author, professor, theologian, American Baptist minister
Academic background
Education
University of Chicago (BA) University of Chicago (MA, DMin) Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary & Northwestern University (PhD)
Academic work
Discipline
Womanist theologian
Institutions
Union Theological Seminary, Yale Divinity School, Vanderbilt Divinity School
Emilie Maureen Townes (born August 1, 1955, Durham, North Carolina) is an American Christian social ethicist and theologian. She was Dean, E. Rhodes, and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Womanist Ethics and Society at the Vanderbilt University Divinity School. Townes was the first African-American woman to be elected president of the American Academy of Religion in 2008.[1] She also served as the president of the Society for the Study of Black Religion from 2012–2016.
Emilie Maureen Townes (born August 1, 1955, Durham, North Carolina) is an American Christian social ethicist and theologian. She was Dean, E. Rhodes,...
scholars such as Judith Plaskow, Mark Juergensmeyer, Wendy Doniger, EmilieTownes, Peter J. Paris, Rebecca Chopp, Elizabeth A. Clark and Ann Taves. Oxford...
Cornel West, and Womanist theology, through the works of Katie Cannon, EmilieTownes, and Delores S. Williams. Likewise, the Jewish Theological Seminary...
Fuentes Professional and academic associations Preceded by Diana L. Eck President of the American Academy of Religion 2007 Succeeded by EmilieTownes...
the larger picture and exists to solve problems and end injustice. EmilieTownes, a womanist theologian, further asserts that womanist spirituality grows...
several major works that would expand the field of womanist theology. EmilieTownes, an ethicist, published Womanist Justice and Womanist Hope. She also...
including Paul Gilroy, C. Eric Lincoln, Lawrence Mamiya, Peter Paris, EmilieTownes, and Cornel West. These are some of the scholars who take up themes...
Emilie Schenkl (26 December 1910 – 13 March 1996) was an Austrian stenographer, secretary and trunk exchange operator. She was the wife or the companion...
2000–2003 Katie G. Cannon, 2004–2008 Lee H. Butler, Jr., 2008–2012 EmilieTownes, 2012–2016 Stephen G. Ray, Jr., 2016–present James H. Cone Temba Mafico...
1971–1981 Liston Pope (Dean) Letty M. Russell (1974–2001) Lamin Sanneh EmilieTownes Denys Turner Nicholas Wolterstorff Henry Burt Wright (1877-1923) Lyman...
Émilie Chauchoin (French: [ʃoʃwɛ̃]; September 13, 1903 – July 30, 1996), professionally known as Claudette Colbert (/koʊlˈbɛər/ kohl-BAIR, French: [kɔlbɛʁ])...
Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza Bernard Brandon Scott John Shelby Spong EmilieTownes Rick Ufford-Chase Winnie Varghese Mel White The 2010 release of LtQ2's...
Emilie Charlotte, Lady de Bathe (née Le Breton, formerly Langtry; 13 October 1853 – 12 February 1929), known as Lillie (or Lily) Langtry and nicknamed...
Divinity School. Notable recent deans of the Divinity School include Emilie M. Townes, Joseph C. Hough, Jr., Sallie McFague, Walter Harrelson, and H. Jackson...
(deceased) Kathryn Tanner, theologian Paul Tillich, theologian (deceased) EmilieTownes, Christian social ethicist, womanist theologian David Tracy, emeritus...
with special expertise in archaeology, and women's and gender studies. EmilieTownes, American Christian social ethicist and theologian Renita J. Weems,...
partial reimbursement for his wartime expenses, he moved with his wife Emilie to Argentina, where they took up farming. When he went bankrupt in 1958...
where she studied with prominent theologians Marilyn McCord Adams, EmilieTownes, Miroslav Volf, and Serene Jones. She also spent summers at St Andrew's...
The Parish of Sainte-Émélie-de-l’Énergie changed its name to Sainte-Émilie-de-l’Énergie. The Parish of Sainte-Emmélie-de-Lotbinière changed its name...
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