Marcia Y Riggs

Marcia Y. Riggs is J. Erskine Love Professor of Christian Ethics, Emerita, Columbia Theological Seminary. She has published articles and books on womanist ethics, sexual-gender justice, moral education, public discourse, and public policy. Her publications include: Awake, Arise, and Act! A Womanist Call for Black Liberation ; Can I Get a Witness? Prophetic Religious Voices of African American Women, an Anthology ; Plenty Good Room: Black Women versus Male Power in the Black Church , and she is...See more

Marcia Y. Riggs is J. Erskine Love Professor of Christian Ethics, Emerita, Columbia Theological Seminary. She has published articles and books on womanist ethics, sexual-gender justice, moral education, public discourse, and public policy. Her publications include: Awake, Arise, and Act! A Womanist Call for Black Liberation ; Can I Get a Witness? Prophetic Religious Voices of African American Women, an Anthology ; Plenty Good Room: Black Women versus Male Power in the Black Church , and she is a co-editor of Ethics That Matters: African, Caribbean, and African American Sources . Dr. Riggs was awarded a 2017-2018 Henry Luce III Fellowship from the Luce Foundation and the Association of Theological Schools. See less