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Dwight N. Hopkins

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Dwight N. Hopkins

Presentations

“Africa in African American Religious History and Teaching: The Case of Black Theology”, given at Wabash College, Malcolm X Institute of Black Culture; Crawfordsville, Indiana.
“The Discipline of Theology”, “The Method of Liberation Theologies”, and “The Gift of Black Theologies,” given over three days at Chung Chi College Divinity School, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
“Black Theology: Theory and Method”, given at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Division of Religions; Beijing, China.
“Theological Basis of Ecclesial Anti-Racist Witness”, given at Seabury Western Theological Seminary.
“Holistic Health & Healing: Environmental Racism & Ecological Justice”, given at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
“Race and Globalization”, given at the Film, Faith, & Justice conference in Seattle, Washington.
"Christianisme, ordre economique mondial, et salut”. Universite Catholique de L’Afrique de L’Ouest/Unite Universitaire D’Abidjan. Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire.
“Black Theology and Barack Obama: Church Leadership and Electoral Politics”, given at the National Black Church Studies Consultation. Sponsored by the Kelly Miller Smith Institute on Black Church Studies at Vanderbilt University.
“Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Future of Multicultural America: a theological basis”, given at Manchester College, North Manchester, Indiana.
“Christology and Missiology”, given as the Tipple-Vosburgh Lectures at Drew University Theological School in Madison, New Jersey.
“Slavery, Black Women, and Sexual Justice: A Theological Perspective”, given at the conference “Beyond Slavery: Overcoming Its Religious and Sexual Legacy,” sponsored by the Feminist Sexual Ethics Project at Brandies University in Waltham, Mass.
“Black Men in America”, and “Brothers Embracing the ‘Nowness’ of God”, given at St. John A.M.E. Church’s Men’s Weekend Retreat in Aurora, Illinois.
“The Maafa, Black Women, and Reparations”, given at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
“Serving Well: The African American Church and 21st Century Missions”, and “Serving Well: The Case of the International Association of Black Religions and Spiritualities”, two lectures given at the Midwest Annual Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Kansas City, Kansas.
“What Color is God?” and “Black Theology: Black, Christian, and Free”, both given at Bethany Baptist Church, Brooklyn, New York.
“Christian Worship: Theological and Biblical Foundations”, given at Worship, Leadership and Planning Conference. Interdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, Georgia).
The Brueggemann and Kulenkamp Lectures, given with Linda E. Thomas at Eden Theological Seminary, Saint Louis, Missouri.
A Series of joint talks given with Linda E. Thomas on “theological education and ministry in the U.S.A.”, “gender”, “identity”, and “theological anthropology: race and gender”, at the Queens Foundation in Birmingham, England.
“What Does It Mean To Be A Global Citizen?: The Case of the International Association on Black Religions and Spiritualities,” given at the Chicago Cultural Center.
Norwood L. Jones Convocation Lecture, given at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas.
“The Black Church and Its Mission for the 21st Century,” given at the Pastors and Laity Conference 2006, Los Angeles, California.
“Black Church Studies and Darker Skin Peoples of the World,” given at the National Black Church Studies Forum,” at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. Co-sponsors are Program of Black Church Studies (Candler School of Theology, Emory Univesity) & The Kelly Miller Smith Institute on Black Church Studies (Vanderbilt University Divinity School).
“Culture and Spirituality,” given at the Program in African American Studies, Princeton University.
“Lies Above Suspicion: Being Human in Black Folk Tales,” given at the American Theological Society, Midwest Region.
“Theological Method and Black Theology,” given at the Instituto Superior De Estudius Biblicos y Telogicus, Havana, Cuba.
“Christology, Justice & Poverty,” given at the University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana.
“Spirit in the City: A Theological Interpretation,” given at United Theological Seminary Christian Clergy Doctoral Intensive, Dayton, Ohio.
“Reflections on Black Theology in Global Perspectives,” given at the Black Theology Forum at the University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England.
