Katie Cannon
Katie Cannon | |
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| Born | Katie Geneva Cannon January 3, 1950 Kannapolis, North Carolina, US |
| Died | August 8, 2018 (aged 68) Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
| Ecclesiastical career | |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Church | |
| Ordained | 1974 |
Congregations served | 1974 Ascension Presbyterian Church in New York, New York |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater |
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| Thesis | Resources for a Constructive Ethic for Black Women with Special Attention to the Life and Work of Zora Neale Hurston (1983) |
| Influences | |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Theology |
| Sub-discipline | Christian ethics |
| School or tradition | |
| Institutions | |
| Doctoral students | Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas |
| Influenced | Ada María Isasi-Díaz |
Katie Geneva Cannon (January 3, 1950 – August 8, 2018) was an American Christian theologian and ethicist associated with womanist theology and black theology. In 1974 she became the first African-American woman ordained in the United Presbyterian Church (USA).