Event Archive

SBL Roundtable: Cultivating Audacious Biblical Engagement in Urgent Times

November 25, 2024, 8am Pacific Time

For all those who are coming to the Society of Biblical Literature’s 2024 meeting in San Diego, please consider joining...

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Black August Series

Black August: Integration and Reflection — a Participatory Closing Session with Sr. Sharifa Meytung and Dr. Alice Yafeh-Deigh

August 31, 2024, 11am Eastern US Time

Our closing Black August session will be a participatory format in which we will gather the threads of what we...

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Black August Series

Black August: Musa Dube and Sithembiso Zwane on the Politics and Possibilities of Bible Translation

August 24, 2024, 11am Eastern US Time

Our fourth Black August session will feature Dr. Musa Wenkosi Dube Shomanah, Botswanan biblical scholar and first African President of...

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Black August Series

Black August: Kenneth Ngwa and Cleo Silvers on Biblical Interpretation for Global Health Equity

August 15, 2024, 7:30pm Eastern US Time

For our third Black August session, we will welcome Rev. Dr. Kenneth Ngwa and Cleo Silvers, who will both share...

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Black August Series

Black August: Steed Vernyl Davidson and Kazembe Balagun on Biblical Ethiopianism and Beyond

August 08, 2024, 7:30pm Eastern US Time

Our second session will feature Dr. Steed Vernyl Davidson, Hebrew Bible scholar from Trinidad and Tobago who serves as executive...

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Black August Series

Black August: Hugh Page and Elvine Belinda on African Liberation Today

August 01, 2024, 7:30pm Eastern Daylight Time

In the opening session of our 2024 Black August Series, we will take a big picture look at our series...

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Scholar-Activist Encounters

Scholar-Activist Encounter: Pride as Protest and Ekklesia (Gathering), Then and Now

June 27, 2024, 7:30pm Eastern Time

All are warmly invited to a roundtable discussion hosted by CLBSJ Board Member Rev. Dr. Eric Thomas on the role...

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Scholar-Activist Encounters

Scholar-Activist Encounter: Pentecost and Multilingual Community Organizing

May 16, 2024, 7:30pm Eastern Time

What can the Pentecost Story in Acts 2, as well as other biblical references to “speaking in tongues,” tell us...

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Into the Wilderness — A Contemplative Retreat

March 02, 2024, 10:00am – 1:30pm Eastern Time

Register for this event In the past few months we’ve seen in unprecedented scale the destructive impact that violent misuse...

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The Bible and Settler Colonialism in Palestine and Beyond

January 27, 2024, 9:30am Eastern Time

In this international, online consultation, Rev. Prof. Mitri Raheb addressed how the recent escalation of violence in Palestine/Israel is part...

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Reading for Justice: A Celebration of Banned Books and Critical Thinking

October 05, 2023, 7:30pm Eastern Time

A participatory fundraiser to help CLBSJ extend access to critical biblical engagement As part of our 2023 read-a-thon, and in...

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Black August Series

Black August: Madeline McClenney on the Biblical Imperative to Abolish Mass Incarceration

August 31, 2023, 7:30pm Eastern Time

Why We Must Seek Mass Clemency or Stop Preaching the Gospel President and founder of ExodusFoundation.Org, Rev. Dr. Madeline McClenney...

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Black August Series

Black August: Renita Weems on Womanist Biblical Interpretation

August 24, 2023, 7:30pm Eastern Time

Womanist Biblical Interpretation: Exposing Whiteness, Critiquing Harmful Texts, Transforming the Conversation Drawing from her articles “‘To Think Better Than We...

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Black August Series

Black August: Shively T.J. Smith on Anti-Racist Biblical Interpretation

August 17, 2023, 7:30pm Eastern Time

Anti-Racist Biblical Interpretation: How Activists, Allies and Colleagues can Connect with and Amplify the Work of Black Biblical Scholars Drawing...

