Willie James Jennings, Author at The Presbyterian Outlook

Willie James Jennings

Willie James Jennings is associate professor of systematic theology and Africana studies at Yale Divinity School. His most recent book, After Whiteness: An Education in Belonging, examines issues of theological education within western education.

Speaking the parable of the rich young ruler to theological institutions

"I'm making you go through this because I went through it." What if we left this way of thinking behind to follow Jesus, Eric Barreto and Willie James Jennings ask?

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Do you feel freedom?

How do we reckon with the systems that formed us? How do we move forward? Eric D. Barreto and Willie James Jennings discuss.

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Mastery is a falsehood, especially in theology

Why Eric Barreto tells his Greek students to never say, "In the Greek, it says..." while preaching.

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The goal of theological education should be to facilitate gathering

How can we imagine theological education beyond the false goals of possession, mastery and control? Eric D. Barreto and Willie James Jennings offer their thoughts.

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