Sermons from St. John's Episcopal Church
Jan 29, 2023 |
Doing research is doing justice
| The Rev. Dr. Craig Townsend
Doing research is doing justice
Dr. Townsend is the Associate for Faith Formation at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Brooklyn Heights. He serves as the Historian in Residence for Racial Justice for the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island. Craig is spearheading the Uncovering Parish Histories Project which helps parishes explore churches research their histories of involvement in slavery and the slave economy in antebellum America, of involvement in anti-slavery movements, and of later manifestations of both racial discrimination and injustice and racial reconciliation and justice. St. John’s has been participating in this project for over a year.
Craig received his Ph.D. in the Study of Religion from Harvard University; in American Religious History. His research for that degree led to a book entitled Faith in Their Own Color: Black Episcopalians in Antebellum New York City (Columbia University Press, 2005).
Craig received his Ph.D. in the Study of Religion from Harvard University; in American Religious History. His research for that degree led to a book entitled Faith in Their Own Color: Black Episcopalians in Antebellum New York City (Columbia University Press, 2005).
