Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary

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Registration Deadline:
March 23, 2008

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Accommodations:
Please make your own reservations for overnight accommodations at Laws Lodge, 502.992.0220.
Rooms are $65.83 (tax included) per person. Rooms may be shared, and rollaways and cots are available for an additional $10 per night. Make requests when reserving your room.

Sponsors: This event is sponsored by the
Women's Center at Louisville Seminary

Katie Cannon photo The Katie Geneva Cannon Lectureship is an annual program of The Women’s Center at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary presented by a woman scholar who belongs to a racial ethnic minority in the United States and who raises a critical voice against the dominant oppressive structures and ideologies of the era. In naming the lectures after Dr. Cannon we intend to honor one of the Black Women pioneers, the first to enter ordained office in the Presbyterian denomination (PCUSA — 1974) and a “mother” of womanist theology, who through her writing and speaking has done much to address the dynamics of racism, sexism, and classism in the church and in the world.

The Katie Geneva Cannon lecture will be presented by Dr. Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas, Associate Professor of Ethics and Director of Black Church Studies at Brite Divinity School of Texas Christian University.

Stacey Floyd-Thomas Dr. Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas is Associate Professor of Ethics and Director of Black Church Studies at Brite Divinity School of Texas Christian University. As a scholar-activist, she has engaged national and international audiences through her books and articles, sermons, classes, workshops, seminars, and lectures. Her reputation for teaching justice-making in the church, academy, and society has been recognized by numerous awards, including the 2007 American Academy of Religion Excellence in Teaching Award and the 2005 Great Women of Texas by JPMorgan Chase and Texas Business Press.

As co-founder of the nationally-acclaimed Black Religious Scholars Group and as the Director of Black Church Studies at Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth, Dr. Floyd-Thomas’ scholarly research and social activism have been dedicated to examining the effects that institutions such as the church, higher education, family, and government have had on defining marginalized groups and these groups’ undertaken tasks to define their own identities. She is the author of Mining the Motherlode: Methods in Womanist Ethics and Deeper Shades of Purple: Womanism in Religion and Society, one of the editors of Abingdon Press’s Approaches in Black Church Studies, and the leading author of Black Church Studies: An Introduction.

Dr. Floyd-Thomas earned her degrees from Vassar College (BA); Emory University’s Candler School of Theology (MTS) in Atlanta, Ga., and Temple University (MA and PhD). She also is an ordained pastoral counselor in both the Progressive National Baptist Convention and American Baptist Church, USA.

SCHEDULE

Sunday March 30	5:30 p.m.	Reception (registration required) —Gardencourt, Great Hall, Brown, Norton, and Anderson Rooms.
	7:30 p.m.	Lecture — Why, In This Land: Unmasking, Debunking, and Disentangling the Interlocking Forces of Oppressive Institutions and Social Sin, Dr. Stacey- Floyd-Thomas, Gardencourt, Hundley Hall
	9:15 p.m.	Dessert
Monday March 31	9 a.m.	Worship — The Rev. Dr.Teresa Snorton, Caldwell Chapel
	10 a.m.	Workshop — Dr. Stacey Floyd-Thomas, Conrad Room, Laws Lodge
	12 noon	Lunch and Reception— Women’s Center, White Hall
	1:30 p.m.	Closing — Women’s Center, White Hall
	7 p.m.	Presentation—Gendered Dimensions of Contemporary Migrations, Professor Maura Toro-Morn, Conrad Room, Laws Lodge

PROGRAM DETAILS

Why, In This Land: Unmasking, Debunking, and Disentangling the Interlocking Forces of Oppressive Institutions and Social Sin
In her lecture, Dr. Stacey Floyd-Thomas will present a womanist ethical analysis of the permanence of racism, the erasure of education, and the relevance of religion for those who are interested in forging a justice-making moral agency.

Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: A Workshop in Metaethics and Conflict Resolution
This workshop by Dr. Stacey Floyd-Thomas will deal with Dr. Katie Cannon’s notion of “hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick” as the genius of womanist ethics to both describe, analyze, and construct liberative ethics that seek to dismantle the interlocking forces of social oppression. Towards this end, she will explore womanist ethical methods as a means for confronting race-class-gender oppression.

Rev.Dr. Teresa Snorton Worship with Dr. Teresa Snorton
Rev. Dr. Teresa E. Snorton is the Executive Director of the National Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc., an accrediting and certifying agency for programs of Clinical Pastoral Education. She is frequently a consultant, guest speaker, and preacher for churches, hospitals, seminaries, and conferences on multicultural, ethical, and gender issues in health care, aging issues, pastoral care, and education.

As a graduate of Louisville Seminary (MDiv ’82) and as an ordained minister in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Dr. Snorton has served as a pastor in Kentucky and as a member of the adjunct faculty of Louisville Seminary. In addition to service on numerous boards, councils, and committees, she has worked with the Atlanta Interfaith AIDS Network and on the editorial board of the Journal of Pastoral Theology. She is also co-editor, with Dr. Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner, of Women Out of Order: Risking Change and Creating Care in a Multi-Cultural World, which will be published by Fortress Press in late 2008.

Professor Maura Toro-Morn Gendered Dimensions of Contemporary Migrations
Presentation by Professor Maura Toro-Morn, Professor of Sociology and Assistant Director of the Unit for International Linkages in the Office of International Studies at Illinois State University in Bloomington-Normal, Ill. Professor Toro-Morn’s presentation will address immigration issues, particularly as they affect women and children in the United States. She is the author of Migration and Immigration – A Global View. Her presentation at Louisville Seminary is part of a consultation on diversity issues in a global context for which the Seminary, through the Women’s Center, is a partner with St. Andrews Presbyterian College in North Carolina.

Silent Auction
During the event, a silent auction will be held to raise funds for the lectureship as an ongoing program of The Women’s Center. Donate items by March 28, 2008.Items may include crafts, pieces of art — homemade or acquired — liturgical tools, pottery, stoles, etc., decorative household items, and others. If you are interested in donating an item, contact the Women’s Center student coordinator Courtney Hoekstra: choekstra@lpts.edu or Heather Thiessen: hthiessen@lpts.edu.