Friendship Baptist Church Welcomes Contributor Richard Wills
On Sunday, February 28, 2016, PLT Contributor Reverend Dr. Richard Wills, Sr. was installed as the new pastor of Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Read More
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Charles Marsh at Boston College: View the Prophetic Voices Lecture
On October 8, 2015, Charles Marsh delivered the 14th Annual Prophetic Voices Lecture entitled “Bonhoeffer’s Transformative Encounters with the American Prophetic Tradition.” The Boisi Center website has available an exclusive interview with Marsh and the video of the presentation.
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On the Lived Theology Reading List: The Justice Calling
The Justice Calling draws us into the whole story of Scripture, inviting us to know more intimately the God who loves justice and calls us to give our lives to seek the flourishing of others. Authors Hoang and Johnson will present at the book launch on March 17, 2016. Read More
Project on Lived Theology names interns for summer 2016
University of Virginia students will serve in Charlottesville, the Shenandoah Valley, and Jacksonville, Florida The Project on Lived Theology has selected three students for the Summer Internship in Lived Theology 2016: Tessa Crews (Col ’16) is majoring in global studies with a concentration … Read More
On the Lived Theology Reading List: Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy details the powerful true story of one of his first cases: Walter McMillian, an innocent young man who was sentenced to die for murder. Stevenson will speak on his work at the Virginia Festival of the Book on March 19, 2016. Read More
On the Lived Theology Reading List: Still Convicted
In his recently published memoir, PLT contributor Eddie Howard reflects on his journey of brokenness through the eyes of the redemptive power of God Read More
The 1963 Danville Civil Rights Movement
The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center is hosting an exhibit on the 1963 Danville, Va., civil rights movement—one of the most important but least known civil rights struggles in the Commonwealth of Virginia—January 26 to April 9, 2016. Read More
On the Lived Theology Reading List: Building Power, Changing Lives
The Story of Virginia Organizing Virginia Organizing has been working for twenty years to bring long-term, sustainable change to Virginia through a commitment to social justice. Fellow travelers Ruth Berta and Amanda Leonard Pohl chronicle the organization’s journey. The Virginia Organizing website describes … Read More
What should we be reading in lived theology?
Contribute to the Lived Theology Reading List with book suggestions that offer rich and generative material for theological inquiry by posting your thoughts to twitter with the hashtag #LivedTheologyReads. Read More
Charles Marsh to Deliver 25th Annual Harry Vaughan Smith Lectures
On February 16 and 17, 2016, Charles Marsh will deliver Mercer University’s 25th annual Harry Vaughan Smith Distinguished Visiting Professor of Christianity Lectures in Macon, Georgia. The lecture series is titled “Dietrich Bonhoeffer: New Perspectives of His Life, Thought and Promise.” Read More