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MEAD-SWING LECTURESHIP SERIES BEGINS NOVEMBER 26
NOVEMBER 26, 2001--The Mead-Swing lectureship series entitled "Black Women, Black Religion and Issues of Power" will begin Monday, November 26 at 7:00 P.M. in the Lord lounge of Oberlin's African Heritage House (Lord Saunders), 126 Forest Street. All talks are free and open to the public.
Monday's lecture will be given by Dr. Anthea Butler (Fellow, Center for the Study of Religion, Princeton University, 2001-2002, and Assistant Professor of Theological Studies in the Department of Theological Studies, Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California). Butler's research centers on the history of African-American religion, with a focus on women's institutional experience. Her lecture, "Conflicting Identities: Church of God in Christ Women, Sanctification, and Women's clubs," will focus on the internal spiritual tensions of African-American Pentecostal women's involvement with the National Council of Negro Women and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
The second lecture in the series will be given by Dr. Deidre Crumbley (Fellow, Center for the Study of Religion, Princeton University, 2001-2002, and Assistant Professor of Africana Studies, North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina). Crumbley's scholarship centers on anthropological research in African religions, particularly African indigenous churches and women's role in these social movements. Her lecture, "Climbing Jacobs Ladder: Gender and Power in Three African Churches," will be held Tuesday, November 27 at 7:00 P.M. in the Lord lounge, and will assess gender roles in three Aladura churches.
On Monday, December 3, Cheryl Kirk-Duggan (Director of the Center for Women and Religion, and Assistant Professor of Theology and Womanist Studies in the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California), will lecture at 7:00 P.M. Kirk-Duggan's research focuses on issues of theology; justice, violence, and the way that religious ritual and music aid notions of liberation. Kirk-Duggan’s presentation, "Exorcising Evil: A Womanist Perspective on the Spirituals and Black Liberation Theology," will explore the way that African-American sacred music has enabled the historic struggle for freedom and democracy in the United States.
All three women have been brought to campus by the Mead-Swing Lecture Committee and the Oberlin College Religion Department.
Media Contact: Anita Lancaster
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