“Re-imagining the Religious Identity of Black Male Heterosexuals” given at the Souls A Fire II, Re-Imagining Black Religious Identity: Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality national conference, held at Chicago Theological Seminary.
“Partnership, Voice, and Empowerment”, given at the FNQ Aboriginal Consortium, Cairns, Australia.
“Theological Research: The Publics and the Theologies of the Publics,” given at the Association of Theological schools’ “2005 Lilly Conference on Theological Research,” Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
“Theologies in the U.S.A.,” given at the World Forum on Theology and Liberation held at Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul, in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
“The Religious System of Globalization,” given at McCormick Theological Seminary (Chicago), as part of “The Ethics of Globalization” series.
A series of lecture on “Black Americans,” “African American Religion,” “Black Theology,” and “Culture,” presented in India at the Centre for Dalit/Subaltern Studies (Theology) (Delhi), Vidyajyoti College of Theology (Delhi), Gurukul Lutheran Theological College and Research Institute (Chennai), and United Theological College (Bangalore).
“Comparisons Between U.S.A. Black Theology and Indian Dalit Theology,” a response to “Introducing Dalit Theology” by Rev. Dr. James Massey (Center for the Study of Dalit Theology, New Delhi, India) held at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (Illinois).
"Keeping the Dream Alive: Lessons from Martin Luther King, Jr.," at Le Moyen College, Syracuse, New York.
"The Black Church at the Crossroads: The Need for a Poor Peopleís Bill of Rights," at the National Samuel DeWitt Proctor Pastors Conference, Atlanta, GA.
"Making Connections in An Age of Multiculturality: Exploring Theological Challenges," at the National Racial Ethnic Multicultural Network of the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education, Oak Lawn, Illinois.
"The Thought of the Dreamer: Martin Luther King, Jr." at African American Student Affairs, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
Response to Simanga R. Kumalo's "A Case Study of the Theology and Democracy Programme," at the Prophetic Christianity and Church-State Relations in the Context of Globalization Conference in Volmoed, South Africa.
"Dwelling in the Promise Land: Celebrating Our Connections," keynote address at the Biennial People of African Descent in Metropolitan Community Churches Leadership Conference, Houston, Texas.
“Culture,” given at the International Interdisciplinary Conference on Language, Consciousness and Culture: East-West Perspectives,” sponsored by the Society for Indian Philosophy and Religion in Calcutta, India.
“Theological Education: First- and Third-World Creative Dialogue,” convocation lecture at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California.
“Black Religion,” given at Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University.
“God is Black: From Particularity to Universality,” given as the Bellarmine Lecture at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California.
“Unapologetically Christian, Unashamed of My Sexuality: We Are All God’s Gifts,” given at the annual Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago’s Men’s Conference.
"The Notion of Culture Revisited," given at "Fragments and Connections: Theological and Otherwise: a Colloquium in Honour of John W. de Gruchy," University of Cape Town, South Africa.
"The Global Context of Theological Scholarship," conference lecturer for the annual Fund for Theological Education Expanding Horizons Summer Conference.
"Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Future of Multicultural America," given as a national lecturer in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America's annual Hein-Fry Lecture Series. Lectures at the Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary (Berkeley, California), the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg (Pennsylvania), and the Lutheran Theological Center in Atlanta.
“A Black American’s Perspective on Interfaith/Interreligious Dialogue in the Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians,” at the EATWOT Theological Commission Meeting, Rio de Jeneiro, Brazil.
“The Religious Significance of African Presence in North America,” at the Conference on Martin Luther King, Jr., Non-Violence, and Black Theology, in Havana, Cuba, hosted by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Center of Havana.
“The History of Black Theology,” at the Conference on Martin Luther King, Jr, Non-Violence, and Black Theology, in Havana, Cuba, hosted by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Center of Havana.
“The Prophetic Ministry of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,” at the Third Unitarian Church, Chicago.
“Theologizing with What’s Popular: Theology and Popular Culture,” at the Association of Theological Schools Conference on Black and Hispanic Dialogue, Pittsburgh, PA.
