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February 7, 2013

'Healers' conference celebrates African-American influence on nation, church

The School of Religion "The Art that Heals" humanities arts and lecture series presents "African American Seventh-day Adventists: Healers in a Multi-cultural Nation" Sabbath, Feb. 16.

People of the African Diaspora have helped to influence the spiritual/religious and sociopolitical identity of America. Indeed, African-American Seventh-day Adventists have made their mark on the religious, spiritual and social discourse of America and, more specifically, of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

The presence of the African people who suffered through what is historically known as the Middle Passage, chattel slavery and Jim Crow segregation has encouraged the development of an institutional paradigm and conversation concerning diversity as it relates to ethnicity and race, and these complex conversations have in turn influenced the church's multi-cultural paradigm.

The purpose of "African American Seventh-day Adventists: Healers in a Multi-cultural Nation" is to examine, highlight and share the religious, intellectual, historical and artistic contributions people of the African Diaspora have contributed to the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and to examine how they have been healers and healed.

In addition, this conference will serve as an inaugural round-table for the development of a text on the topic.

Church services

Loma Linda University Church

First service

"King Came Preaching"
Dr. Mervyn Warren, dean
School of Religion
Oakwood University

Second service

Dr. Calvin Rock, vice president (retired)
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

Panel discussion

3 p.m., Centennial Complex Damazo Amphitheater

Dr. Andy Lampkin, moderator

"African American SDA in the American Context"
Dr. Benjamin Baker

"James Cone, Black Theology, and therapeutic metaphors for Adventist Healers"
Dr. Maury Jackson

Vespers

4:30 p.m., University Church

Concert with Daughters of Zion and Valley Crossroads Chorale. Also featuring a tribute to the lives and work of Drs. Maxine and David Taylor, distinguished Loma Linda University professors and mentors.

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