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You are here: Home / Events / Nov. 3: Spirituality, Song, and Social Justice

Nov. 3: Spirituality, Song, and Social Justice

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  • Date: Wednesday, Nov 3rd, 2021, 12:00 pm
  • Categories: Collegeville Connections
  • Tags: music, social justice, song

Please join Don Saliers (Theologian-in-Residence at Candler School of Theology at Emory University) and Emily Saliers (a musician who is one half of the folk duo Indigo Girls) for a lively conversation about faith, music, and their intersections, composing songs of justice, and their time spent in-residence as a family at the Collegeville Institute.

Wednesday, November 3, 2021
12 – 1 PM, Central Time

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Dr. Don E. Saliers is currently Theologian-in-Residence at Candler School of Theology, after retiring in 2007 as the William R. Cannon Distinguished Professor of Theology and Worship. For many years he directed the Master of Sacred Music program at Emory, and was an organist and choirmaster at Cannon Chapel for 35 years. Before joining the Candler faculty in 1974, Saliers taught at Yale Divinity School. Saliers is the author of 15 books on the relationship between theology and worship practices.
Emily Saliers is an American singer-songwriter and member of the musical duo Indigo Girls. Saliers plays lead guitar as well as banjo, piano, mandolin, ukulele, bouzouki and many other instruments.

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