In the 20th anniversary year of the publication of Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil, this session celebrates the publication of Dancing Minds, Working Justice: Selected Essays of Emilie M. Townes (Two Cities Press) and anticipates the publication of Womanist Dancing Mind Map: A Festschrift for Emilie M. Townes. Bringing together four decades of scholarship, Dancing Minds, Working Justice articulates womanist ethics as a disciplined practice of moral imagination rooted in everydayness, embodiment, and responsible public engagement. Panelists will reflect on Townes’s contributions to womanist thought, Christian ethics, and theological education, with particular attention to how her work continues to shape contemporary debates about democracy, leadership, and justice. Creatively engaging themes of lament, hope, love, and justice, panelists will demonstrate how Townes’ work is a guiding light for innovation in the study, pedagogies, and praxes of religion.
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