Wrestling with Whiteness
Originally broadcast: Monday, June 15
Join us for a one hour webinar that wrestles with critical themes facing the church in this historical moment. Our time together will include both presentation and Q&A.
Anchored in the Biblical story of Jacob and Esau, we’ll explore themes of injustice, alienation, repentance and forgiveness, reparations, and how that impacts the intersections of antiracism and the
About the Presenter
Our presenter is Rev. Dr. Zachary Moon, Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology and Care at Chicago Theological Seminary. He has served as a military chaplain with Marines and sailors, as a chaplain resident in the VA hospital system, and as a chaplain with combat veterans in residential treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. Moon was raised in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and is currently ordained in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
“Theology is a constructive task consequential to real persons, embodying real needs and gifts, challenged by real circumstances. Theology without urgency, responsibility, and humility can willingly and unwillingly perpetuate violence, dehumanization, and destruction. A proliferating multitude of public spaces and discourses fraught with moral, religious, and spiritual significance demand our attention and engagement.”
Professor Moon’s research interests include pastoral and practical theologies, trauma studies, theological education and pedagogies, and topics related to military service, post-deployment reentry and reintegration, and military moral stress. He is the author of Warriors Between Worlds: Moral Injuries and Identities in Crisis and Coming Home: Ministry that Matters with Veterans and Military Families. Hear more about his journey from pacifism to military chaplaincy in this interview with Things Not Seen: https://www.thingsnotseenradio.com/shows/1910-moon
Access the Webinar Recording
You can find the video recording of the webinar on our YouTube channel.
While you’re there, we invite you to subscribe so you get notices of new videos we post. You have permission to use this presentation for additional education within your ministry context. If you do, we’d love to hear about it!
Additional Resources
Professor Moon’s presentation as a PDF file.
Direct link to the brief MSNBC clip played near the end of the webinar.
A list of books recommended in the webinar is below. We are aware that there are no Black-owned bookstores left in Wisconsin. As a justice-based choice you can make right now, we invite you to support your local independent bookseller, or an independent Black-owned bookstore out of state, should you choose to purchase any of these books.
- Alexander, Michelle. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
- Rothstein, Richard. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
- Menakem, Resmaa. My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies.
- Harvey, Jennifer. Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America.
- DiAngelo, Robin. White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism.
- Jennings, Willie James. The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race.
- Douglas, Kelly Brown. The Black Christ.
- Cone, James H. The Cross and the Lynching Tree
- Douglas, Kelly Brown. Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God.
- Lightsey, Pamela R. Our Lives Matter: A Womanist Queer Theology.
2 Comments
Comments are closed.