Dr. Keri Day

The workshop "Am I My Sisiter’s Keeper" will deal with the fact that poverty among women and children in the United States continues to engender both material deprivation and widespread fear and hopelessness. Problems of culture and economy contribute to the plight of poor women locked in an American underclass. This particular workshop discusses the problem of neo-liberal rhetoric, the history of shifts in American political economy that has intensified poverty among women and children, and ways that faith communities are attempting to struggle with this problem in order to embody God's love to the "least of these."

Keri Day is Assistant Professor of Theological and Social Ethics & Director of Black Church Studies at Brite Divinity School. She received her B.S. in Political Science with a minor in Economics. She earned an M.A. in Religion and Ethics from Yale University Divinity School and received her Ph.D. in Religion from Vanderbilt University (with a graduate certificate in Women’s Studies). Her works sits at the intersections of theology, feminist studies, critical social theory, and poverty. In 2010, she has three forthcoming articles including: "Womanist Theology and Ethics: The Increasing Significance of Class and Poor Urban Black Women" in Princeton Theological Review; "The Ambiguities of Neighbor-Love: Reading 'Agape' from the Margins" in Beyond the Pale: Reading Christian Ethics from the Margins (Westminister); "Class Matters: The Prophetic Voice of Black Churches in the 21st Century" in Liberation Ethics for the Twenty-First Century (Fortress Press); and "Forging Community and Communitas: Toward a De-Masculinization of Christology in Black Churches" in Walk Together Children. She is a member in the American Academy of Religion and a Facilitator for the Society of Christian Ethics (African/African-American Interest and Working Groups.) She is a member in the Church of God in Christ.