Ecowomanist Wisdom: Embracing Spiritual Rest and Active Compassion

Start Date:
Sunday, July 9, 2017
End Date:
Friday, July 14, 2017
Location:
The Maryknoll Sisters Center
Rogers Building
10 Pinesbridge Road
Ossining, NY 10562

During this program we are invited to enter into a communal space of critical learning about the discourse of Ecowomanism, while also practicing contemplative modes of inquiry. Participants will examine epistemologies about the sacred earth from the perspective of women of African descent. Consideration of how these women’s understandings help shape new direction for sustainable practice in the healthy balance of earth community. Using Christian meditation practices will enable the participants to center the heart, while listening to earth, thus opening one up to new creative ways of engaging social justice and environmental care.

Resource Persons: Melanie l. Harris, PhD, and Naomi O. Harris, D.Min, will team present this dynamic program on Ecowomanism. Melanie has a doctorate from Union theological Seminary, NYC. She presently is the Associate Professor of Religion and Ethics at Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX. She has also been a visiting faculty member of Iliff School of Theology Denver, CO. and a visiting scholar, Ford Foundation Womanist Scholars Program at the Interdenominational Theological Center
Atlanta, GA. Dr Harris is an accomplished singer and ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Her book on Ecowomanism will be published by Orbis. Naomi Harris has her M.Div. from Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado and is presently the Secretary to the Board of Trustees at Iliff School of Theology.

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