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Black August Series

Black August: Ronald Charles on Decolonizing the Bible

August 10, 2023, 7:30pm Eastern Time

Decolonizing the Bible: How Haiti’s language, culture and revolutionary legacy can inform a decolonial biblical understanding Drawing from his articles,...

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Black August Series

Black August: Rodney Sadler on Slavery, Resistance and Biblical Understanding

August 03, 2023, 7:30pm Eastern Time

Starting At the Roots: Slavery, Resistance and Biblical Understanding Co-author of The Genesis of Liberation: Biblical Interpretation in the Antebellum...

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Scholar-Activist Encounters

Scholar-Activist Encounter: Yii-Jan Lin and Gale Yee

May 18, 2023, 7:30pm Eastern Time

In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, our May Scholar-Activist Encounter will feature Dr. Yii-Jan Lin...

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Deliverance belongs to the Lord! Jonah, Jesus and the Possibilities of Environmental Healing

April 04, 2023, 7:30pm Eastern Time

In this session, Rev. Dr. Brian Fiu Kolia, a second-generation Australian-born Samoan, will share about the role of indigenous worldviews...

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Uncovering Revelation’s Environmental Message

March 28, 2023, 7:30pm Eastern Time

Sometimes hope-inspiring, sometimes trauma-inducing, the Book of Revelation has some of the most complex history of interpretation of any book...

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Interpreting Animals in the Bible -- Seeing Human and Non-Human Animals as Siblings in the Struggle to Survive

March 21, 2023, 7:30pm Eastern Time

Too often, the traditional view of humans as “above” and “separate” from non-human animals has dominated the way we understand...

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Toward the Liberation of all Creation -- Reading Romans 8:21 in its Imperial Context

March 14, 2023, 7:30pm Eastern Time

Is creation in a state of “bondage to decay” (Rom 8:21, NRSV), or is it “enslaved to destruction”? In this...

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Rethinking Class in Intersectional Activism and Faith-Based Community Organizing

March 11, 2023, 11:00am–3:00pm Eastern Time

Continuing Reflections on the Work of Norman K. Gottwald Dear friends, CLBSJ and the Wendland-Cook Program in Religion and Justice...

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Reading Genesis for the Earth

March 07, 2023, 7:30pm Eastern Time

Passages in Genesis are among the core culprits in perpetuating theologies that justify the domination of humans over the environment,...

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Climate Change Deniers' Use of the Bible

February 28, 2023, 7:30PM Eastern Time

Dr. Gale Yee will start our session out with an overview of the roots, whys and wherefores of Climate Change...

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Scholar-Activist Encounters

Scholar-Activist Encounter: The Bible as a Living Text in Black Community

February 02, 2023, 7:30pm Eastern Time

In honor of Black History Month, CLBSJ is hosting an interactive dialogue on the role that community churches and Biblical...

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Advent Study with the First Nations Version

December 15, 2022, 7:30pm Eastern Time

Join us to expand our understanding of the Divine through new biblical translations! CLBSJ is pleased to welcome Terry Wildman...

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Honoring Norman Gottwald at SBL

November 20, 2022, 4:00pm Mountain Time

CLBSJ folks will be representing at the annual meeting of the Society for Biblical literature, to be held November 19–22...

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Scholar-Activist Encounters

Scholar-Activist Encounter: Sharon Delgado and Daryl Grigsby on "The Word of the Cross"

October 20, 2022, 7:30pm Eastern Time

CLBSJ and the Alternative Seminary warmly invite you to join us for a dialogue emerging from Rev. Sharon Delgado’s new...

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Scholar-Activist Encounters

Scholar-Activist Encounter: A Conversation with R. Douglas Bendall on Modern Cosmology, Process Theology and Social Justice

September 15, 2022, 7:30pm Eastern Time

Please join us for a sharing and dialogue with CLBSJ co-founder Rev. Dr. R. Douglas Bendall on Modern Cosmology, Process...

