Christ Episcopal Church recently issued the following announcement.
SUNDAYS, AUGUST 9 - 23, 10:00 AM
Three-Part Webinar Series (No registration required)
The Reverend Chip Edens will host this three-part conversation with Rev. Dr. Gary Mason, a Methodist minister and director of a conflict transformation organization based in Belfast, and Rev. Dr. Nichole Renée Phillips, an Associate Professor in the Practice of Sociology of Religion and Culture and Director of Black Church Studies at Candler School of Theology, Emory University.
ABOUT OUR GUESTS
Rev. Dr. Gary Mason is a Methodist minister and directs a conflict transformation organisation based in Belfast called "Rethinking Conflict." Prior to this he spent 27 years as a Methodist clergy person in parish ministry in Belfast and has played an integral role in the Northern Irish peace process. He played a key role in establishing the $30 million Skainos project, which is a world class urban center developed in a post-conflict society as a model of coexistence and shared space. It is acknowledged as the largest faith-based redevelopment project in Western Europe. Gary is a close advisor to Protestant ex-combatants on the civilization efforts of paramilitaries. He was instrumental in facilitating negotiations with paramilitaries and government officials, and in 2007 his contribution was formally recognized by the Queen.
Mason has lectured in political and academic forums throughout Europe, South Africa, the Middle East and the USA on lessons from the Irish peace process. He has been interviewed on CNN, BBC, ITV and various radio programs. He holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Ulster, completed his theological studies at Queens University, and a Bachelor’s in Business Studies from the University of Ulster. Gary also holds an honorary doctorate from Florida Southern College for his role in peace building in Ireland.
Rev. Dr. Nichole Renée Phillips is the Associate Professor in the Practice of Sociology of Religion and Culture and Director of Black Church Studies at Candler School of Theology, Emory University. A sociologist of religion and public theologian, she teaches courses in community and congregational studies. Her research interests lie at the intersection of religion and American public life with a focus on community and congregational studies where she investigates the moral commitments and vision of community and congregational members. Her scholarship treats religion, critical race, gender and cultural memory studies. She is also developing new research interests in the sociology of science and religion.
She is a Senior Faculty Fellow at Emory University’s Center for Ethics and Associate Faculty in the Emory’s Department of Sociology. As of February 2020, she was awarded a $100,000 grant by Templeton Religion Trust and the Issachur Fund to conduct research at the intersection of science and religion on the black church and in the burgeoning new field: the sociology of science and religion.
An ordained Itinerant Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), Rev. Nichole has served on ministerial staffs in New England and the South. She received the A.B. from Wellesley College, an M.Div. from Harvard University’s Divinity School, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Religion, Psychology, and Culture with a minor in anthropology of religion from Vanderbilt University.
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