
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What does it mean to speak of a Christian Left? Who is included under the label the Christian Left? In the last decades, the Christian left has been undergoing enormous reconfiguration: new actors, issues and concerns have uncovered the colonial underbelly of the Christian Left. From the Suffrage movements through to the Social Gospel, and …
View course details “Christian Left Conference: Rethinking the Christian Left from the Belly of Empire: Charting New Paths Beyond Colonization”

This course will survey the global influences and far-reaching impact of American Christian racism. We will discuss the global phenomenon of white dominant evangelicalism, the currency of colorism, the essential components of caste systems, and the complicity and strengths of Christianity in racialization and anti-racism. INSTRUCTED BY: Christina Edmondson  

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As racial conflict features prominently in North American cities, what do communities of belonging and reconciliation look like? Insights from practical theology and social science can inform the challenges and opportunities for churches and Christian communities as they seek to re-imagine discipleship, hospitality, and justice for the flourishing of their neighborhoods and cities. Delve into …
View course details “Faith, Race, & Place in the City”