Annual Urban Theological Institute Lecture on September 20 will feature Rev. Dr. Teresa L. Smallwood

September 7, 2022

Urban Theological Institute Annual Lecture
September 20, 11:45AM
Benbow Hall, Brossman Center
7301 Germantown Ave., Phila, PA 19119 and on YouTube

The Rev. Teresa L. Smallwood, JD, PhD, The James Franklin Kelly and Hope Eyster Kelly Associate Professor of Public Theology, will present this year's lecture entitled: “Fire Power: The Weapons of Our Warfare” and deals with active shooters in our society and houses of faith.

Dr. Teresa L. Smallwood earned a B.A from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Juris Doctor from North Carolina Central University School of Law, a Master of Divinity at Howard University School of Divinity, and a PhD at Chicago Theological Seminary. She is the immediate past Postdoctoral Fellow and Associate Director of the Public Theology and Racial Justice Collaborative at Vanderbilt Divinity School. She is a licensed and ordained minister both through Baptist and non-denominational communions. She is the James Franklin Kelly and Hope Eyster Kelly Associate Professor of Public Theology at United Lutheran Seminary in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. A member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and a community organizer, Dr. Smallwood lives by the mantra “only what you do for Christ will last.”

This event is free and open to the public.

Posted by Linda Fiore