Contributor Profile
Peter Slade
Peter Slade is professor of the history of Christianity and Christian thought at Ashland University. He teaches and publishes in the area of American church history, race, and reconciliation. Slade’s first book, Open Friendship in a Closed Society: Mission Mississippi and a Theology of Friendship (Oxford University Press, 2009), is an interdisciplinary study of an ecumenical racial reconciliation initiative in Mississippi.
Slade was a member of the second class of the Virginia Seminar and attended the Spring Institute for Lived Theology (SILT) in 2005, 2009, 2011 and was part of the conference planning committee in 2013. He also contributed to the SILT publication Mobilizing for the Common Good: The Lived Theology of John M. Perkins (University Press of Mississippi, 2013) and is an editor for the collection Lived Theology: New Perspectives on Method, Style and Pedagogy in Theological and Religious Studies (Oxford University Press, 2016). In addition, Slade participated in the City and Congregation Workgroup and gave a “History is Lunch” lecture on Dr. John M. Perkins. He also gave a guest lecture entitled “Open Friendship in a Closed Society: Racial Reconciliation in Mississippi after the Civil Rights Movement.” To find a listing of all our Occasional Lectures, click here. To find his Virginia Seminar author page, click here. Slade is the co-organizer of Lift Every Voice and Teach, a workgroup exploring teaching of race, memory, justice, and reconciliation.
He is an author of a chapter on Howard Kester for our book Can I Get a Witness? Thirteen Peacemakers, Community Builders, and Agitators for Faith and Justice.
Resources associated with this Contributor
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Author Interview: Peter Slade on Open Friendship in a Closed Society: Mission Mississippi and a Theology of Friendship
- Resource Type: Interviews
- Contributors: Peter Slade
- Interviewee: Peter Slade
- Interviewer: PLT Staff
- Date of Interview:October 26, 2012
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Can I Get a Witness? Thirteen Peacemakers, Community Builders, and Agitators for Faith and Justice
- Resource Type: Publications
- Contributors: Charles Marsh, Daniel Rhodes, Shea Tuttle, Donyelle Charlotte McCray, Grace Yia-Hei Kao, Peter Slade, Nichole Flores, Carlene Bauer, Heather Warren, Becca Stevens, Ralph Eubanks, Susan Glisson, Soong-Chan Rah, David Dark, Therese Lysaught, Fellow Travelers
- Date of Publication:February 2019
- Format: Book
- Editors: Charles Marsh, Shea Tuttle, Daniel P. Rhodes
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History is Lunch: The Life and Work of John Perkins
- Resource Type: Audio
- Contributors: Peter Slade, Kelly Figueroa-Ray
- Date Recorded:September 17, 2013
- Speakers: Peter Slade, Kelly Figueroa-Ray
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Lived Theology: New Perspectives on Method, Style, and Pedagogy
- Resource Type: Publications
- Contributors: Sarah Azaransky, Jacqueline Bussie, David Dark, Susan Glisson, John de Gruchy, Susan R. Holman, Lori Brandt Hale, Willis Jenkins, Willie James Jennings, John Kiess, Jennifer M. McBride, Mary McClintock Fulkerson, Charles Marsh, Peter Slade, Ted Smith
- Date of Publication:November 2016
- Format: Book
- Editors: Charles Marsh, Peter Slade, Sarah Azaransky
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Mobilizing for the Common Good: The Lived Theology of John M. Perkins
- Resource Type: Publications
- Contributors: Peter Slade, Charles Marsh, Ronald Sider, Albert “A.G.” Miller, Lauren F. Winner, Ted Ownby, Paul Louis Metzger, Michael Andres, Peter Goodwin Heltzel, Kelly Figueroa-Ray, Christian Collins Winn, Cheryl Sanders, Chris Rice, Mae Elise Cannon, Lisa Sharon Harper, Soong-Chan Rah, Lowell Noble
- Date of Publication:July 2013
- Editors: Peter Slade, Charles Marsh, Peter Goodwin Heltzel
- Authors: Peter Slade , Charles Marsh, Peter Goodwin Heltzel, Mae Elise Cannon, Kelly West Figueroa-Ray, Lisa Sharon Harper, Lowell Noble, Soong-Chan Rah, Cheryl J. Sanders, Michael Andres, Ted Ownby, Paul Louis Metzger, Ronald J. Sider, Albert G. Miller, Lauren F. Winner, Christian T. Collins Winn, Chris Rice
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Open Friendship in a Closed Society
- Resource Type: Audio
- Contributors: Peter Slade
- Date Recorded:April 24, 2009
- Speakers: Peter Slade
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Open Friendship in a Closed Society: Mission Mississippi and a Theology of Friendship
- Resource Type: Publications
- Contributors: Peter Slade
- Date of Publication:October 2009
- Format: Book