African American Religious Studies: Definitions, Tradition, and a Constructive Proposal,” at Harvard Divinity School.
“Theological Anthropology: Culture, Self, and Race,” at Vanderbilt University Divinity School.
“Vibrant Ministry and Theology,” at American Baptist College, Nashville, Tenn.
“African American Heritage Lecture,” at McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois.
“Marc H. Ellis: A Jewish Theologian of Liberation,” at the November 2000, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting.
“On the Dictionary of Third World Theologies,” at the November 2000, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting.
“Using Black Theology for Effective Discipleship,” at the 2000 National Conference for Pastors and Christian Educators, Oak Brook, Illinois.
“More Than Ever: The Preferential Option for the Poor,” at the Research Symposium on Liberation Theology, honoring Gustavo Gutierrez, at Southern Methodist University, Perkins School of Theology, Dallas, Texas.
“Black Theology and Womanist Theology” and “Black Theology’s Impact on the Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians,” at the conference, Black Theology and the Ministry of the New Millennium — Honoring James H. Cone, at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary.
“Race, Religion, and the Founding of America”, at Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota.
“Faith and the Black Experience,” at Third Baptist Church, Chicago, Illinois.
“A Theological Interpretation of Race,” at the Trinity United Church of Christ Leadership Conference 2000, Chicago, Illinois.
“Culture As A Basis for Theological Reflection,” at the Disciples Divintiy House, University of Chicago.
“The Religion of Globalization”, at the American Academy of Religion, Boston, Mass.
“The Black Church and ‘Theos-Logos’”, at Allen Temple Baptist Church, Oakland, California.
“Frederick Douglass-Sojourner Truth Lectures”, Concord Baptist Church, Brooklyn, New York.
“The Black Church and ‘Faith Seeking Understanding’”, St. Mark Baptist Church, Maidens, Virginia.
“1619 & 1620: Two Arrivals & Two Americas”, at Occidental College, Los Angeles, California.
"Ecclesiology and the People's Church", at a conference on Theology for Justice in South Africa, Stony Point, NY.
"The Kairos Document from South Africa", Maryknoll Graduate School, Maryknoll, NY.
"Jesus and the Reign of God", Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA.
"Creative Theology and Cultures", Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley CA.
“Understanding the Diversity of the Black Church,” at The Church of St. Edmund, King and Martyr (Episcopal/Anglican), Chicago, Illinois.
"Black Theology in the USA and South Africa: A Comparison Between James H. Cone and Allan A. Boesak", Annual Meeting, The American Academy of Religion, Western Region, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA.
Seven Lectures on "Third World Theologies", Graduate Theological Union, Cooperative Summer Session, Berkeley, CA
"Influences in the Development of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Theology", Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
"Reflections on the Celebrations of Martin Luther King, Jr's Annual Holiday", University of Paris VII, Paris, France.
"Theology from a Black Perspective", three evening lectures. Allen Temple Baptist Church, Oakland, CA
"Martin Luther King, Jr.: Theological Challenge to the Church and Society", keynote address at the Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration of the American Baptist Churches of the West, Pittsburgh, CA.
"Slave Religion and Constructive Theology", American Academy of Religion, Western Region Annual Meeting, Holy Names College, Oakland CA.
"Black Theology and Black Consciousness in South Africa", presented at A Symposium on the Legacy of Bantu Stephen Biko, at the Harare Sheraton Hotel, Harare, Zimbabwe. Symposium sponsors; the World Council of Churches Programme to Combat Racism, in collaboration with the University of Zimbabwe, and the Southern African Political and Economy Centre.
"Reflections on the Current State of Black Theology in North America", University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.
"Theological Analysis of Slave Religious Thought", Annual American Academy of Religion Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
"Black Women's Spirituality in the Novels of Toni Morrison", Harvard University Divinity School.
"The Slave Church as a Theological Source", American Baptist Seminary of the West", Berkeley, CA.
"The Slaves' Theological Understanding of Jesus", Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA.
"A Comparison Between Black Theology in the USA and South Africa", Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago, IL.
