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Parsing the Complexity of Religious Violence

Guest blog post by Dr. Scott Paeth Dr. Scott Paeth is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at DePaul University in Chicago. His work focuses on the intersection of religion and public life. A great deal of discussion in the weeks since the attacks in Paris against Charlie Hebdo and a Kosher grocery store has focused,…

Parsing the Complexity of Religious Violence was originally published on Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education

“These Young People….Young, Queer, Black, Women”

Rev. Sekou Addresses Contextual Theology from Ferguson by Rev. Shanta Premawardhana “These young people…” Rev. Osagyefo Sekou exclaimed over and over again in his presentation on Wednesday night, January 14th, at Hartzell Memorial United Methodist Church in Chicago. “These young people, queer, black, women…. and saggy-panted young men” – in other words, those that are…

“These Young People….Young, Queer, Black, Women” was originally published on Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education

All Black Lives Matter Even Those Who Live With HIV/AIDS

All Black Lives Matter Even Those Who Live With HIV/AIDS by Pastor Anthony W. Sullivan, Jr., M.Div In recent weeks, the world has seen firsthand how the American justice system treats Black people as if they don’t matter. Grand juries in Hamilton County, Ohio, St. Louis, Missouri and Staten Island, New York each decided that the…

All Black Lives Matter Even Those Who Live With HIV/AIDS was originally published on Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education

SCUPE Symposium: From the Front Lines in Ferguson

SCUPE Symposium: From the Front Lines in Ferguson was originally published on Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education

Art for Liberation: Theology from the Margins Challenges Theological Education

Indian author and one of the foremost prophets of our time, Arundhati Roy, in her book War Talk (South End Press, 2003) wrote: Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen. To shame it. To mock it. With our art, our music, our…

Art for Liberation: Theology from the Margins Challenges Theological Education was originally published on Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education

Greetings of Peace in This Season of Peace!

Warm Greetings of Peace to All Our Friends in this Season of Peace! We are living through some rough times – I don’t have to tell you. The institutional racism that still grips this country has been on stark display in Ferguson, New York and Cleveland, as it is in Chicago every day. The brutality…

Greetings of Peace in This Season of Peace! was originally published on Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education

In the Context of Ferguson, a Theology of Deep Solidarity

A Blog article by Rev. Dr. Shanta Premawardhana This January, I will teach a SCUPE course — Intercultural and Interreligious Relations Intensive – which is primarily about the theological understanding of the “other.” Students will explore culturally distinct neighborhoods of Chicago such as North Lawndale, Pilsen, Chinatown and Devon Avenue, and religiously different places…

In the Context of Ferguson, a Theology of Deep Solidarity was originally published on Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education

"Somebody Say Something" -- The Indomitable Mama Brenda

“Somebody say something” and “Speak life” were trademark phrases in the vocabulary of The Rev. “Mama” Brenda Matthews, a powerful woman of God, who died November 20, 2014 in Chicago, following a brief illness brought about by diabetes. The SCUPE family joins Ellis Avenue Church in its grief in the passing of its associate pastor.…

“Somebody Say Something” — The Indomitable Mama Brenda was originally published on Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education

The Killing of Deon Gilbert (15) and the Unmasking of Violence

Blog Post written by Rev. Dr. Shanta Premawardhana Fifteen year old Deon Gilbert was killed in the south side of Chicago on the night of November 7th by a single gun-shot to his abdomen. This promising young man attended Ellis Avenue Church almost every Sunday since he was about 3 years old, had hopes of…

The Killing of Deon Gilbert (15) and the Unmasking of Violence was originally published on Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education

Dear All People

Dear All People- written by Angela R. Samuel I recently went to the AMC theatre and watched the Justin Simien-directed movie “Dear White People.” The movie was highly recommended by a friend and though I found some of the scenes to be comical, I was saddened by the crystal clear reality that we are still…

Dear All People was originally published on Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education

Economy of Life: A Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace

Blog Post By Rev. Dr. Shanta Premawardhana. Two important studies came out this week. In the first, as reported by Bill Moyers Credit Suisse came out with the 2014 Global Wealth Databook. Implications for the US included that between 2011-14, the bottom half of the US middle class lost half the share of its wealth;…

Economy of Life: A Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace was originally published on Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education

Potential Chicago Alderman turns to SCUPE for education on serving in an urban community

Irma Cornier has always felt the call to serve others. When asked of this vocation, she will say, simply “I have a heart to serve… it’s part of my character, embedded in my DNA.” As Irma began to seek further education on how to best serve in an urban setting, she turned to SCUPE. Ms.…

Potential Chicago Alderman turns to SCUPE for education on serving in an urban community was originally published on Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education

Naming White Theology and Claiming African, Latino, Asian Inclusivity

By Rev. Dr. Shanta Premawardhana, President, SCUPE Pictured L to R: From Nanjing Union Theological Seminary, Rev. Dr. Manhong Lin (Dean), and Rev. Dr.Chen Yilu (Executive Vice President);and Rev. Dr. Limuel Equina, Executive Director of FTESEA. Not pictured: Rev. Dr. H.S. Wilson from India. A delegation of Asian theological Educators visited SCUPE last week. Representing…

Naming White Theology and Claiming African, Latino, Asian Inclusivity was originally published on Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education

SCUPE Welcomes Interim Academic Dean

SCUPE welcomes The Rev. Dr. M. Susan Harlow as the interim Academic Dean An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, Dr. Harlow has taught for over 20 years in institutions of theological education. A graduate of Hollins University, she earned her Master of Divinity at Andover Newton Theological School and a Masters of…

SCUPE Welcomes Interim Academic Dean was originally published on Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education

Congratulations, Graduates!

Heartiest congratulations to fourteen students from SCUPE’s Center for African American Theological Studies (CAATS) and Advanced Latino/a Theological Education (ALTE) programs, who received Certificates in Urban Ministry on Saturday, September 20th at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. Some of them had completed their M.Div. degrees through the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology…

Congratulations, Graduates! was originally published on Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education

Here's another shot of the same prayerful protest of the Detroit water shut-offs featuring, this time, both Dr. Perkinson and another SCUPE professor: Rev. Bill Wylie-Kellermann.

SCUPE professor Dr. James W. Perkinson at a protest of the water shut-off policies in Detroit, MI

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