How did Howard Thurman become such an iconic figure in Dr. Moss' life and integral to his theological foundation. Join Rev. Dr. Otis Moss on a personal journey through the beginning of his learning about and exploring the teachings of Howard Thurman.

What inspired Rev. Moss' affection for Howard Thurman? What was the inspiration behind the creation of this podcast? These questions and more are answered as Rev. Moss is interviewed by Daryle Brown, the Trinity UCC Director of Social Justice, in a special episode created as a contribution to the Engaged Spirituality Howard Thurman study group. This study group comes out of the church Howard Thurman founded, The Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples.

Rev. Williams provides a glimpse into the impact of Howard Thurman on his early spiritual development.

Dr. Reggie Williams book Bonhoeffer’s Black Jesus: Harlem Renaissance Theology and an Ethic of Resistance (Baylor University Press, 2014) was selected as a Choice Outstanding Title in 2015, in the field of religion. The book is an analysis of exposure to Harlem Renaissance intellectuals, and worship at Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist on the German pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, during his year of post-doctoral study at Union Seminary in New York, 1930-31.

Dr. Williams’ research interests include Christological ethics, theological anthropology, Christian social ethics, the Harlem Renaissance, race, politics and black church life. His current book project includes a religious critique of whiteness in the Harlem Renaissance. In addition, he is working on a book analyzing the reception of Bonhoeffer by liberation activists in apartheid South Africa.