"Martin Luther King, Jr.: Religion as a Catalyst or Opium?", California State University at Hayward, Hayward, CA.
"The Contextualization of God: A Response", Pacific Coast Theological Society, at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA.
"A Constructive Theology: Black Women's Spirituality", San Francisco Theological Seminary, San Anselmo, CA.
'Black Theology USA and South Africa: A Historical Comparison and A Look at Future Theological Methodology", Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI.
"Spirituality and Connectedness: Toni Morrison's Black Women", l'Universite de Tours, Tours, France.
"Political Struggle and Cultural Celebration: Church Responsibility and the Theologian's Vocation", conference on "Christian Responsibility for Pacific Civilization", The School of Theology at Claremont, Claremont, CA.
"Response to Dr. Kim Yong-Bock's `Pacific Civilization and Christian Responsibility',” Conference on "Christian Responsibility for Pacific Civilization", The School of Theology at Claremont, Claremont, CA.
“African American Radical Spiritual Traditions,” St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, Chicago, Illinois.
“The Notion of Race, Academic Structures, and Theological Reflection,” annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Toronto, Canada.
“Delores S. Williams: Founder of a Discipline, Creator of Methodology, and Challenge to Black Theology,” annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Toronto, Canada.
"Origin and History of the Black Church", Head Royce Prep School, Oakland, CA.
"`Now You Goiner Hear Lies Above Suspicion'" -- black theology and black literary criticism", West Coast Regional American Academy of Religion, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA.
Reading from and discussion of Cut Loose Your Stammering Tongue: Black Theology in the Slave Narratives, Black Oaks Bookstore, Berkeley, CA.
"Columbus, the Church & Slave Religion", a presentation at "A Symposium on 1492-1992: Worlds Transformed", at Wake Forest University, Wake Forest, NC.
"Methodology for a Constructive Theology", at McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL.
"Comment On William J. Abraham's Response to James W. McClendon's `Chapter Eleven: An Essay on Authority'," at the Congress on Systematic Theology in America Today, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA.
"Statistics of Doom -- Pockets of Hope: A Theological Response to Race & Class in the USA," at a conference on "The Black Struggle for a Full Humanity: A New Vision," Johannesburg, South Africa.
"A Response to Gustavo Gutierrez," on a three person panel led by Gutierrez, at the Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA.
"A Response to My Respondents," on a panel at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, concerning a review of my Shoes That Fit Our Feet: Sources for a Constructive Black Theology, and Delores S. Williams' Sisters in the Wilderness: The Challenge of Womanist, God-Talk, Washington, D.C.
"Theological Methodology: Lessons from Slave Religious Experiences," at the Divinity School, the University of Chicago.
"Public Forum on Shoes That Fit Our Feet: Sources for a Constructive Black Theology, at the Metropolitan African Americans Baptist Church, Richmond, VA.
"L.A. and the City: A Theological Reflection and Framework for the Future,": keynote opening address of the First Annual Pan African Religious Studies Center, the School of Theology at Claremont, Claremont, CA.
"Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Contrast in Thought Between 1963 & 1968," at "Countdown to Eternity", (a national touring photo exhibit), Asian Resource Gallery, Oakland, CA., (Program sponsored by the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild and the Ford Foundation).
"Slave Faith and the Doing of Theology," at Yale Divinity School.
"Response to Papers Presented by George Fredrickson (Stanford University), Harry Stout (Yale Divinity School), and Christopher Grasso (St. Olaf College)," at a Symposium on Religion and the American Civil War," at the Louisville Presbyterian Seminary (Kentucky), sponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture (at the University of Mississippi).
"Response to John De Gruchy's `Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Transition to Democracy in the German Democratic Republic and South Africa'," at the annual American Academy of Religion, Chicago, Illinois.
"Black Religion As A TransAtlantic Dynamic: A Syncretism of African Tracings and European Forms," at the TransAtlantic Passages Conference Sponsored by the Collegium for African American Research in Tenerife, Canary Islands.
