Jacquelyn Grant

Jacquelyn Grant
Born	Georgetown, South Carolina
Occupation	Reverend, Author, Theologian, Professor
Language	English
Nationality	American
Education	Bennett College, Turner Theological Seminary, Union Theological Seminary
Notable works	White Women's Christ and Black Women's Jesus: Feminist Christology and Womanist Response, Perspectives on Womanist Theology
Spouse	Reverend John Collier (died 2009)
Children	John W.P. Collier III, Joan K. Collier

Jacquelyn Grant (born December 19, 1948) is an African-American professor, theologian, author, and one of the founding developers of womanist theology. She is currently the Callaway Professor of Systematic Theology at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta.

Jacquelyn Grant is an author, theology professor, and minister. She has earned a Ph.D in systematic theology and was nominated Woman of the Year by the Iota Phi Lambda Sorority. Grant has written the notable White Women's Christ and Black Women's Jesus: Feminist Christology and Womanist Response.

Grant was born December 19, 1948 in Georgetown, South Carolina. She always had an interest in religion, attending Catholic school at a young age, and graduating from the local Howard High School in 1966. A graduate of Bennett College and Turner Theological Seminary, she became the first black woman to earn a doctoral degree in systematic theology at Union Theological Seminary. There she created the thesis The development and limitations of feminist Christology : toward an engagement of white women's and black women's religious experiences NY under the tutelage of James Hal Cone, who is known as the father of Black Theology. In 1977, Grant became involved with Harvard Divinity School’s Women’s Research Program and with her involvement, it led to the creation of the Women’s Studies in Religion Program in which she remained for two years. Grant led efforts to join women in the fight for equality: “She spearheaded efforts to bring women together to address the role and equality of women with a position paper on the status of women written for the 1976 General Conference, convening a meeting of the female ministers at the General Conference to voice concerns about representation in the governing processes and ministry of the AMEC, and leading a delegation to take these concerns before the Council of Bishops in 1977 at Atlantic City, NJ.”

In 1981, she founded the Center for Black Women in Church and Society at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta in 1981, where she holds the title of Professor. She has been assistant minister at Flipper Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church from 1980 to 1982,and later the Victory African Methodist Episcopal Church in Atlanta. She is now the Callaway Professor of Systematic Theology at the Interdenominational Theological Union in Atlanta. She is widowed to Reverend John Collier Jr., and now resides in Atlanta.

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