Kelly Brown Douglas

Theology

Kelly Delaine Brown Douglas is an Episcopal priest, womanist theologian, and the inaugural Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary. She is also the Canon Theologian at the Washington National Cathedral. She has written five books, including The Black Christ (1994), Black Bodies and Black Church: A Blues Slant (2012) and Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God (2015), Sexuality in the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective (1999). 


Festival Years: 2016