Dr. Johnny B. Hill will visit the following cities and locations as he introduces his new book,
The First Black President: Barack Obama, Race, Politics, and the American Dream. The book, which was published in November 2009 (Palgrave Macmillan Publishers), has caught the attention of diverse groups between St. Louis, Louisville, Chicago, and the East Coast.
If you are in the area to hear one his presentations, you are invited to meet the author and join Dr. Hill for discussion on this important topic.
February 10, 6 p.m.
The First Black President: Barack Obama, Race, Politics, and the American Dream
McCormick Theological Seminary
5600 S. University Ave.
Chicago, Ill.
February 11, 11 a.m.
Johnny B. Hill, preaching
Chapel of the Unnamed Faithful
Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
2121 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL
Friday, February 12, 7 p.m.
ohnny B. Hill, preaching
Morningside Baptist Church
Queens, New York
Saturday, February 13, 11 a.m.
Mid-winter Conference
New Jersey State Baptist Convention
Union Baptist Church
Montclair, New Jersey
Sunday, February 14, 11 a.m.
Johnny B. Hill, preaching
Morningside Baptist Church
Queens, New York
Hill, who teaches theology at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, joined the faculty in 2006. At Louisville Seminary, he strives to help students seek to know God through others and in the context of community, intercultural and inter-religious conversation, community renewal and reform, and multi-cultural awareness.
A graduate of Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary (Ph.D.) in Evanston, Ill., Hill also earned degrees from Duke Divinity School (M.Div.; Th.M.), and the Bachelor in Sociology from Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA. His other publications include The Theology of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Desmond Mpilo Tutu (Palgrave MacMillan, 2007) in the series on black Religion/womanist Thought/Social Justice and Multidimensional Ministry to Today's Black Family (Judson Press, 2007). He is co-chair of the consultation for the Theology of Martin Luther King Jr. with the American Academy of Religion and co-founded the Foundation for Reconciliation and Dialogue www.reconciliation-now.com with renowned theologian J. Deotis Roberts, who currently serves as president.