Moderation and concept: Christian Weber, Head of Studies Team Education;
Presentations and discussion in English with translation into German
With Thandi Gamedze, Senior Researcher, Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice, South Africa and Scotty J. Williams, Lead Pastor, American Protestant Church of The Hague, Netherlands
Dr. Thandi Gamedze is a South African educator, theologian, cultural worker and poet, based at the University of the Western Cape’s Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice as a Senior Researcher. Her doctoral research was transdisciplinary, bringing together the worlds of education and theology to better understand the role churches play in both upholding and challenging dominant power relations relating to race, gender and class. Thandi’s interests include black theology, liberation theology, social justice, education and the arts – particularly poetry. She has broad experience working across multiple sites, including churches, universities, high schools and community organisations.
Rev. Dr. Scotty J. Williams Rev. Dr. Scotty J. Williams is a Presbyterian pastor-theologian from the Louisiana who currently serves as Lead Pastor of the American Protestant Church of Den Haag. Before moving to the Netherlands he served international congregations in his home country and Switzerland, and worked in the Evangelical Reformed Church of Canton St. Gallen. In addition to pastoring he has taught as a guest professor and lecturer at the Universities of Basel, St. Gallen and Zürich. Scotty’s interests range from Black American History and Theology to the folklore and art of his people. Yet, his greatest interest is the work of Ulrich Zwingli which inspired his doctoral dissertation: “The New Reformed Pastor: Zwinglian Wisdom for Modern Ministers”.
