Katie Geneva Cannon Research Collection

Lessons learned in the academic teaching of ethics and biblical studies; Use of sacred texts in the teaching of a course on feminism; Commitment of the students to work as covenant-partners in completing the 'Moving Step Exercises' part of the book. DOI: 10.1111/1467-9647.00178

Reply to Bendroth, Margaret Lamberts. An understated tale of epic social change: women's ordination 50 years ago and now. The Journal of Presbyterian History (Philadelphia, PA: 1997). 83: 2 ( undefined-undefined 2005), 105-117. ISSN: 1521-9216

Article consists of commentary and study questions.

An answer to Monica Coleman's question, "Must I be a Womanist?"

NOTE: Please see the books section above for the link to this book in our collection!

Find the book in which this chapter is written in our library. Find the link in the collection of Dr. Cannon's books in the page above.

Check out the chapter from our library. The link is in Dr. Cannon's book sections above, Look for the book title "Engaging Biblical Authority: Perspectives on the Bible as Scripture."

This article presents the Spring 2007 issue of the "Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion," focusing on the celebration on the work of Professor Judith Plaskow. It includes an article, which describes Plaskow as a prophetic voice for truth by Rebecca T. Alpert. Another article by Emily Neill which addresses the contributions of Plaskow to the field of Jewish feminism for more than 30 years.

The article focuses on the disturbing Christian beliefs in the U.S. The author interprets the Christian beliefs about race and develops terminology to describe the process of Christianity one racial group. It states that a chattel slavery served as the foundation for the process, which has used stereotypes and social acceptance of important views of certain groups that have extended beyond black Africans to women and to other people of color. It also highlights the patterns of oppression by means of religion. However, it mentions that there are practices that also attempts to reflect on the same materially real Christian imperialist constructivism. DOI: 10.2979/FSR.2008.24.

Issue topic: Do not submit again to the yoke of slavery: the contemporary significance of the transatlantic slave trade.

A lecture given by Dr. Cannon in 1997 at UNC.

The author 1) reviews the history of the "moral situation" for Black women from the period of slavery to the present (45-101); 2) provides a brief overview of literary publications by Black women during these various periods and justifies the use of such materials for their insight into the moral sensitivity or "moral wisdom" of Black women; 3) interprets Zora Hurston's life and work under three categories: "invisible dignity" (Hurston's life as a writer) "quiet grace" (her fiction), and "unshouted courage" (her non-fiction); and 4) views the "moral wisdom" of the avowedly non-Christian Hurston as lacking something; its limitations are best illustrated by Hurston's falling into "neurotic passivity" after a false charge of sodomy. The elements "missing in the Black women's tradition" can be found in the theological views of two of Hurston's contemporaries: Howard Thurman and Martin Luther King, Jr. Their teachings lifted up the divinely appointed value and equality of all created humanity, the biblical demands for both love and justice, and the crucial significance of Christian community for the sustenance of the oppressed.

Dr. Cannon's response to the "treatment of womanist as a secular terminological issue" in an article by Dr. Cheryl Sanders.

From the abstract:

"The purpose of this paper is to unravel the various threads of ideological hegemony that lie behind the legacy of slavery in the Christian Church community, in terms of ana-lyzing the political-social commitments which tolerated, justi-fied and sanctioned racial chattel slavery, in order to demonstrate the interconnectedness of ideology and hermeneutics. I explore three basic myths of white Christian apologists and comment on how their oppressive practices influenced the dominant hermeneutical principle of the times. As the slave apologists thought and lived, so did the hermeneutical principle take shape."