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Dr. Willie James Jennings

Dr. Willie James Jennings is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Theology and Africana Studies at Yale University Divinity School. Dr. Jennings, who is a theologian, teaches in the areas of Christian thought, race theory, decolonial and environmental studies. Dr. Jennings is the author of The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race published by Yale University Press, as well as After Whiteness: An Education in Belonging published by Eerdmans, and an awarding winning commentary on the Book of Acts (WJK Press). Dr. Jennings is also an ordained Baptist minister.