
The Rev. Carolyn Ann Knight, former assistant professor of homiletics at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Ga., will deliver the third in the four-part James A. Gray Lecture series on Thursday, Feb. 8, 9:45 a.m. in Dillard Auditorium of the Albert H. Anderson Conference Center.
A native of Denver, Colo., Knight received her bachelor of arts degree from Bishop College in Dallas, Texas, with a major concentration in philosophy and religion.
Her theological training began at Colgate Rochester Divinity School in Rochester, N.Y. She later transferred to Union Theological Seminary in New York to study under her mentor, Dr. Cornel West. She was awarded a Master of Divinity and a Master of Sacred Theology at Union Theological Seminary in New York, and a Doctor of Ministry from Union Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio.
She is in constant demand nationwide as a preacher and evangelist, and has been called a one-of-a-kind preaching voice for this generation.
She was named one of America’s Fifteen Greatest African-American Women Preachers by Ebony magazine in 1997. In March 1996, Knight was inducted into the prestigious College of Preachers by Morehouse College in Atlanta.
Sponsored by the James A. Gray Endowment and Winston-Salem State University, the lecture series is designed to spark thought-provoking discussion about some of the most pressing moral and ethical considerations of our time. Dr. Cedric S. Rodney is James A. Gray Professor of Religion and Ethics at WSSU and is the program coordinator.
For more information about the lecture series, contact Rodney at (336) 750-2479 or e-mail him at rodneyc@wssu.edu.