The African American Lectionary is a resource tool that not only highlights the African American ecclesial traditions and moments that creatively express the joy, freedom, and the challenges of being both African American and Christian, but also recognizes days on the liturgical calendar that are celebrated across a variety of ecclesial traditions.
The African-American Pulpit (TAAP) provides practical and creative resources for persons in ministry by featuring sermons, articles, interviews, sermon helps, history, practical how-to advice, and book reviews, all to help the preacher and pastor be more effective in the communication and the preaching of the gospel. TAAP is informative, inspirational, and thought provoking.
The Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center (BCC) at Vanderbilt provides educational and cultural programming for the University and Nashville communities.
BlackandChristian.com is an online community for people of African descent and others interested in the African and African American Christian experience and is a one-stop resource for inspiration and information to help spread the gospel message of Jesus Christ.
The Carpenter Program includes facilitating courses of study, workshops, lectures, and providing consultation and information services. This resource provides information concerning gender, religion, and sexuality, as well as a growing list of syllabi, tradition statements, papers and student projects, links relating to the Carpenter Program's mission, upcoming Carpenter sponsored events, and related conferences.
The Fund for Theological Education (FTE) is the only national, ecumenical nonprofit organization dedicated to finding and supporting tomorrow's Christian leaders--pastors and theological educators--who serve the common good. FTE helps identify gifted young people from all denominations and backgrounds who are interested in entering vocations in ministry and teaching, and provide them with fellowships and a network of support on their path to leadership.
The Program in African American & Diaspora (PAADS) offers an interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, and comparative study of the lived experiences of Blacks dispersed throughout the world from the continent of Africa, a dispersion (and its causes) referred to as the African diaspora.
The Women's and Gender Studies at Vanderbilt is an interdisciplinary program that examines gender as socio-cultural construct that orders human perceptions and practices but is also historically variable. WGS is the intellectual face of feminism on campus and in the broader community.