Story Telling: A Sacred Act of Justice & Hope (Dr Kelly Brown Douglas), Tuesday, 28th October 2025
- sjesson3
- 2 days ago
- 2 min read
Join us for our annual Black History Month lecture, featuring the trailblazing Womanist theologian, Rev Dr Kelly Brown Douglas. Tuesday 28th October, from 7pm. Sign up here.
Story Telling: A Sacred Act of Justice and Hope
"What happens when people's truths are turned into lies?" Drawing on the insight of womanist ethicist Katie Cannon, this talk explores why storytelling is a sacred act of justice and hope, examining the implications of silencing the stories of Black women and other marginalized communities.
The Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas, Ph.D. is currently the visiting professor of Theology at Harvard Divinity School. From 2017 to 2023, she was Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Theology. She was named the Bill and Judith Moyers Chair in Theology at Union in November 2019 where she is now Dean emeritus. She served as interim Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School from 2023-2024. During the 2023 fall term, she served as Honorary Professor of Global Theology at Emmanuel Theological College in Liverpool, England.
Ordained as an Episcopal Priest in 1983, she currently serves as the Canon Theologian at the Washington National Cathedral and Anglican Communion Canon at Newcastle Cathedral in Newcastle, England.
Prior to EDS@Union, Douglas served as Professor of Religion at Goucher College where she held the Susan D. Morgan Professorship of Religion and is now Professor Emeritus. Before Goucher, she was Associate Professor of Theology at Howard University School of Divinity (1987-2001) and Assistant Professor of Religion at Edward Waters College (1986-1987). Douglas holds a master's degree in theology and a Ph.D. in systematic theology from Union.
Douglas is the author of many articles and several books including the 2023 Grawemeyer Award winning book, Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter. Her academic work has focused on womanist theology, racial justice issues as well as sexuality and the Black church. Her current research interest involves expanding the moral imaginary in fostering a more just future.
Douglas proudly serves on the New York City Homeless Coalition Board and the Public Religion and Research Institute Board.