The Very Rev. Cn. Michael Sniffen, Dean of Long Island, invites you to join this important Lenten lecture series in partnership with Codrington College, Barbados. The series will be presented by the Rev. Dr. Daniel Justice Eshun, Senior Lecturer, Chaplain, and Dean of Chapel at Whitelands College, University of Roehampton, London. Dean Sniffen recently met with Dr. Eshun in Barbados and looks forward to collaborating with him on more joint formation and Christian education opportunities in the coming year. This joint work will focus on understandings of Anglican/Episcopal theology and identity in African, American, and Caribbean contexts. The lecture series beginning on March 18th will address many key matters essential to the ongoing ministry of emancipation and reconciliation across the Anglican Communion in a post-colonial age. All are welcome.
Sessions will be every Tuesday evening March 18th-April 8th at 8pm by Zoom.
Lecture One: “Who do people say I am?” “Who do you say I am?” (Mark 8:27-28). Our Histories and Identities
Lecture Two: “But woe to that man who betrays him!” (Luke 22:22). The Trauma of Betrayal: Slavery and Religion; Retelling Stories of Primary and Middle Passage
Lecture Three: “You have no power over me” (John 19:11). Engaging Principalities and Powers: Past, Present and Future - Not Exchanging Spirituality for Materiality
Lecture Four: “You say that I am a king…. To this end I was born into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth "(John 18:37). Telling Contested Truths to Power without Shame and with Grace
Lecture Five: Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani? (Matt 27:46) “Father, forgive them” (Luke 23:34). Towards a Theology of Forgiveness and Posttraumatic Growth in a Chaotic and Paradoxical World
Click here to register. The cost is $55.00.