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Katie G. Cannon (1950–2018)

Author of Inheriting Our Mothers' Gardens: Feminist Theology in Third World Perspective

8+ Works 370 Members 2 Reviews

About the Author

Katie G. Cannon is Annie Scales Rogers Professor of Christian Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia

Includes the names: Kate Geneva Cannon, Katie Geneva Cannon

Works by Katie G. Cannon

Inheriting Our Mothers' Gardens: Feminist Theology in Third World Perspective (1988) — Editor; Contributor — 123 copies

Katie's Canon: Womanism and the Soul of the Black Community (1995) 90 copies

Black Womanist Ethics (1988) 84 copies

Womanist Theological Ethics: A Reader (2011) — Editor — 32 copies

The Oxford Handbook of African American Theology (2014) — Editor — 15 copies

Remembering What We Never Knew: The Epistemology of Womanist Theology (2001) 13 copies

Teaching Preaching: Isaac Rufus Clark and Black Sacred Rhetoric (2002) 12 copies

Remembering What We Never Knew: The Epistemology of Womanist Theology 1 copy

Associated Works

Weaving the Visions: New Patterns in Feminist Spirituality (1989) — Contributor — 361 copies

Racism and the image of God (2010) — Contributor — 2 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Cannon, Katie Geneva
Birthdate: 1950-01-03
Date of death: 2018-08-08
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Kannapolis, North Carolina, USA
Place of death: Richmond, Virginia, USA
Education: Union Theological Seminary (MPh, PhD)
Johnson C. Smith Seminary (MDiv)
Barber-Scotia College (BS)
Occupations: theologian
ethicist
womanist
Relationships: Cannon, Nick (nephew)
Organizations: Society for the Study of Black Religion
American Academy of Religion
Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary (founder)
Union Presbyterian Seminary
Temple University
Episcopal Divinity School (show all 7)
Harvard Divinity School
Short biography: The Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon singlehandedly started womanist studies in Christian theology and ethics. She also happened to be the first Black woman ordained in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

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Inheriting our mothers gardens: feminist theology… by Letty M. Russell

16.85

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collectionmcc | Mar 6, 2018 |

Katie's Canon: Womanism and the Soul of the Black… by Katie Geneva Cannon

from Jim Mead's library

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sjmonson | Oct 23, 2011 |

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Awards

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BCALA Literary Awards

The Oxford Handbook of African American Theology (Honor – Honor, Nonfiction – 2015)

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Associated Authors

Ada María Isasi-Díaz Editor, Contributor

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Anthony B. Pinn Editor

Letty M. Russell Contributor

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Chung Hyun Kyung Contributor

Marta Benavides Contributor

Joann Nash Eakin Contributor

Cecily P. Broderick y Guerra Contributor

Statistics

Works: 8
Also by: 2
Members: 370
Popularity: #65,128
Rating: 4.0

Reviews: 2
ISBNs: 19
Languages: 1

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Obituary: Union Presbyterian Seminary

Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership, UPS

Obituary: NY Times

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