Willie Jennings Part 1 - History, Christian Identity, Power

Dr. Willie James Jennings joins Andrew and Pastor Katie along with special guests Justin White, Miguel Escobar, and Nate Wieland for a conversation so wide ranging that we have broken it into two podcasts! Topics include the power of history, Christian identity, marks of whiteness, Christian imagination, the built environment, humankind’s relationship with creation, engagement with the other, and so much more.

Dr. Willie J. Jennings is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Africana Studies at Yale Divinity School. He is the author of The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race (Yale 2010), Acts: A Commentary, The Revolution of the Intimate (Westminster/John Knox), and the forthcoming book After Whiteness: An Education in Belonging (Eerdmans). He is currently working on Unfolding the World: Recasting a Christian Doctrine of Creation and The Time of Possession.

Our guest this week is Dr. Willie James Jennings.  He is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Africana Studies at Yale Divinity School.   Dr. Jennings is also the author of "The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race" and the upcoming "After Whiteness: An Education in Belonging".

Dr. Gigi Youngblood Whaley on Parenting and COVID

Dr. Gigi Youngblood Whaley is a pediatrician in Alabama working in an outpatient setting. She has been posting on social media to help parents during the pandemic. Additionally, she has created checklists to help parents and schools prepare for the return of children this fall.

Dr. Gigi Youngblood Whaley is a pediatrician practicing outpatient pediatrics in the Birmingham area.  She has been vocal on social media about the truths and fictions of how to protect yourself and your family during this pandemic.   This is a particularly challenging time for children and parents.

Reggie L. Williams - Black Jesus, White Supremacy, Callousness, and Casual Disregard

For our first episode of The Well QA Podcast we are proud to share this conversation with author and ethicist the Rev. Dr. Reggie L. Williams.  We discuss the current state of race relations in America, ethics, white supremacy, callousness, casual disregard, and much more. This is a talk that both confronts our tough history and present while looking with hope towards a better future.

Check out his wonderful and insightful book "Bonhoeffer's Black Jesus: Harlem Renaissance Theology and an Ethic of Resistance" if you want to dig deeper into these subjects.

Rev. Dr. Reggie L. Williams is Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at McCormick Theological Seminary.

For our first episode of The Well Podcast we are proud to share this conversation with author and ethicist the Reverend Reggie Williams.  We discuss the current state of race relations in America and how they connect to our past.  This is a talk that both confronts our tough history while looking with hope towards a better future.