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Are you looking to deepen your theological frameworks for social justice ministry? Do you want to develop practical skills for more effective models of community engagement?
In this 4-course track, you’ll explore foundational theological and practical perspectives on justice, as well as build key skills for engaging in community transformation. Drawing on expertise from Candler School of Theology faculty and community activists, this track will equip you to understand justice from a biblical and theological perspective, reflect on personal practices for justice work, and explore the role of relationships in justice. The final course will focus on justice and community violence, exploring case studies from pastoral activists who have shaped their communities in the wake of uprisings.
The Rev. Dr. Danielle Tumminio Hansen joined the Candler faculty in 2021. Prior to arriving at Candler, she was assistant professor of pastoral theology and served as director of field education at Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas, where she taught courses on trauma, practical theology, and pastoral theology, with a feminist, intersectional, and anti-racist lens. Tumminio Hansen has been a lecturer at Yale and Tufts universities, in addition to serving as chaplain at Groton School and as a parish priest in Lexington, Lincoln, and Quincy, Massachusetts.
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Elizabeth M. Bounds, Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, has been teaching at Candler since 1997. She teaches courses in restorative justice, peacebuilding and conflict transformation, democratic practices and civil society. Whether inside a classroom or in community work, she works with a variety of participatory and practical methods. She is involved in prison education programs, local criminal justice initiatives, and community restorative justice networks.
Tamara is an educator, post-graduate fellow, researcher, and public theologian. She has served in education, business, and ministry leadership for over 18 years, blending her love for people, pedagogy, and creative arts into serving and growing a variety of communities, including co-founding an anti-racism institute. She is a doctoral student of social ethics at the International Baptist Theological Studies Center via Vrije Universiteit- Amsterdam and holds a Master of Theology from Emory’s Candler School of Theology and a Master of Arts in Ministry Leadership from Grand Rapids Theological Seminary.
Jazzy Johnson, a proud Native Texan and adopted Chicagoan, specializes in curating and facilitating transformative spaces for learning & listening in the area of social justice. A graduate of Northwestern University, Jazzy directed InterVarsity Christian Fellowship’s Chicago Urban Program for six years, and currently serves as the Resource Specialist for InterVarsity’s Black Campus Ministries Department. She holds a Mdiv from Candler School of Theology and is pursuing a PhD in Person, Community, and Religious Life at Emory University.
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