American Baptist theologian becomes first black woman to head association
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (ABP) -- An American Baptist theologian has become the first African-American woman elected president of the nation's largest professional society for religion professors. Emilie Townes, the Andrew Mellon Professor of African-American Religion and Theology at Yale Divinity School, is the new president of the American Academy of Religion. AAR's membership includes thousands...
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