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SUMMARY:Yolanda Pierce
DESCRIPTION:Yolanda Pierce is a scholar\, writer\, womanist theologian and accomplished  \nadministrator in higher education. She currently serves as University Distinguished  \nProfessor of Religion and Literature and dean of the Vanderbilt Divinity School.  \nPierce’s newest book is The Wounds Are the Witness: Black Faith Weaving Memory into  \nJustice and Healing\, which explores how Black faith traditions hold memory\, confront  \ninjustice and cultivate healing.  \nPierce’s research specialties include literature and religion\, womanist theology and African American religions. A widely-published author\, she has written several essays and articles for academic and trade journals including: Time Magazine; The Christian Century; Theology Today; and Christianity & Literature. Her previously published books include Hell Without Fires: Slavery\, Christianity\, and the Antebellum Spiritual Narrative and In My Grandmother’s House: Black Women\, Faith\, and the Stories We Inherit.  \nPierce is the creator and curator of “Touching the Sacred\,” an exhibit on material religion  \nand the Black Church. She was appointed the founding director of the Center for  \nAfrican American Life at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American  \nHistory and Culture. She is a member of various professional organizations\,  \nincluding the Modern Language Association\, the Society for the Study of Black Religion  \nand the American Historical Association. Pierce has also been the recipient of numerous  \nhonors and awards\, including fellowships from the Ford Foundation\, the Mellon  \nFoundation\, and the Pew Foundation. In 2023\, she received the Martin E. Marty Award for  \nthe Public Understanding of Religion from the American Academy of Religion.  \nAs a first-generation college student\, Pierce earned degrees from Cornell University and  \nPrinceton University. She is a native New Yorker\, mentor\, community activist\, daughter of  \nthe Black Church\, ordained minister and proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority\,  \nInc.
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/susannah-heschel/
LOCATION:Hall of Philosophy\, Hall of Philosophy
CATEGORIES:Week One (June 27–July 4),Chautauqua Institution Program,Weekly Themes,CHQ Assembly,Interfaith Lecture Series
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