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Keep Listening with David Crabtree: Duke's Will Willimon discusses race

A conversation with Duke Divinity School professor Will Willimon focuses on why it's difficult for white Southerners to discuss race.

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Will Willimon of Duke Divinity School
RALEIGH, N.C. — A bishop in the United Methodist Church, Will Willimon served as the dean of Duke Chapel and professor of Christian ministry at Duke University for 20 years. He returned to Duke after serving as the bishop of the North Alabama Conference from 2004 to 2012.
Willimon is the author of 70 books, which combined have sold more than a million copies. He has taught in Germany, Singapore, New Zealand and Australia in various seminaries. He is a trustee of Wofford College and Emory University and serves on the Dean’s Committee of Yale Divinity School. In early 2017, published Who Lynched Willie Earle? Confronting Racism through Preaching.

This episode focuses on two white southern males talking race and why this can be difficult. The conversation is raw, real and enlightening.

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