Cheryl J. Sanders
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| discipline = Christian Ethics, Womanist ethics
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Cheryl J. Sanders is an African-American professor and scholar of Christian Ethics. Her work on womanist ethics has been influential in the development of the field. She teaches Christian Ethics at Howard University School of Divinity. Her books include Ministry at the Margins, Saints in Exile: The Holiness Pentecostal Experience in African American Religion, and Empowerment Ethics for a Liberated People: A Path to African American Social Transformation.{{Cite web |title=Cheryl Sanders {{!}} Howard Profiles |url=https://profiles.howard.edu/cheryl-sanders |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=profiles.howard.edu |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Cheryl Sanders: Finding identity in the world |url=https://faithandleadership.com/cheryl-sanders-finding-identity-the-world |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Faith and Leadership |date=13 June 2011 |language=en}}Reviews of Saints in Exile:
- {{Cite journal |last=Harvey |first=Paul |date=1997 |title=Review of Saints in Exile: The Holiness-Pentecostal Experience in African American Religion and Culture. |journal=The Journal of American History |volume=83 |issue=4 |pages=1441–1442 |doi=10.2307/2952998 |jstor=2952998 |issn=0021-8723|doi-access=free }}
- {{Cite journal |last=Campbell |first=James T. |date=1997 |title=Review of Saints in Exile: The Holiness-Pentecostal Experience in African American Religion and Culture |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2171671 |journal=The American Historical Review |volume=102 |issue=3 |pages=905–906 |doi=10.2307/2171671 |jstor=2171671 |issn=0002-8762|url-access=subscription }}
- {{Cite journal |last=Young |first=Henry James |date=1998 |editor-last=Erskine |editor-first=Noel Leo |editor2-last=Hubbard |editor2-first=Dolan |editor3-last=Kostarelos |editor3-first=Frances |editor4-last=Lincoln |editor4-first=C. Eric |editor5-last=Sanders |editor5-first=Cheryl J. |title=African-American Religious Thought and Revisioning Theological Methods |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1205943 |journal=The Journal of Religion |volume=78 |issue=2 |pages=257–265 |doi=10.1086/490181 |jstor=1205943 |s2cid=170355511 |issn=0022-4189|url-access=subscription }}
Reviews of Empowerment Ethics for a Liberated People:
- {{Cite journal |last=Trimiew |first=Darryl M. |date=1999 |title=Empowerment Ethics for a Liberated People: A Path to African American Social Transformation . Cheryl J. Sanders |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/490437 |journal=The Journal of Religion |language=en |volume=79 |issue=2 |pages=335–336 |doi=10.1086/490437 |issn=0022-4189|url-access=subscription }}
- {{Cite journal |last=Fenrick |first=Angeloyd B. |date=1996 |title=Empowerment Ethics for a Liberated People: A Path to African-American Social Transformation |journal=Journal of Religious Thought |volume=52/53 |issue=2/1 |pages=98–100 |via=}} {{ProQuest|222131811}}
Biography
Cheryl Jeanne Sanders grew up in Washington, D.C. She attended Swathmore College, where she majored in mathematics, and minored in Black studies. She then decided to pursue studies in theology, and completed a Master of Divinity (MDiv) degree at Harvard Divinity School (HDS) in 1980. She continued her studies at HDS, completing a Doctor of Theology degree (ThD) in 1985.{{Cite web |last=Herman |first=Beth A. |date=May 9, 2009 |title=A Natural Progression |url=https://news-archive.hds.harvard.edu/news/2009/05/09/a-natural-progression |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=news-archive.hds.harvard.edu |language=en}} The title of her doctoral thesis was "Slavery and Conversion: An Analysis of Ex-slave Testimony."{{Cite web |title=Slavery and conversion : an analysis of ex-slave testimony : a thesis {{!}} WorldCat.org |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/12197007 |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=www.worldcat.org |language=en}} She noted in an interview at Harvard that she was 'fascinated by oral histories, fascinated by people giving religious testimonies."