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Black August Series

Black August: Charlene Sinclair and Everette Thompson on “Jesus Christ in Texas” by W.E.B. DuBois

August 30, 2022, 7:30pm Eastern Time

To close our series, Dr. Charlene Sinclair will take us on a deep dive into an essay by W.E.B. DuBois...

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Black August Series

Black August: Lukata Mjumbe and Lumumba Akinwole-Bandele on Political Prisoner Solidarity

August 23, 2022, 7:30pm Eastern Time

Rev. Lukata Mjumbe and Lumumba Akinwole-Bandele will lead us into a deep dive into the tap-root of the Black August...

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Black August Series

Black August: Nikia Smith Robert and Traci West on Scripture Study as Freedom Practice

August 16, 2022, 7:30pm Eastern Time

Rev. Dr. Nikia Smith Robert and Rev. Dr. Traci West will share about how engagement with scripture and other faith...

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Black August Series

Black August: Nyle Fort and John Selders on Remembrance and Liturgy in the Black Lives Matter movement

August 09, 2022, 7:30pm Eastern Time

Rev. Dr. Nyle Fort and Bishop John Selders will lead us in an exploration of the grassroots liturgies of remembrance...

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Memorial Service for Dr. Norman Gottwald

August 06, 2022, 2:00pm Pacific Time

We continue to mourn the loss of our co-founder and vision-holder, Norman Gottwald. The First Baptist Church of Berkeley will hold...

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Black August Series

Black August: Jeremy Williams on Acts 16:16-40

August 02, 2022, 7:30pm Eastern Time

Rev. Dr. Jeremy Williams of Brite Divinity School will launch our second annual Black August Series. Dr. Williams, whose research...

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Scholar-Activist Encounters

Scholar-Activist Encounter: Dr. Gale Yee and Rev. Dr. Dong Hyeon Jeong

July 21, 2022, 7:30pm Eastern Time

CLBSJ is honored to welcome Dr. Gale Yee and Rev. Dr. Dong Hyeon Jeong to discuss Dr. Yee’s recently-published book,...

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Scholar-Activist Encounters

Scholar-Activist Encounter: Resistance Readings of the Parable of the Manager of Unjust Wealth

June 16, 2022

CLBSJ is pleased to again join forces with the Alternative Seminary to host a teaching and discussion on Luke 16:1-13,...

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Study of Mark 7:24-30 led by Mitzi J. Smith and Roslyn Bouier

April 12, 2022, 7:30 PM Eastern Time

In this session, Dr. Mitzi J. Smith explores Jesus’ encounter with the Syrophoenician Woman as it is rendered in the...

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Study of Mark 15:1-15 led by Tom Boomershine with Joyce Bressler, respondent

April 05, 2022, 7:30 PM Eastern Time

In this session, Dr. Tom Boomershine explores the accounts of Jesus’ appearance before Pontius Pilate, governor of the province of...

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Study of Jeremiah 1:4-19 led by Rebecca Todd Peters and Kenyetta Chinwe

March 29, 2022, 7:30 PM Eastern Time

In this session, Dr. Rebecca Todd Peters and Rev. Kenyetta Chinwe analyze and challenge the Anti-Abortion Movement’s use of scripture,...

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Study of Matthew 28:16-20 led by Chris Hoklotubbe and Kimberlee Medicine Horn

March 22, 2022, 7:30 PM Eastern Time

In this session, Dr. Chris Hoklotubbe and Kimberlee Medicine Horn delve into Matthew 28:16-20, otherwise known as “the Great Commission,”...

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Study of Galatians 4 led by Luis Menéndez-Antuña and Woullard Lett

March 15, 2022, 7:30 PM Eastern Time

In this session, Dr. Luis Menéndez-Antuña explore Galatians chapter 4, with a focus on the allegory of Hagar and Sarah,...

