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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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Far-Right Trump Backers Weaponized Christianity Against Democracy and Could Do It Again

In the waning days of 2020, Serene Jones came face to face with the white supremacist hate that fueled the deadly mob attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6—and that poses the biggest security challenge to President Joe Biden.

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Ground Zero Mosque Founder: "We Want to Repair the Breach"

Khan described her vision for the center as an open and inclusive place for Muslims to gather for arts programs, social events, fitness and education.

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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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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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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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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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