Sankofa Institute @ Oblate: Black Christian Ethics with Dr. Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan

Dr. Kirk-Duggan as a Professor of Religion at Shaw University Divinity School, Raleigh, NC, and an ordained Elder in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. She has written numerous books including co-authoring Wake Up!: Hip Hop, Christianity and the Black Church. Dr. Kirk-Duggan’s current research includes: theology; justice; violence and religion; music; ethics, humor; the Bible and culture; Womanist and feminist studies; faith, spirituality, and health; women’s religious and leadership experience; pedagogy; rage, grief, and transformation; gender theory; sexuality, and popular media as praxeology for constructive and narrative theology.

The Sankofa Institute for African American Pastoral Leadership is an interdisciplinary, multidimensional academic, formation and professional leadership process for developing and supporting pastoral/church leaders committed to ministry and proclamation. All Institute programs foster an understanding and appreciation of African Americans’ contributions to Christian faith, life, and witness in North America and the world.