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Serene Jones



Serene Jones is an American author and sixteenth president of Union Theological Seminary in New York, the first woman to hold that position. She has served as the chair of Yale University’s Program in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and is a past president of the American Academy of Religion.

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A Seminary President on Finding Grace in the Age of Trump

The theologian Serene Jones, the first woman to head the Union Theological Seminary in New York City, is one of the most visible faces of a group that sometimes seems to have got lost in Donald Trump’s America: the religious left.

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Feminist and Womanist Essays in Reformed Dogmatics

This book is a collection of essays by thirteen feminist and womanist authors who locate themselves within the Reformed tradition. Topics explored include: the Trinity, creation, election, atonement, the church, fear, resistance, and vocation.

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Saw the Biblical Deborah as a Role Model

As the president of Union, Serene Jones had the chance to spend a lot of time with Ruth Bader Ginsburg when she visited, both behind and in front of the stage she held so nobly.

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Reverend, You Say the Virgin Birth Is ‘a Bizarre Claim’?

Nicholas Kristoff interviews Serene Jones.

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How to Heal the Spiritual Pain of America

Over the past year, streams of commentaries have analyzed the ferocious and alarming combat marking this year’s presidential campaign. Few among them, however, include wide-ranging spiritual or theological accounts of what is transpiring.

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Dr. Serene Jones on Owning Up to the Legacies of Racism

Serene Jones discusses the concepts of grace and sin in this 2019 interview.

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The Original Christmas Story Is Really About Refugees

Jesus tells us to welcome the stranger, to feed the hungry, to go and sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor. Jesus asks that we treat all of humanity with the same love, kindness and generosity that he modeled throughout his life.

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Rev. Dr. Serene Jones Preaches to Disciples of Christ General Assembly

In this far-reaching address, Rev. Jones describes the ways that white supremacy, greed, and the disregard for our environment have wounded our nation. She then offers a new path forward, one grounded in the love of Christ, and God's demand for justice.

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Call It Grace: Finding Meaning in a Fractured World

"Theology is a place and a story. Theology is the place and story you think of when you ask yourself about the meaning of your life, of the world, and the possibility of God.

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In Thanksgiving Spirit, Keep Daca Dreamers at the Family Table

Serene Jones reflects on the meaning of Thanksgiving when so many in the United States face poverty, inequality, racism and more.

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