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Study of 1 Timothy 2:8-15 led by Crystal Hall and Carolyn Grice

March 08, 2022, 7:30 PM Eastern Time

In this session, Dr. Crystal Hall rereads 1 Timothy 2:8-15, a passage perhaps more than any other used to silence...

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Scholar-Activist Encounters

Scholar-Activist Encounter: Dr. Angela Parker and Dr. Karri L. Whipple

February 17, 2022

CLBSJ is honored to welcome Dr. Angela N. Parker and Dr. Karri L. Whipple to discuss Dr. Parker’s recently-published book,...

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Advent for Activists: Expanding our Understanding of the Divine through Parallel Study

December 14, 2021, 7:30pm Eastern Standard Time

Whatever our faith identity, and whether we are believers, skeptics or spiritual-but-not-religious, we are all affected by the Advent season...

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Scholar-Activist Encounters

Scholar-Activist Encounter: Remembering John H. "Jack" Elliott at SBL

November 21, 2021, 7pm Eastern Time ~ 6pm Central Time ~ 4pm Pacific Time

Rev. Dr. John H. “Jack” Elliott (1935–2020) was known internationally for his research on 1 Peter (especially A Home for...

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Scholar-Activist Encounters

Scholar-Activist Encounter: Rabia Harris & Sarah Henkel

September 23, 2021, 7:30pm Eastern Time

Muslim scholar and writer Rabia Terri Harris will dialogue with Christian pastor and activist Sarah Henkel about the parallels between the Qu'ran and the Bible.

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Black August Series

Black August: "Potluck and Processing" led by Sherly Fabre

August 31, 2021, 7:30pm Eastern Time

All are invited to come together to "digest" the perspectives that have been shared during CLBSJ's inaugural Black August series, to share additional insights, and to discuss how to build on it going forward. Series host Sherly Fabre will offer reflections on Black August that come from her Haitian heritage and her Muslim faith practice.

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Black August Series

Black August: Sister Sharifa Vernice Meytung

August 24, 2021, 7:30pm Eastern Time

In this session, Sister Sharifa Vernice Meytung will explore the parallels between traditional African fables, the Jakata tales from the Buddhist tradition, and the parables of Jesus. Sister Sharifa is an artist, haijin (a writer of haiku poetry), teacher and lay religious practitioner in the Catholic and Buddhist traditions.

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Black August Series

Black August: Aliou Niang

August 17, 2021, 7:30pm Eastern Time

In this session, Aliou Niang will speak on the role of Christianity and African traditional religion in bolstering the resistance to French colonialism in West Africa. Dr. Niang is Associate Professor of New Testament at Union Theological Seminary and author of _Faith and Freedom in Galatia and Senegal: The Apostle Paul, Colonists and Sending Gods._

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Black August Series

Black August: Onleilove Alston

August 10, 2021, 7:30pm Eastern Time

In this session, Minister Onleilove Chika Alston will speak about African Jews & The Black Freedom Movement. Minister Alston is the Interfaith Center of New York's Racial Justice Organizing Fellow and author of _Prophetic Whirlwind: Uncovering the Black Biblical Destiny._

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Black August Series

Black August: Lisa Bowens

August 03, 2021, 7:30pm Eastern Time

In this session, Lisa M. Bowens, will discuss her research on the variety of ways that African American communities have utilized Paul in their efforts to protest and resist slavery and oppression. Dr. Bowens is associate professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary, and author of _African American Readings of Paul: Reception, Resistance, and Transformation._

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Scholar-Activist Encounters

Scholar-Activist Encounter: Discussion of Healing Haunted Histories with Sweetwater Cultural Center

July 15, 2021, 7:30pm Eastern Time

On July 15, 2021, CLBSJ will welcome Elaine Enns and Ched Myers for a discussion of their newest book, Healing Haunted Histories: A Settler Discipleship of Decolonization. They will be joined by Maria De Freece Lawrence (Lenape), founding Board Member of the Sweetwater Cultural Center, an indigenous-led organization that is featured in Ched and Elaine’s book as an example of indigenous-settler solidarity.

