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Divine Feminine: Black Sexuality & Black Spirituality

Mar. 9, 2021—Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 6:00pm CST Please register: https://tinyurl.com/yeyijxg3 In this Women’s History Month program, we will explore the concept of purity culture in the black Church and its effects on black women and black people. How are these ideals helpful? How does or may it cause harm? Join us for a presentation and open conversation about what it means to take agency over yourself and making choices...

From the Chaplain’s Desk, February 2021

Feb. 11, 2021—The power of story is important to the work we do in Religious Life at Vanderbilt. Each one of us has a story that we tell ourselves and others about who we are and how the world works, which helps us to understand the world and where we fit into it. We also inherit, claim,...

Religious Life and UCC Focus on Black Mental Health

Feb. 11, 2021—Black Mental Health and Spiritual Practices Religious Life is partnering with the University Counseling Center for a short series of programs on Black Mental Health and Spiritual Practice in late March and early April. Look for more information on Religious Life social media or contact Chaplain Rocky Major at rocky.major@vanderbilt.edu.

Millions of Conversations, Religious Life, Global Education Focus on Truth and Reconciliation

Feb. 11, 2021—11:00am-12:30pm CST on Thursday, February 18 on Zoom Register to attend: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwof-isrTsuHdYXntocGIwOXH8ZPB8DbK12 Join Millions of Conversations, Vanderbilt Religious Life, and Vanderbilt Global Education Office (GEO) for #PledgeToListen: Exploring Truth and Reconciliation, the first event of the 2021 Conversationalist Series. Governance and elections expert, Dr. Kareem Crayton, will speak with mediation and labor law expert, Dr....

#DoTheWork Antiracism Discussion Group Continues

Feb. 11, 2021—10:00am on Friday, February 26 and Friday, March 26 Gathering on Zoom: https://vanderbilt.zoom.us/j/92349200856 On February 26, the group will conclude discussion on Ibram X. Kendi’s book How To Be an Antiracist and will choose a podcast that will be the focus of discussion for the March meeting. Contact Religious Life Intern Megan Cammack at megan.m.cammack@vanderbilt.edu...

Promotional poster, white text on a blurred gray/blue background. On the right 3 sticks of incense are burning, about an inch of each has burned down and is gray. Small lines of orange are visible, and smoke rises from the top of the brown, unburned portion. The text reads: The Black Trans Prayer Book, Feb. 18-19 2021, Healing Ritual/Workshop/Worship/Reading https://divinity.vanderbilt.edu/tbtpb.php Followed by a list of 15 co-sponsors: the Carpenter Program in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality, Vanderbilt Office of LGBTQI Life, Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center, Provost's Office of Inclusive Excellence, LGBT Policy Lab, Latino and Latina Studies Program, Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center, Office of University Chaplain and Religious Life, Peabody Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Vanderbilt Hillel, Divinity Library at Vanderbilt University, Kelly Miller Smith Institute in Black Church Studies, Public Theology and Racial Justice Collaborative, Religion in the Arts and Contemporary Culture, Vanderbilt Divinity School Office of Admission, Vocation, and Stewardship

Black Trans Prayer Book Events

Feb. 11, 2021—Thursday, February 18 and Friday, February 19 More information and registration link: divinity.vanderbilt.edu/tbtpb.php Religious Life joins the Carpenter Program in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality at Vanderbilt Divinity School, along with many other campus offices and organizations, to present an unprecedented and exciting series of virtual events February 18-19 featuring the creators and editors of The...

Religious Life Joins NPT for Black Church Documentary

Feb. 11, 2021—6:00pm on Monday, February 15 Online registration required: wnpt.org/black-history-month/ Religious Life is joining Nashville Public Television (NPT) for a free virtual screening event featuring clips from Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s new documentary, The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song, on Monday, February 15, at 6:00pm. During the event, a distinguished panel...

OUCRL Statement on January 6 Riot

Jan. 10, 2021—The Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life (OUCRL) joins in Vanderbilt’s strong condemnation of the violent riot at the United States Capitol in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021. In particular, we witnessed several rioters carrying signs reading “Jesus” and flags falsely purporting to represent the Christian faith. It was reported that one...

HLS: Running and Hiding from the Nazis

Oct. 13, 2020—HLS Hosts Survivor Miriam Klein Kassenoff Thursday, November 12 at 7:00pm Register for the Zoom webinar here Lecture: “Running and Hiding from the Nazis: My Miraculous Escape from the Holocaust” by Miriam Klein Kassenoff Miriam Klein Kassenoff was born in Košice, present-day Slovakia. Her father was detained in and then escaped from a concentration camp...

Race & Religion Dialogue Dinner

Oct. 13, 2020—Race & Religion Dialogue Dinner Thursday, October 15 from 6:30-7:30pm Join Interfaith Council this Thursday to discuss BLM and race’s bearing on religion! As always, dinners will be in-person (Library Lawn tent) and online (link on AnchorLink), and there will be FREE FOOD! Order and RSVP here: https://linktr.ee/vandyinterfaith” The next Dialogue Dinner will be...

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