Albertus Magnus College Continues Conversations of Faith, Life, and Justice

New Haven, Conn., January 23, 2023 – Albertus Magnus College strives to be on the cutting edge of conversations that matter most to the community.  The Aquinas Lecture Series continues January 30 with Blue Notes of Hope: A Reflection on the Blues and the Imagination of Possibility in Black Atlantic and Modern Colonial Worlds.  This event is part of Albertus’ Black Excellence 365, an ongoing commitment to the contributions of Black-Americans that promotes diversity, inclusion, acceptance, and belonging. 

Who:                     Dr. Rufus Burnett, Jr., Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at Fordham University. 

What:                   Connects the musical genre of the Blues as an option of hope and possibility in the modern world. 

When:                  Monday, January 30 from 5:30-6:45pm. 

Where:                Behan Community Room in the Hubert Campus Center; 831 Winchester Ave., New Haven.  The event will also be livestreamed.  RSVP at http://www.albertus.edu/eckhart/events.

The Blues have often been associated with suffering, bad luck, and hard times.  In this lecture, Dr. Burnett considers the Blues as an alternative way of thinking – about hope and possibility – presented through the lens of the Black Atlantic and Modern/Colonial Worlds.

Dr. Burnett earned his Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from Duquesne University and his Master’s in Religious Studies from Loyola University New Orleans.  He has previously taught at the University of Notre Dame.  His area of studies focuses on the sonic, spatial, and embodied realities of the Christian imagination.