Katie Cannon | |
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| Born | Katie Geneva Cannon January 3, 1950 Kannapolis, North Carolina, US |
| Died | August 8, 2018 (aged 68) Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
| Ecclesiastical career | |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Church | |
| Ordained | 1974 |
Congregations served | 1974 Ascension Presbyterian Church in New York, New York |
| Academic background | |
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| Thesis | Resources for a Constructive Ethic for Black Women with Special Attention to the Life and Work of Zora Neale Hurston (1983) |
| Influences | |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Theology |
| Sub-discipline | Christian ethics |
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| Doctoral students | Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas |
| Influenced | Ada 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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Copeland, M. Shawn (2007). "Cannon, Katie Geneva". An Introductory Dictionary of Theology and Religious Studies. Liturgical Press. p. 190. ISBN 9780814658567.
- ^ "Katie Geneva Cannon". Union Presbyterian Seminary. Archived from the original on May 6, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
- ^ "Katie Geneva Cannon | Union Presbyterian Seminary". Union Presbyterian Seminary. Archived from the original on August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
- ^ "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.