Katie Cannon

Katie Cannon
Born
Katie Geneva Cannon

(1950-01-03)January 3, 1950
DiedAugust 8, 2018(2018-08-08) (aged 68)
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity
Church
Ordained1974
Congregations served
1974 Ascension Presbyterian Church in New York, New York
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisResources for a Constructive Ethic for Black Women with Special Attention to the Life and Work of Zora Neale Hurston (1983)
Influences
Academic work
DisciplineTheology
Sub-disciplineChristian ethics
School or tradition
Institutions
Doctoral studentsStacey M. Floyd-Thomas
InfluencedAda 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).