“Telling the Truth and Shaming the Devil: A Postcolonial Take on
Urban Mission in the 21st Century,” is the title of an Oct. 9 webinar
jointly sponsored by the Church of the Brethren, Baptist Mission
Society, Baptists Together, Bristol Baptist College, and Urban
Expression UK.
The online workshop will offer an assessment of urban mission in the
21st century “by means of a Black theological analysis, offering
critical reflections on the challenges of undertaking urban mission and
the post-colonial realities to be found across the global north, where
issues of plurality and power abound, within the all-enveloping shadow
of empire,” said an announcement of the event from Stan Dueck, director
of Transforming Practices for the Church of the Brethren.
The presenter will be Anthony Reddie, professor of Christian theology
at Bristol Baptist College in England and a coordinator for community
learning. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history, and a doctorate in
education and theology, from the University of Birmingham. He has
written more than 60 essays and articles on Christian Education and
Black theology and is author or editor of 15 books including “Is God
Color Blind? Insights from Black Theology for Christian Ministry” (SPCK,
2009) and “Churches, Blackness, and Contested Multiculturalism”
co-edited with R. Drew Smith and William Ackah (Macmillan, 2014). He
also has edited “Black Theology,” an international academic periodical.
The webinar date and time are Thursday, Oct. 9, 2:30-3:30 p.m. (Eastern time). Register at www.brethren.org/webcasts. Attendance is free but donations are appreciated. Ministers may
receive 0.1 continuing education unit for attending the live event
online. For more information contact Stan Dueck at sdueck@brethren.org.
Source: 9/26/2014 Newsline
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