A DAY WITH HOWARD THURMAN:
Theologian and Mystic
Facilitated by: Rev. Dr. Khadijah Matin
Available by: Watch Online Recordings (learn more about videoconference)
Price: General Public: $ 100.00 | One Spirit Graduates: $ 90.00
Elective Credit: 1
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive”
– Howard Thurman
We often hear of great civil rights leaders like Gandhi and Dr. King. However, we rarely learn about those they inspired and, more importantly, who inspired or were peers with them. In this one-day seminar, we will explore the life and teachings of Howard Thurman, African American theologian and Mystic, one of the trailblazers in interfaith, social justice work. Through his friendship with Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King, Rufus Jones, and others, he " gave wings" to the civil rights movement and, of note, wrote the influential book Jesus and the Disinherited, which revolutionized the traditional portrait of Jesus.
Through lectures, journaling, spiritual practices, and breakout sessions, we will, through an interfaith/inter-spiritual lens, explore Thurman's writings and consider them for today's challenges.
This workshop will serve seminarians, spiritual companions, social justice activists, and those who wish to learn more about this 20th-century Mystic.
FACULTY:
Rev. Dr. Khadijah Matin
Rev. Dr. Khadijah Matin has established a solid record of commitment to education and faith-based organizations, serving in multiple leadership roles. Building upon her interests in her family history and social justice work, Khadijah’s work looks at the role family and faith history plays as identity and transformation models. Along with her experience in nonprofit governance, and in recognition of her works in intercultural dialogue and civic engagement she was appointed as an Ariane de Rothschild Fellow. Khadijah has an MS from Fordham University; certificates from One Spirit Seminary (2006); ISC Program (2010). She earned her D.Min. In 2012, from New York Theological Seminary, in Multi-faith ministry. Always inspired by her children, Khadijah is called by some as a “woman who walks through walls” and calling as a continuation of her family’s traditions, fulfilling the social justice dreams of her ancestors.