Black Theology and Faith
The Candler Foundry
COURSE INFORMATION
Course Dates: February 3 - February 24, 2026
Course Time: Tuesdays, 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM ET (Online)
Course Description
What does faith look like when shaped by struggle, hope, and the search for justice? In this four-week course, Dr. Noel Erskine will guide participants through key themes of Black theology—exploring how faith has taken root and flourished among people of African descent across different cultures and histories. We’ll reflect on topics like sin, reconciliation, baptism, and liberation, and consider how these themes speak to all of us today, no matter your background. This course is open to anyone curious about how theology is lived out in real life and how it continues to grow through dialogue, diversity, and shared experience.
For more information, please email our Assistant Director of Community Learning and Partnerships, Donnell Williamson, at dwilliamson@emory.edu.
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Meet the Instructor
Dr. Noel Erskine
The Rev. Dr. Noel L. Erskine teaches theology and ethics at Candler and in Emory’s Graduate Division of Religion. He came to Candler in 1977, and has been a visiting professor at 10 schools in six countries.
His research interests include Caribbean and Black theologies, the history and development of plantation and Black churches, and theological method in the work of James Cone, Karl Barth, Paul Tillich, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Erskine has authored and edited 11 books, all of which chronicle the historical and complex nature of Black Theology, Revivalism, Rastafarianism and the theological perspective of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Read more here.
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