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Scholar-Activist Encounters

Scholar-Activist Encounter: New Ways of Seeing Mark 5:1-20

June 17, 2021, 7:00pm Eastern Time

CLBSJ is pleased to collaborate with the Alternative Seminary to host a roundtable discussion on new understandings of Mark 5:1-20, the healing of the Gerasene Demoniac, that prioritize marginalized and invisibilized perspectives. New Testament scholars Brian James Tipton, Eric Thomas and Peter McLellan will share about their research followed by an open dialogue about the implications of these ideas for movements for justice and peace.

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Scholar-Activist Encounters

Scholar-Activist Encounter: Rabbi Michael Feinberg and Dr. Norman Gottwald

May 20, 2021, 7:30pm Eastern Time

The Center and Library for the Bible and Social Justice and the Religion and Socialism Working Group of the Democratic Socialists of America invite you to a special Scholar-Activist Encounter featuring Rabbi Michael Feinberg and Dr. Norman Gottwald. The focus of the discussion will be the continuing relevance of Dr. Gottwald’s 1979 book Tribes of Yahweh: A Sociology of the Religion of Liberated Israel, 1250-1050 BCE. We will present an overview of its central thesis regarding political and socioloigcal dynamics surrounding the emergence of the Jewish people, including his nontraditional reading of the slaughter of the Canaanites. We will then discuss how Dr. Gottwald’s thesis influenced activists like Rabbi Feinberg, how his thinking has evolved since it’s publication, and how these ideas are relevant for multifaith movement-building today.

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Invitation to Debrief and Vision

April 15, 2021, 7:30pm Eastern Time

Calling all Bible-o-Philes! Please join us on Thursday April 15, 7:30pm Eastern Time, to help shape CLBSJ’s emerging approach to...

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Study of Philippians 2:5-11, led by Crystal Hall

April 01, 2021, 7:30pm Eastern Time

Our final session will be held on Maundy Thursday and led by Dr. Crystal L. Hall, Assistant Professor of Biblical...

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Study of Esther 1-2, led by Ericka Shawndricka Dunbar

March 25, 2021, 7:30pm Eastern Time

This session will be led Ericka Shawndricka Dunbar. Ericka will explore the layered theme of “chosenness” in Esther chapters 1...

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Study of Mark 12:13-17 led by Dong Hyeon Jeong

March 18, 2021, 7:30pm Eastern Time

In this session, Rev. Dr. Dong Hyeon Jeong will present an alternative reading of Mark 12:13-17, in which Jesus discusses taxation with the Pharisees and Herodians. This passage contains the instruction to "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's," which has often been used to imply the need for blind acceptance of authority.

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Study of John 3:14-21 led by Sharifa Vernice Meytung

March 11, 2021, 7:30pm Eastern Time

In this session, Sr. Sharifa Vernice Meytung, OLC, will lead us in an experience-based exploration of John 3:14-21, which appears in the lectionary this week.

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Study of Exodus 20:1-17 led by Rick Ufford-Chase

March 04, 2021, 7:30pm Eastern Time

In this session, Rick Ufford-Chase will explore a collective reading of the Ten Commandments, which appears in this week's lectionary. These texts, which are normally experienced as referring to personal morality, have been used to target and persecute those whose speech or behavior is seen as deviant from the norm.

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Study of Deuteronomy 15 led by Norman Gottwald

February 25, 2021, 7:30pm Eastern Time

In this session, CLBSJ co-founder Dr. Norman Gottwald will continue the exploration of "the poor will always be with you" by looking at Hebrew Testament parallels in Deuteronomy 15:11 and related texts.

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Study of Mark 14:1-11 led by Brigitte Kahl

February 18, 2021, 7:30pm Eastern Time

In this session, Dr. Brigitte Kahl of the Union Theological Seminary New Testament Department will lead us in an exploration of Mark 14:1-11, which appears in the lectionary at the end of Lent this year. This section contains the often misused verse "For you will always have the poor with you," in verse 7.