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Open Friendship in a Closed Society: Racial Reconciliation in Mississippi after the Civil Rights Movement (audio)
- Resource Type: Audio
- Contributors: Peter Slade
- Date Recorded:November 5, 2014
- Speakers: Peter Slade
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Open Friendship in a Closed Society: Racial Reconciliation in Mississippi after the Civil Rights Movement (video)
- Resource Type: Videos
- Contributors: Peter Slade
- Speakers: Peter Slade
- Date Recorded:November 5, 2014
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Part of the Body: Reflections on Risks and Responsibilities in the Discipline of Lived Theology
- Resource Type: Audio
- Contributors: Peter Slade
- Date Recorded:May 26, 2011
- Speakers: Peter Slade
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The Conference on Lived Theology and Civil Courage – Conference Booklet 2003
- Resource Type: Papers
- Contributors: Charles Marsh, Wallace Best, Don L. Davis, Mark Gornik, Stephen Fowl, Amy Laura Hall, Omar McRoberts, Christine Pohl, Heather Warren, Victor Anderson, Ellen Armour, Susan Glisson, Barbara A. Holmes, Luis Pedraja, Stephen G. Ray Jr., Chris Rice, Timothy Tseng, M. Shawn Copeland, Russell M. Jeung, Eugene McCarraher, Ted Ownby, Gerald Schlabach, Sondra Wheeler, Lauren F. Winner, Gardenia Beard, Bruce Beard, John Kiess, Jennifer M. McBride, Rydell Payne, Peter Slade, Brian vander Wel, Richard Wills
- Creation Date:June 12, 2003
- Authors: Charles Marsh, Wallace Best, Don L. Davis, Mark Gornik, Stephen Fowl, Amy Laura Hall, Omar McRoberts, Christine Pohl, Victor Anderson, Heather Warren, Ellen Armour, Susan Glisson, Barbara Holmes, Luis Pedraja, Stephen G. Ray, Chris Rice, Timothy Tseng, M. Shawn Copeland, Russell Jeung, Eugene McCarraher, Ted Ownby, Gerald Schlabach, Sondra Wheeler, Bruce Beard, Gardenia Beard, John Kiess, Jennifer McBride, Rydell Payne, Peter Slade, Brian vander Wel, Richard Wills,
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The Spirit of Social Hope: Spring Institute for Lived Theology
- Resource Type: Papers
- Contributors: Charles Marsh, Sarah Azaransky, Larry Bouchard, Marilyn Dimock, Scott Dimock, Ambrose Faturoti, Elizabeth Emrey, Ashley Diaz Mejias, Jacqueline Bussie, William Danaher, Craig Wong, Van Gardner, Melissa Herwaldt Riches, Eddie Howard, Willis Jenkins, John Kiess, Charles T. Mathewes, Jennifer M. McBride, Alex Mejias, Bekah Menning, Carter Paden, Peter Slade, Joe Szakos, George Telford, Greg Thompson, Corey Walker, , Matthew Whelan, Richard Wills, Becca Stevens, Stan Runnels
- Creation Date:April 2005
- Authors: Charles Marsh, Sarah Azaransky, Larry Bouchard, Jacqueline Bussie, Ashley Diaz, William Danaher, Marilyn Dimock, Scott Dimock, Elizabeth Emrey, Ambrose Faturoti, Van Gardner, Melissa Herwaldt Riches, Eddie Howard, Willis Jenkins, John Kiess, Charles Mathewes, Jenny McBride, Alex Mejias, Bekah Menning, Carter Paden, Stan Runnels, Peter Slade, Becca Stevens, Joe Szakos, George Telford, Greg Thompson, Corey Walker, Paul Walker, Mathew Whelan, Richard Wills, Craig Wong
Posts associated with this Contributor
- October 14, 2021 • Cheryl Sanders, Howard Professor and Pastor, Praises PLT Publication Lived Theology
- March 18, 2019 • Lenten Reading Guide: Howard Kester
- August 31, 2017 • On Lived Theology: AAR’s Reading Religion Reviews PLT Publication
- January 18, 2017 • Book Launch Celebrates Lived Theology at the 2016 American Academy of Religion
- October 20, 2016 • PLT Definitive Collaboration with Oxford University Press
- September 25, 2016 • Religion, Secularism, and Black Lives Matter
- April 7, 2016 • Can I Get a Witness: Howard Kester and Yuri Kochiyama
- January 25, 2016 • What’s happening in Lived Theology?
- November 24, 2014 • Peter Slade on Racial Reconciliation in Mississippi
- October 28, 2014 • Project alum, Peter Slade, to speak at U.Va.
- July 18, 2014 • Virginia Seminar members meet in Charlottesville
- June 25, 2014 • History Is Lunch
- May 23, 2014 • VA Seminar Featured Member: Peter Slade
- October 11, 2013 • John Perkins book featured in U.Va. Today
- October 3, 2013 • Lived Theology Road Trip: Singing in Oxford
- September 24, 2013 • Lived Theology Road Trip: The Speed of Change in Jackson, Mississippi
- September 21, 2013 • Lived Theology Road Trip: Singing in Jackson
- September 17, 2013 • Lived Theology Road Trip: New Orleans and CCDA
- September 10, 2013 • Project on Lived Theology launches new book on John M. Perkins
- April 25, 2013 • Singing Church: Project alum Peter Slade explores congregational singing
- March 22, 2013 • Mobilized for the Common Good: The Lived Theology of John M. Perkins