SARASOTA CONFERENCE ON SPIRITUALITY, COMMUNITY & SOCIAL CHANGE

1031 S Euclid Ave,Sarasota FL 34237

01 April, 2022

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Howard Thurman, a seminal figure of the civil rights movement, was a spiritual genius who transformed people who transformed the world. CNN called Howard Thurman “one of the unacknowledged shapers of 20th century America” who blended contemplative spirituality with justice advocacy. He offered academic, moral, spiritual, and interfaith leadership at Howard University, Morehouse College and Boston University, and was a founding co-pastor of the Church for the Fellowship of All People in San Francisco. Learn more about the thought and spirituality of Howard Thurman, especially related to suffering, non-violence and the Beloved Community, and his relationship to the Civil Rights Movement. Relate Thurman’s work to contemporary issues that we face in our Sarasota and Manatee communities. Join a racially and religiously diverse group of people for study and fellowship. Build relationships with people of differing racial, theological, and denominational backgrounds in Manatee and Sarasota counties. Help create and support a network of local congregations and people who seek to overcome racism and engage in work of inclusion. PRESENTERS: Dr. Luther E. Smith Jr., Professor Emeritus at Candler Theological Seminary (Atlanta, GA) is the author of Howard Thurman: The Mystic As Prophet; Intimacy and Mission; and editor and author of Howard Thurman: Essential Writings. Dr. Smith’s current research focuses on the writings and correspondence of Howard Thurman, advocacy on behalf of children, and a spirituality of hope. An ordained elder in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, he is one of the founders of the Interfaith Children’s Movement. Dr. Shively T. J. Smith, teaches New Testament at Boston University School of Theology (Boston, MA), and is the author of Strangers to Family… Peter’s Invention of God’s Household. Offering Womanist and African American perspectives on the Bible, she is an ordained elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and resident scholar at the historic Metropolitan AME Church in Washington, DC. She is a frequent commentator on the Thurman documentary, Backs against the Wall.