Kelso Lecture and MUI Conference 2025
Keslo Lecture with Keri L. Day and Metro-Urban Institute Conference
March 13-15, 2025
In-person and Online
In collaboration with and co-sponsored by the Office of Continuing Education and the Metro-Urban Institute
The Kelso Lecture is funded by an endowment begun in 1957 as a memorial for Dr. James A. Kelso, world renowned biblical archaeologist and former president of Western Theological Seminary, a precedent institution of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Starting with the 1982-1983 academic year, the Kelso Lecture has focused on the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In recent years the lecture has been part of Community Conversations on Race and Faith.
The PTS Metro-Urban Institute selects the Kelso lecturer, and in 2025, the lecture will be held in conjunction with the Metro-Urban Institute Conference.
About Keri Day
Dr. Keri Day is professor of constructive theology and African American religion at Princeton Theological Seminary. She earned a B.S. in political science and economics from Tennessee State University, an M.A. in teligion and ethics from Yale University Divinity School, and her Ph.D. in religion from Vanderbilt University. Her teaching and research interests are in womanist/feminist theologies, social critical theory, cultural studies, economics, and Afro-Pentecostalism. She has authored four academic books, Unfinished Business: Black Women, The Black Church, and the Struggle to Thrive in America (2012); Religious Resistance to Neoliberalism: Womanist and Black Feminist Perspectives (2015); Notes of a Native Daughter: Testifying in Theological Education (2021); and her most recent book, Azusa Reimagined: A Radical Vision of Religious and Democratic Belonging (2022). She has also been recognized by NBC News as one of six black women at the center of gravity in theological education in America. She is a fourth generation preacher in the Church of God in Christ (COGIC).
Alongside her scholarship, she also engages public policy leaders. She has participated in White House briefings in Washington, D.C. to discuss issues related to economic policy, religious freedom, faith-based initiatives, human rights efforts, and peace building efforts around the world. She has been a guest political commentator on KERA/NPR, DFW/FOX News, and Huffpost Live on issues related to faith and politics. She has written for the New York Daily News, The Christian Century, The Feminist Wire, and the Huffington Post.
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The Kelso Lecture is free and open to the public. There may be costs associated with additional programming related to the lecture.
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