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Scholar-Activist Encounters

Scholar-Activist Encounter: Dong Hyeon Jeong and Nicholas Johnson

January 21, 2021, 7:30pm Eastern Time

In this session, CLBSJ Board Chair Nicholas Johnson will be joined by Korean-Filipino New Testament scholar Dong Hyeon Jeong to discuss their commitment to a pedagogy and an evangelism that is intersectional, liberating, critical, and de/re-constructive.

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Scholar-Activist Encounters

Scholar-Activist Encounter: Weldon Nisly and Tom Boomershine

December 17, 2020, 7:30pm Eastern Time

In this session, lifelong peace activist Weldon Nisly and Biblical scholar Tom Boomershine will discuss their work to understand and respond to the Gospel's call to peacemaking within the academy, within Christian community, and in conflict zones around the world.

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Scholar-Activist Encounters

Scholar-Activist Encounter: abby mohaupt and Rick Ufford-Chase

November 19, 2020, 7:30pm Eastern Time

In this session, faith-rooted scholar-activists Rick Ufford-Chase and Rev. Abby Mohaupt will share about their work for environmental and racial justice within the Presbyterian Church USA and beyond.

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Scholar-Activist Encounters

Scholar-Activist Encounter: Traci West and Nicholas Johnson

October 15, 2020, 7:30pm Eastern Time

In this session, pastor-scholar-activists Nicholas Johnson and Traci West will explore how they work to build bridges between the seminary, sanctuary and the streets, and the role that scripture and inter-generational conversation plays in this process.

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Scholar-Activist Encounters

Scholar-Activist Encounter: Sphynx Eben and Norman Gottwald

September 17, 2020, 7:30pm Eastern Time

In this session, Biblical scholar Norman Gottwald and anti-colonial organizer Sphynx Eben will discuss their strivings for a world free of structural racism — in the United States, Ambazonia (West Africa) and worldwide — and how the Bible and their Baptist upbringings have shaped their work and commitment.

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Scholar-Activist Encounters

Scholar-Activist Encounter: Mauricio Salgado and Ched Myers

August 20, 2020, 7:30pm Eastern Time

In this session, Activist theologian Ched Myers and Drama Professor Mauricio Tafur Salgado will discuss their work to create capacity for movement-building through arts, documentation and scholarship, and the way this work has shaped and been shaped by their faith.

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Scholar-Activist Encounters

Scholar-Activist Encounter: Charo Ureña and Amy Dalton

July 16, 2020, 7:30pm Eastern Time

In this session, faith-rooted organizers Amy Dalton and Rosarion "Charo" Ureña will discuss their work within the immigrant rights movement, their seminary studies, and how their faith has evolved through their activist journey.

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CLBSJ Roundtable Discussion at AAR/SBL

October 12, 2019

Are you attending the 2019 Annual Meetings of the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature in San Diego, CA? Please join us on Sunday, 24 November 24 2019, 6:00–7:30pm for a roundtable discussion on “Maintaining Dialogue Between the Seminary, the Sanctuary, and the Streets."

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John Vincent, Elder Scholar-Activist of Radical Christianity, to Visit NY in November 2019

October 12, 2019

The Center and Library for the Bible and Social Justice, Jersey City Together, New York Theological Seminary and the Urban Theology Unit North America are pleased to welcome Rev. Dr. John Vincent for a series of seminars and discussions on contextual urban ministry in the greater NYC region.

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Seminal Books in Activist Theology

Seminal Books in Activist Theology: Poverty and Poor People’s Organizing

June 13, 2019

On June 13, 2019, we will continue our Seminal Books Salon Series in which we discuss books that have influenced...

