Panelists
Dennis C. Dickerson
Professor of History, Vanderbilt University
CANCELED
Kealahou Clifford Alika
Kahu (Pastor) of Ke’awalai Congregational Church, Makena, Maui
University of Hawaii, Hilo, B.A.; Pacific School of Religion, M.Div. Currently serves a native Hawaiian church, active in Pacific-Asian ministries and mission to Micronesia, representative to national and international ecumenical events. Charter member of Pua Foundation established in 1994 in response to the UCC Redress and Apology.
Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz
Professor of Christian Ethics and Theology, Drew University
Ph.D., Union Theological Seminary (NYC); activist and theologian; Cuban-born,
came to the U.S. as a political refugee in 1960; former parish pastor, high school
teacher, missionary in Peru; author of several books, including Mujerista
Theology (Orbis).
Timothy Tennent
Associate Professor of World Missions and Director of Missions Programs, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Th.M., Princeton Theological Seminary; experience includes teaching and
ministry in Scotland, India, China, Nigeria, and Eastern Europe.
John Thomas
General Minister and President, United Church of Christ
M. Div., Yale University Divinity School; ecumenist, former parish pastor,
author of numerous articles.
Panel Moderator
Denise Buell
Associate Professor of Religion, Williams College
Ph.D., Harvard University; author, historian, researcher, and teacher in the
fields of early Christian movements, feminist biblical interpretation, religion
and culture, ethnicity and critical race theory, religion and science.