A professor of Christian Ethics at Howard University,{{Cite web |last=Lohmeyer |first=Suzette |date=January 16, 2023 |title=What Black activism looks like without the church |url=https://www.grid.news/story/politics/2023/01/16/martin-luther-king-jrs-civil-rights-agenda-was-entwined-with-the-black-church-what-does-that-mean-for-a-new-secular-generation/ |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=Grid News |language=en}} Sanders is the author of several books and articles related to Christian ethics, African-American religious history, Pentecostalism, and womanist theology.{{Cite web |last1=S |first1=Cheryl |last2=ers |title=Cheryl Sanders |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/pastors/contributors/cheryl-sanders.html |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=CT Pastors |language=en}} In 2018, two of her books, Empowerment Ethics for a Liberated People and Ministry at the Margins: The Prophetic Mission for Women, Youth, and the Poor, were included in a list of recommended reading for Black History Month by CBE International.{{Cite web |title=8 Books to Pick Up During (and After) Black History Month |url=https://www.cbeinternational.org/resource/8-books-pick-during-and-after-black-history-month/ |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=CBE International |language=en-US}}
Sanders is also an ordained minister in the Church of God.{{Cite web |last=Sanders |first=Cheryl J. |date=1987-07-01 |title=Making a New Way: A Consequence of Openness |url=https://sojo.net/magazine/july-1987/making-new-way-consequence-openness |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Sojourners |language=EN}}{{Cite web |title=For many blacks, there's only one Bible, and it's the KJV |url=https://www.christiancentury.org/article/2011-05/many-blacks-theres-only-one-bible-and-its-kjv |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=The Christian Century |language=en}} She is the senior pastor of the Third Street Church of God in Washington, D.C.,{{Cite web |last1=Blair |first1=Leonardo |last2=Reporter |first2=Senior Features |date=2019-02-11 |title=Challenged by racism in white churches, black churches endure but with competition |url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/challenged-by-racism-in-white-churches-black-churches-endure-but-with-competition.html |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=The Christian Post |language=en-US}} where she has been in ministry since 1995; she has been the senior pastor there since 1997.{{Cite web |title=Pastor's Page |url=http://thirdstreet.org/pastors-page.html |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Third Street Church of God |language=en}} Third Street is also the same church where she was raised as a child.
As pastor of Third Street Church, Sanders oversaw the building of an annex and a restoration of the sanctuary in 2014. The proposed renovations encountered resistance when Sanders sought to create new parking lots for the congregation. The neighborhood blocked the effort due to concerns about the demolition of historic buildings.{{Cite news |last=Tavernise |first=Sabrina |date=2011-07-18 |title=A Population Changes, Uneasily |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/18/us/18dc.html |access-date=2023-02-06 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |last=Harris |first=Hamil R. |date=2014-07-04 |title=For D.C.'s Third Street Church of God, expanding, renovating wasn't easy |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/for-dcs-third-street-church-of-god-expanding-renovating-wasnt-easy/2014/07/04/d2d1e738-0177-11e4-8fd0-3a663dfa68ac_story.html |access-date=2023-02-06 |issn=0190-8286}}
In an interview in The Washington Post, about abortion rights, Sanders held that the bible may be "pro-life" but expressed an unwillingness to be associated with the political movement.{{Cite news |title=Why some Black churches aren't elated about the possible end of Roe |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/05/13/roe-abortion-black-church/ |access-date=2023-02-06 |issn=0190-8286}}
Sanders has cautioned against over simplifying "terrorists" as evil, noting that the "war" against anti-Black terrorism in during the civil rights movement was "won" by righteousness and not weapons.{{Cite web |last=The Washington Times |title=What makes a war 'just'? |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2002/sep/26/20020926-090919-2189r/ |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=The Washington Times |language=en-US}}
At a speech given in 2014 at the Martin Luther King Jr., Lecture Series at Fuller Theological Seminary, Sanders highlighted seven leadership roles that King demonstrated, which she felt should be emulated by clergy and religious leaders. They were "orator; organizer; opportunist; optimist; operative; organic intellectual; and oracle."{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=UrbanFaith |date=2014-02-21 |title=Dr. Cheryl Sanders' Seven Leadership Lessons From MLK'S Legacy |url=https://urbanfaith.com/dr-cheryl-sanders-seven-leadership-lessons-from-mlks-legacy/ |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Urban Faith |language=en-US}}
Works
- Sanders, Cheryl J. "Social Justice: Theology as Social Transformation" in The Routledge Handbook of Pentecostal Theology, Wolfgang Vondey, ed. (2020){{Cite book |last=Vondey |first=Wolfgang |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JxHaDwAAQBAJ&q=Cheryl+J+Sanders |title=The Routledge Handbook of Pentecostal Theology |date=2020-03-31 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-429-01622-6 |language=en}}
- Sanders, Cheryl J. Ministry at the Margins : the Prophetic Mission of Women, Youth & the Poor (1997){{Cite web |title=Ministry at the margins : the prophetic mission of women, youth & the poor {{!}} WorldCat.org |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/35360902 |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=www.worldcat.org |language=en}}
- Sanders, Cheryl J. Saints in Exile : the Holiness-Pentecostal Experience in African American Religion and Culture (1996){{Cite web |title=Saints in exile : the Holiness-Pentecostal experience in African American religion and culture {{!}} WorldCat.org |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/45727903 |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=www.worldcat.org |language=en}}
- Sanders, Cheryl J. Empowerment ethics for a liberated people : a path to African American social transformation (1995){{Cite web |title=Empowerment ethics for a liberated people : a path to African American social transformation {{!}} WorldCat.org |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/32970774 |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=www.worldcat.org |language=en}}
- Sanders, Cheryl J., ed. Living the Intersection: Womanism and Afrocentrism in Theology (1995){{Cite web |title=Living the Intersection: Womanism and Afrocentrism in Theology |url=https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9780800628529/Living-the-Intersection |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=Fortress Press}} {{ISBN|9780800628529}}
External links
- [https://www.c-span.org/person/?44438/CherylJSanders Cheryl J. Sanders on C-SPAN]
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