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Featured Film: JOURNEY TO LIBERATION

By 2014 Contributor, 2014 Festival, Goose News

“Indeed our survival and liberation depend upon our recognition of the truth when it is spoken and lived by the people….[t]o know the truth is to appropriate it, for it is not mainly reflection and theory. Truth is divine action entering our lives and creating the human action of liberation.” ― James H. Cone, God of the Oppressed

Anika GibbonsAs the birthplace of Black Liberation, Mujerista, and Womanist theologies, Union Theological Seminary has long incubated truth-tellers and justice-makers.  In her film Journey To Liberation:  The Legacy of Womanist Theology and Womanist Ethics at Union Theological Seminary, filmmaker Anika Gibbons, a 2013 alumna of Union, takes a deeper look at groundbreaking social justice activists and many of the founding mothers of Womanist theology and Womanist ethics such as Dr. Emilie Townes, Dr. Jacquelyn Grant, Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas and Dr. Katie Cannon. This film will be shown as part of the festival’s Films track.

In the documentary, filmed in the oral tradition of storytelling, the women and current Union Theological Seminary students discuss their life experiences, their road to black womanhood, and the important role Union Theological Seminary has played on their road to scholarship.

Union will be present in the Discernment Area throughout the Festival, or for more information, contact Union at212-280-1343 or admissions@utsnyc.edu.

Wild Goose Bumps Contest!

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Wild Goose Bumps. Ever had them? It’s that feeling you get at the Wild Goose Festival when you experience something powerful, memorable, transformative. The speaker who opens your mind to a new idea. The prayer that touches your heart. The compassionate conversation by a campfire. The song that makes you sing along.

What gives you Wild Goose Bumps? We’re eager to know.

In fact, we’ve put together a Wild Goose Bumps contest to encourage you to share. All we need is a few sentences describing or a photo depicting a moment that you experienced at Wild Goose that changed you. Or, if you’ve never been to the festival, let us know what is inspiring you to attend. With permission, we’ll post your entry on social media with the hashtag #wildgoosebumps.

The winner of the contest will receive an epic “Wild Goose Swag Bag” full of goodies and gratitude. To enter, email promotions@wildgoosefestival.org. The deadline to enter is Friday, May 9th.

And if you don’t have your tickets to this year’s festival yet, NOW IS THE TIME to buy them! We promise this year’s festival will be profound, and profoundly fun!

Featured Speaker Jay E. Johnson

By 2014 Contributor

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The Wild Goose is lucky to have Jay Emerson Johnson joining us as one of this year’s featured speakers.

A theologian and Episcopal priest, Johnson has worked for the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry since 2003 in various capacities, most recently as Senior Director, Academic Research & Resources. In 2008 he joined the core doctoral faculty of the Graduate Theological Union (GTU) and teaches courses at Pacific School of Religion and the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, both member schools of the GTU.

From 2001 to 2007, Jay served as the co-chair of the Gay Men’s Issues in Religion Group of the American Academy of Religion. Since 2006 he has been a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Theology and Sexuality. He has also served as a parish priest in the Episcopal Dioceses of Chicago and California and is currently a clergy associate at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Berkeley. Jay’s first book, Dancing with God: Anglican Christianity and the Practice of Hope, was published in 2005.

His current research and writing interests involve the intersections of critical social theory and Christian traditions. Jay is a popular retreat leader and facilitator of adult education programs, both in the San Francisco Bay Area and around the country. Jay also maintains a blogging site: Peculiar Faith.