Women in Conversation
Recollecting America's Original Sin: Encountering Race and Grace
Alison M. Benders, Vice President of Mission and Ministry for Santa Clara University
9am-Noon, Saturday, Jan 14
Newman Lounge and via ZOOM
in this presentation on Recollecting America’s Original Sin, we’ll encounter our nation's 'original sin' of anti-black racism as a pilgrimage of conversion and commitment. Alison Benders will share her personal and theological reflections, from her own family’s journey along the color line. The ensuing discussion will invite us to explore our own journeys and hopes for racial healing.
Alison M. Benders is vice president of Mission and Ministry for Santa Clara University. Prior to this role, she served for seven years as the associate dean of the Jesuit School of Theology, where her teaching and writing focused on racial justice and reconciliation. She authored Just Prayer: A Book of Hours for Peacemakers and Justice Seekers, (Liturgical Press 2015), which won the Catholic Book Award for Spirituality in 2016. (70 words)
Recollecting America's Original Sin: A Pilgrimage of Race and Grace (Liturgical Press, 2022) - This book journeys into anti-black racism throughout US history through a Christian spirituality lens, fashioned as a spiritual pilgrimage that integrates listening, reflecting, and daily living. It recollects the nation’s freedom struggles around race, our original sin, by interlacing historical moments and places into a web of provocative concerns
LINKS:
Santa Clara University: Division of Mission and Ministry
Recollecting America's Original Sin
Just Prayer: A Liturgy of the Hours for Peacemakers and Justice Seekers