Cheryl J. Sanders Explained

Cheryl Jeanne Sanders
Occupation:Minister, academic
Education:Th.D.
Alma Mater:Harvard Divinity School
Discipline:Christian Ethics, Womanist ethics
Workplaces:Howard University School of Divinity
Notable Works:Saints in Exile

Cheryl J. Sanders is an African-American professor and scholar of Christian Ethics. Her work on womanist ethics has been influential in the development of the field. She teaches Christian Ethics at Howard University School of Divinity. Her books include Ministry at the Margins, Saints in Exile: The Holiness Pentecostal Experience in African American Religion, and Empowerment Ethics for a Liberated People: A Path to African American Social Transformation.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Biography

Cheryl Jeanne Sanders grew up in Washington, D.C. She attended Swathmore College, where she majored in mathematics, and minored in Black studies. She then decided to pursue studies in theology, and completed a Master of Divinity (MDiv) degree at Harvard Divinity School (HDS) in 1980. She continued her studies at HDS, completing a Doctor of Theology degree (ThD) in 1985.[5] The title of her doctoral thesis was "Slavery and Conversion: An Analysis of Ex-slave Testimony."[6] She noted in an interview at Harvard that she was 'fascinated by oral histories, fascinated by people giving religious testimonies."

A professor of Christian Ethics at Howard University,[7] Sanders is the author of several books and articles related to Christian ethics, African-American religious history, Pentecostalism, and womanist theology.[8] In 2018, two of her books, Empowerment Ethics for a Liberated People and Ministry at the Margins: The Prophetic Mission for Women, Youth, and the Poor, were included in a list of recommended reading for Black History Month by CBE International.[9]

Sanders is also an ordained minister in the Church of God.[10] [11] She is the senior pastor of the Third Street Church of God in Washington, D.C.,[12] where she has been in ministry since 1995; she has been the senior pastor there since 1997.[13] Third Street is also the same church where she was raised as a child.

As pastor of Third Street Church, Sanders oversaw the building of an annex and a restoration of the sanctuary in 2014. The proposed renovations encountered resistance when Sanders sought to create new parking lots for the congregation. The neighborhood blocked the effort due to concerns about the demolition of historic buildings.[14] [15]

In an interview in The Washington Post, about abortion rights, Sanders held that the bible may be "pro-life" but expressed an unwillingness to be associated with the political movement.[16]

Sanders has cautioned against over simplifying "terrorists" as evil, noting that the "war" against anti-Black terrorism in during the civil rights movement was "won" by righteousness and not weapons.[17]

At a speech given in 2014 at the Martin Luther King Jr., Lecture Series at Fuller Theological Seminary, Sanders highlighted seven leadership roles that King demonstrated, which she felt should be emulated by clergy and religious leaders. They were "orator; organizer; opportunist; optimist; operative; organic intellectual; and oracle."[18]

Works

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cheryl Sanders Howard Profiles . 2023-02-06 . profiles.howard.edu . en.
  2. Web site: Cheryl Sanders: Finding identity in the world . 2023-02-06 . Faith and Leadership . en.
  3. Reviews of Saints in Exile:
  4. Reviews of Empowerment Ethics for a Liberated People:
  5. Web site: Herman . Beth A. . May 9, 2009 . A Natural Progression . 2023-02-25 . news-archive.hds.harvard.edu . en.
  6. Web site: Slavery and conversion : an analysis of ex-slave testimony : a thesis WorldCat.org . 2023-02-25 . www.worldcat.org . en.
  7. Web site: Lohmeyer . Suzette . January 16, 2023 . What Black activism looks like without the church . 2023-02-25 . Grid News . en.
  8. Web site: S . Cheryl . ers . Cheryl Sanders . 2023-02-25 . CT Pastors . en.
  9. Web site: 8 Books to Pick Up During (and After) Black History Month . 2023-02-25 . CBE International . en-US.
  10. Web site: Sanders . Cheryl J. . 1987-07-01 . Making a New Way: A Consequence of Openness . 2023-02-06 . Sojourners . EN.
  11. Web site: For many blacks, there's only one Bible, and it's the KJV . 2023-02-25 . The Christian Century . en.
  12. Web site: Blair . Leonardo . Reporter . Senior Features . 2019-02-11 . Challenged by racism in white churches, black churches endure but with competition . 2023-02-06 . The Christian Post . en-US.
  13. Web site: Pastor's Page . 2023-02-06 . Third Street Church of God . en.
  14. News: Tavernise . Sabrina . 2011-07-18 . A Population Changes, Uneasily . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-02-06 . 0362-4331.
  15. News: Harris . Hamil R. . 2014-07-04 . For D.C.'s Third Street Church of God, expanding, renovating wasn't easy . en-US . Washington Post . 2023-02-06 . 0190-8286.
  16. News: Why some Black churches aren't elated about the possible end of Roe . en-US . Washington Post . 2023-02-06 . 0190-8286.
  17. Web site: The Washington Times . What makes a war 'just'? . 2023-02-06 . The Washington Times . en-US.
  18. Web site: Staff . UrbanFaith . 2014-02-21 . Dr. Cheryl Sanders' Seven Leadership Lessons From MLK'S Legacy . 2023-02-06 . Urban Faith . en-US.
  19. Book: Vondey, Wolfgang . The Routledge Handbook of Pentecostal Theology . 2020-03-31 . Routledge . 978-0-429-01622-6 . en.
  20. Web site: Ministry at the margins : the prophetic mission of women, youth & the poor WorldCat.org . 2023-02-25 . www.worldcat.org . en.
  21. Web site: Saints in exile : the Holiness-Pentecostal experience in African American religion and culture WorldCat.org . 2023-02-25 . www.worldcat.org . en.
  22. Web site: Empowerment ethics for a liberated people : a path to African American social transformation WorldCat.org . 2023-02-25 . www.worldcat.org . en.
  23. Web site: Living the Intersection: Womanism and Afrocentrism in Theology . 2023-02-25 . Fortress Press.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Cheryl J. Sanders".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.