Greensboro College Presents Seventh Annual Reynolds Lecture Oct. 26
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College presents the seventh annual Reynolds Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, in Hannah Brown Finch Memorial Chapel on campus.
The event is free and open to the public.
The speaker will be Steven R. Cureton, associate professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The title of his lecture is, “Am I Righteous Enough to Exist Equally in America?”
“The social construction of blackness has pronounced estimations yielding a personhood value gap with implications that the humanity of blackness remains different enough as to not deserve equality in America,” Cureton says.
“The fundamental question being: Is it my life in America or is it my Black life in America? The black body continues to exist in perilous times, encountering a daily death sown in dishonor because perhaps America’s racial legacy has failed to fully grasp the gospel that the perishable flesh has a resurrected glory gifted to them by God through Jesus.
“And yet in the meantime secular living in this country demands protest that by its very nature is uncomfortable. We need coalitions! It is the duty of our educational institutions to aggressively act on missions of inclusiveness beyond numerical integration. And a college just like this one has stewardship responsibilities that must bridge the chasm between the church and the academy.”
Cureton’s research focuses on African American life chances, behavioral outcomes, and issues related to equity and justice. He has published two books, “Hoover Crips: When Cripin’ Becomes a Way of Life” (2008) and “Seeds of Discontent: Black Vanguards and Black Gangsters” (2011), as well as numerous journal articles.
He holds a Ph.D. from Washington State University.
The Reynolds Lecture is sponsored annually by the college’s Reynolds Institute for Church Leadership in honor of longtime trustee Royce Reynolds and his wife, Jane. The lecture examines the relationship between the church and academia.
For more information, contact Daniel J. Malotky, Lucy H. Robertson Professor of Religion and Philosophy and dean of the School of Humanities, at 336-272-7102, ext. 5280, or dmalotky@greensboro.edu.
Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and, spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.
Founded in 1838 and located in downtown Greensboro, the college enrolls about 1,000 students from 29 states and territories, the District of Columbia, and seven foreign countries in its undergraduate liberal-arts program and four master’s degree programs. In addition to rigorous academics and a well-supported Honors program, the school features an 18-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities.
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