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Pilgrimage for Healing and Liberation

Sacred Art and the Journey Toward Justice
Friday, March 3, 2023, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

Join the Medieval Institute for the third in our webinar series on Pilgrimage!

“Sacred Art and the Journey toward Justice" will consider the sacred art of pilgrimage routes and contemporary iconography. How do icons facilitate an encounter with the divine and with the beloved neighbor? In whose face do we see God? Artist Kelly Latimore joins us to discuss inclusive representation and Black-Brown iconography as a subversive element within the Christian tradition.

This webinar is part of a series of spring-semester events exploring the practice of pilgrimage, both historically across faith traditions and in present-day work for social justice.


The Black Madonna for Racial Liberation
Friday, March 24, 2023, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

Join the Medieval Institute, the Initiative on Race and Resilience, and the departments of Africana Studies, PLS and Theology for the final webinar in our series on Pilgrimage! Can the embodied practice of pilgrimage move us toward healing and racial liberation?

Christena Cleveland, Ph.D., joins us to discuss her new book, God Is A Black Woman (2022), which chronicles her 400-mile walking pilgrimage across France to the ancient shrines of Black Madonnas. Cleveland tells of the spiritual transformation she experienced as she encountered a God who affirms the sacredness of all Black people.

This webinar is part of a series of spring-semester events exploring the practice of pilgrimage, both historically across faith traditions and in present-day work for social justice.

You can choose to attend one or more of the following webinars.