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Seminal Books in Activist Theology

Seminal Books in Activist Theology: Palestinian Liberation Theology

May 09, 2019

On May 9, 2019, we will continue our Seminal Books Salon Series in which we discuss books that have influenced...

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Seminal Books in Activist Theology

Seminal Books in Activist Theology: Perspectives on Earth Care

March 07, 2019

On March 14, we will continue our Seminal Books Salon Series in which we discuss books that have influenced movements....

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Seminal Books in Activist Theology

Seminal Books in Activist Theology: Feminist Theology

January 10, 2019

January 2019 Seminal Books Conversation in Feminist Theology

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Seminal Books in Activist Theology

Seminal Books in Activist Theology: Radical Jesus by John Vincent

October 25, 2018, 7:15pm Eastern Time

On November 5, 2019, we will continue our Seminal Books Salon Series in which we discuss books that have influenced movements.

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Seminal Books in Activist Theology

Seminal Books in Activist Theology: James Cone's A Black Theology of Liberation

October 25, 2018, 7:00pm Eastern Time

Join the Center and Library for the Bible and Social Justice to discuss James Cone's seminal book and it's continuing relevance for today's movements for racial justice and liberation theology.

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Seminal Books in Activist Theology

Seminal Books in Activist Theology: Norman Gottwald's Tribes of Yahweh

September 13, 2018, 7:00pm Eastern Time

Join resident scholar Norman Gottwald to discuss his seminal book and its continuing relevance for today's movements against poverty and for poor people's liberation.

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The Word is Action: Engaging the Bible and Social Justice in memory of Walter Wink

October 20, 2016

In the 21st Century, the work of activists in the field of social justice has become increasingly intersectional. The environmental...

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The Art of Contextual Bible Study - Webinar

March 03, 2016

Please join the Center and Library for the Bible and Social Justice, this spring, for a St. Ambrose University Bible & Justice Conference...

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Ched Myers and Rabbi Arthur Waskow on Deep Ecumenism

July 07, 2015

July 15, at 7:00 P.M.  The Center and Library for the Bible and Social Justice, will co-host activists and theologians,...

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Telling the Stories of Jesus as a Strategy for Social Justice and Peacemaking in the Global Community.

May 31, 2015

A weekend workshop of the Network of Biblical Storytellers, International & The Center and Library for the Bible and Social...

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The Hebrew Prophets Now!

November 13, 2014

Akin to the Hebrew prophets, we live at a time of monumental change and challenge.  In this workshop we studied...

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Gordon Oyer to discuss “Pursuing the Spiritual Roots of Protest”

September 26, 2014, 7:00pm

Where we are going is where we went a long time ago. Over the falls. We are in a new...

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Lifting the Veil

January 04, 2014, 7:00pm

The Presbyterian Peace Fellowship Palestine/Israel Delegation and their InterFaith PeaceBuilders Delegation Organizers will spend an evening at the Center &...

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Birmingham and the Bible

November 02, 2013, 10:00am

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and the events in Birmingham, Alabama, the Center and library for...

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A Seminar on the Bible and Social Justice: What does the Bible really say about politics?

September 29, 2012, 9:30am - 3:30pm

Dr. Norman K. Gottwald The Old Testament and Politics <a class=”button tiny hollow”http://www.ustream.tv/user/clbsj”>Video</a> 10:00 AM – 12:00 noon Dr. Obery...

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Laurel Dykstra teaching class based on Liberating Biblical Study

March 12, 2012, 7:00pm

Laurel Dykstra, co-editor of Liberating Biblical Study, will be teaching a nine-week class based on the book starting April 12....

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Reception at Society of Biblical Literature/American Academy of Religion annual meeting

November 20, 2011, 8:00-9:00pm

The Center and Library for the Bible and Social Justice, in conjunction with Wipf & Stock publishers, will honor its...

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Opening Weekend

October 22, 2011

Come celebrate the inauguration of the Center and Library for the Bible and Social Justice at Stony Point Center, which...

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