—PRESS RELEASE —
3rd Annual BLACK RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY (BRS)
in the 21st Century “Challenges and Opportunities”
Michigan State University Kellogg Conference Center
55 South Harrison Road
East Lansing, MI 48824
Reverend Dr. Otis Moss Jr.
Olivet Institutional Church, Cleveland, Ohio
“Future Directions in Black Religion & Spirituality”
Friday, November 21, 2008, Keynote Lecture
Theologian, pastor, and civic leader the Reverend Dr. Otis Moss, Jr. is one of America’s most influential religious leaders and highly sought-after public speakers. A native of the state of Georgia, Moss was born on February 26, 1935 and was raised in the community of LaGrange. The son of Magnolia Moss and Otis Moss, Sr. and the fourth of their five children, he earned his B.A. degree from Morehouse College in 1956 and his masters of divinity degree from the Morehouse School of Religion/Interdenominational Theological Center in 1959. He also completed special studies at the Inter-Denominational Theological Center from 1960 to 1961 and earned his Ph.D. degree in ministry from the United Theological Seminary in 1990.
1:00 PM (OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
Additional featured speakers include: Dr. Bernard Richardson, Dean of Chapel Howard University, Dr. Harriette McAdoo, Michigan State University, Professor Rodney Whitaker, Michigan State University, Dr. Sherman Jackson, University of Michigan, Dr. Christel Temple, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
For more information contact Dr. Gloria S. Smith, Conference Chairman at
(517) 432-8222 ext 137 or by email gsmith@msu.edu
EVENING SESSIONS
FREE TO THE PUBLIC
Speaker:
DR. BERNARD RICHARDSON
The Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel
Howard University
The Changing Environment of Religion & Spirituality
Wednesday, November 19TH
Kellogg Auditorium, 7 pm
and
Speaker:
PROFESSOR RODNEY WHITAKER
Jazz Studies, College of Music
Michigan State University
From the Sacred to the Secular: Spirituality & Jazz
Thursday, November 20th
Kellogg Auditorium 7 pm
