Dreaming the End of Racial America | Willie Jennings | Calvin University
Willie Jennings
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23 January 2019
25 September 2025
Willie Jennings is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Africana Studies at Yale University. He is the author of The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race (Yale, 2010), which won the American Academy of Religion Award of Excellence in the Study of Religion the year after it appeared and, in 2015, the Grawemeyer Award in Religion, the largest prize for a theological work in North America. Englewood Review of Books called the work a "theological masterpiece." Jennings is an ordained Baptist minister, is in high demand as a speaker, and is widely recognized as a major figure in theological education across North America. A Calvin College graduate, Jennings received his M.Div. from Fuller Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in religion and ethics from Duke. Visit https://calvin.edu/january-series for access to more talks in our archives. The January Series is a FREE lecture series that takes place each year at Calvin University that nurtures curiosity and knowledge, creates lifelong learners, and builds conversations that create better global citizens in God's world. FOLLOW THE JANUARY SERIES OF CALVIN UNIVERSITY Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JSeriesCalvin Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jseriescalvin Subscribe to our channel: @thejanuaryseriesofcalvin Calvin University is a world-class Christian university in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Here students engage God's world with curiosity and conviction as Christ's agents of renewal in the world. Visit https://calvin.edu to learn more!
