Katie Cannon

Katie Cannon
Born
Katie Geneva Cannon

(1950-01-03)January 3, 1950
DiedAugust 8, 2018(2018-08-08) (aged 68)
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity
Church
Ordained1974
Congregations served
1974 Ascension Presbyterian Church in New York, New York
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisResources for a Constructive Ethic for Black Women with Special Attention to the Life and Work of Zora Neale Hurston (1983)
Influences
Academic work
DisciplineTheology
Sub-disciplineChristian ethics
School or tradition
Institutions
Doctoral studentsStacey M. Floyd-Thomas
InfluencedAda María Isasi-Díaz[2]

Katie Geneva Cannon (January 3, 1950 – August 8, 2018) was an American Christian theologian and ethicist associated with womanist theology and black theology.[3][4] In 1974 she became the first African-American woman ordained in the United Presbyterian Church (USA).[5][6]

  1. ^ a b Dorrien, Gary (2009). Social Ethics in the Making: Interpreting an American Tradition. Malden, Massachusetts: Wiley-Blackwell. p. 586. ISBN 978-1-405-18687-2.
  2. ^ Isasi-Díaz, Ada María (1994). "The Task of Hispanic Women's Liberation Theology – Mujeristas: Who We Are and What We Are About". In King, Ursula (ed.). Feminist Theology from the Third World: A Reader. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock (published 2015). p. 405. ISBN 978-1-4982-1997-6.
  3. ^ Copeland, M. Shawn (2007). "Cannon, Katie Geneva". An Introductory Dictionary of Theology and Religious Studies. Liturgical Press. p. 190. ISBN 9780814658567.
  4. ^ "Katie Geneva Cannon". Union Presbyterian Seminary. Archived from the original on May 6, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
  5. ^ "Katie Geneva Cannon | Union Presbyterian Seminary". Union Presbyterian Seminary. Archived from the original on August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
  6. ^ "Dr. Katie Cannon, first black woman ordained in PC (USA), dies at 68 | National Black Presbyterian Caucus (NBPC)". Nationalnbpc.org. August 11, 2018. Retrieved August 15, 2018.