"The Presidential Address," at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion Western Region, University of the Redlands (California).
"Four Strands of Black Religion: A Constructive Theological Engagement." Keynote Address at the Annual Institute for Black Catholic Studies, New Orleans, LA.
"Guns, Violence, and the Church: Structural Analysis and Prophetic Church Witness." Keynote Address at Wesley Theological Seminary, Conference on "Redeeming the City III, God's Sacred Place: Guns, Violence, and the Church," Washington, D.C.
"African American Slave Theology and Its Meaning for Today," Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, VA.
"Challenges and Scholarship of Black Theology," Chicago Center for Global Ministries, Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago, Illinois.
"Black Theology, A Total Way of Life in Slave Religious Culture," University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.
"Church, State, and the U.S. Civil Rights Movement," University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
"A Theological Interpretation of the Current State of Black Religious Thought," The University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
"Recent Trends in Black Theology," The University of Durban-Westville, Durban, South Africa.
"Black Theology and Womanist Theology," and "Faith, Religion, and Theology," two lectures given at the University of the Transkei (South Africa).
South Africa Today: From Apartheid to Majority Rule," at the University of Chicago, the Divinity School's Visiting Committee Meeting, Chicago, IL.
"Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Beloved Community," sermon delivered at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Black Theology: Contemporary Trends and Developments," Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
"Slave Religion: The Foundation for Black American Christianity," lecture given at the First United Methodist Church, Chicago, IL.
Rituals of Liberation in Black Religion: Identity, Culture and Freedom," at Iliff School of Theology, Denver, CO.
"Black Philosophy and Liberation Theology: A Response," at Lewis University, Romeoville, IL.
A Critique of Major Jones' The Color of God," at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Black Religion, Dayton, OH.
The Religious and Theological Formation of African Americans," given as the Joseph H. Jackson Lecture, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston IL.
"Black Theology On Theological Education,: Chicago Theological Seminary.
"Transformation in South Africa: The Hope of the World," Groton Preparatory School, Groton, MA.
"Introducing Black Theology of Liberation," four hours of lectures at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
"Self (Co) Constitution: Slave Theology from Everyday Cultural Elements," at Conference on Theology and Cultural Analysis and Criticism, The University of Chicago, The Divinity School.
"The Identity of Black Religion," at Bluffton College, Bluffton, OH.
“Thought and Witness in the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.”, at Unitarian Church of Hinsdale, Hinsdale, Illinois.
“A Conversation on Black Theology,” at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
“Responses to the Theme: ‘Faith as Public Reason’,” at the University of Chicago, conference on The Challenge of Modern Democracy.
“The End of the American Age: Reflections on Black Studies,” at the Twenty-First Annual Black Studies Conference, Olive-Harvey College, Chicago, Illinois.
“Black Theology and the Future of the Black Church,” at the annual meeting of the Religion Newswriters Association, Atlanta, Ga.
“An Introduction to Black Theology: Past, Present, & Future,” at Harvard University Divinity School.
“Black Folk Re-Constitute the Self,” University of Toledo (Ohio) Africana Studies Department.
“Black Theology, A New Generation,” sponsored by the Office of Black Catholic Ministries of Toledo,” Toledo, Ohio.
“Introducing Black Theology,” at Bluffton College, Bluffton, Ohio.
“Sun Up to Sun Down: Enslaved Black Folk Re-Constitute the Self,” at University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio.
“Critical and Conflictual Trends in Black Theology,” at Kalamazoo College, Stetson Chapel, Kalamazoo, Michigan
“The New Common Wealth: a theological envisioning,” at Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington.
The Mattingly Visiting Distinguished Scholars Series — Two Lectures: “Challenges to the Church in the New Millennium” and “Black Theology and Womanist Theology in Dialogue: A Gift to the Church Universal”, two co-lectures with Linda E. Thomas, at Nebraska Wesleyan University, in Lincoln, Nebraska.
“A Pan African Perspective on Religion and Poverty,” at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Black Religion, Philadelphia, Penn.