Episode 6: Special Edition Rev. Dr. Otis Moss & Guest Host Daryle Brown

Episode 7: Rev. Dr. Otis Moss on his Introduction to Howard Thurman

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.

Episode 6: Special Edition Rev. Dr. Otis Moss & Guest Host Daryle Brown

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.

Episode 5: Rev. Dr. Reggie Williams reflects on Howard Thurman

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.

Episode 4: Rev. Andre Gilford, Jr. reflects on Rev. Howard Thurman

Rev. Andre Gilford discuss the impact of Rev. Thurman's sermon, What Do You Want, Really? on his early years as he was considering his life's path, and his book With Head And Heart.

Episode 3: Rev. Dr. Aaron McLeod Reflections on Rev. Howard Thurman

Rev. Dr. Aaron McLeod, Senior Pastor of Gorham United Methodist Church, and a Morehouse man, reflects on Howard Thurman's works and their impact on his life and ministry.