Marcia Y. Riggs

Marcia Y. Riggs is an American author, the J. Erskine Love Professor of Christian Ethics, and the Director of ThM Program at Columbia Theological Seminary, a womanist theologian, and a recognized authority on the black woman’s club movement of the nineteenth century.[1][2] She was one of six Luce Scholars named by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada (ATS) and The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc. as Henry Luce III Fellows in Theology for 2017-2018.[3]

Education

Riggs graduated cum laude from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, Lynchburg, VA in 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts in Religion.[4] She then proceeded with her education to Yale Divinity School, New Haven, CT where she graduated with a Master of Divinity in 1983.[5] In 1991, she earned her Doctor of Philosophy in Religion (Ethics) from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.[6]

Career

Riggs began working at Vanderbilt University as a teaching assistant in 1985 and later a teaching fellow. She soon moved to Drew University Theological School-Madison in New Jersey where she fulfilled the position of Instructor and Assistant Professor of Religion and Society. She has also taught at Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA in 1995, and Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago in 2005-2006. At the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago she was a Co-Teacher and ACTS Doctor of Ministry in Preaching. At Columbia Theological Seminary she is the J. Erskine Love Professor of Christian Ethics and also holds the position of Director of the ThM Program. She has also worked outside of academics as an Associate Minister at Hemphill African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Summerville, Georgia.[7]

Riggs is the President and Founder of Still Waters: A Center for Ethical Formation and Practices, Inc., a Not-for-Profit Educational Organization in Stone Mountain, GA.[8] She is also the Chair of the North American Doctoral Fellows Selection Committee for Fund for Theological Education,[7][5] as well as previously the Chair of Womanist Approaches to Religion and Society Group for American Academy of Religion.[9]

Riggs has developed an ethical theory and practice called “religious ethical mediation.” Religious ethical mediation prepares leaders to address religion, conflict, and violence in a transformative manner.[6]

Riggs was selected as a Henry Luce III Fellow in Theology for the academic year 2017-2018. The annual fellowship is given to theologians, scholars or religious leaders in the United States and Canada whose work contributes to “significant and innovative contributions to theological studies.”[10]

She received the Distinction in Theological Education Award from Yale Divinity School in 2012.[11]

Writings

Riggs is the author of Plenty Good Room: Women Versus Male Power in the Black Church (Cleveland, OH: The Pilgrim Press, 2003), which has been listed as one of 40 essential books that are foundational for understanding the Black Church.[12] She is also the author of Awake, Arise, & Act: A Womanist Call for Black Liberation (Cleveland, OH: The Pilgrim Press, 1994), editor of Can I Get a Witness? Prophetic Religious Voices of African American Women, An Anthology (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1997), and primary editor of Ethics That Matters: African, Caribbean, and African American Sources (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2011). She has also published numerous scholarly articles and lectures.

Riggs has served on the editorial boards for the Encyclopedia on Women and Religion in North America, the Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, and the Feasting on the Word Lectionary Commentary Series.[13][14]

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References
  1. Mitchem, Stephanie (2014). Introducing Womanist Theology. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books.
  2. Radford Ruether, Rosemary (2002). "The Emergence of Christian Feminist Theology". In Parsons, Susan Frank (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Feminist Theology. Cambridge Companions to Religion. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 11.
  3. Graham, Stephen (February 2017). "2017-2018 Luce Fellows Announced" (PDF). Association of Theological Schools. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
  4. "Alumnae Achievement Awards". Randolph College. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
  5. "Alumni Awards- Past Award Recipients: Marcia Y Riggs". Yale Divinity School. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
  6. Deer Owens, Ann Marie (November 6, 2017). "Harrod Lecturer Seeking Beloved Community in 21st Century". Vanderbilt News. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
  7. http://www.ctsnet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/RiggsMarciaCV2016.pdf Columbia Theological Seminary
  8. "Dr. Marcia Riggs". Columbia University. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
  9. "Womanist Approaches to Religion and Society Group" (PDF). AAR Call for Papers 2014: 12. 2014.
  10. "The Henry Luce III Fellows in Theology Program". Henry Luce Foundation. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
  11. "Four Alumni Honored at 2012 Alumni Awards Dinner". Yale Divinity School. 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
  12. Blumberg, Antonia (January 3, 2017). "40 Essential Books for Any #BlackChurchSyllabus (and more)". Huffington Post. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
  13. "JSCE Editorial Board". The Society of Christian Ethics. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
  14. "Feasting on the Word: Preaching the Revised Common Lectionary" (PDF). Feasting on the Word. 2010. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
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