NCID-3318
Hugh Page, Jr.
Vice President for Institutional Transformation, Advisor to the President, & Professor of Theology and Africana Studies
University of Notre Dame
Education/Degree:
1 Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (Harvard University)
About
(The Rev. Canon) Hugh R. Page, Jr. is Professor of Theology and Africana Studies at the University of Notre Dame, where he also serves as Vice President for Institutional Transformation and Advisor to the President. He holds a PhD in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University and a DMin from the Graduate Theological Foundation. His research interests include early Hebrew poetry; Africana biblical interpretation; the role of mysticism and esotericism in Anglican and Africana spiritualities; and the Blues aesthetic as theological and hermeneutical paradigm. His most recent publications include (as sole author) Israel’s Poetry of Resistance: Africana Perspectives on Early Hebrew Verse (Fortress, 2013); as general editor — with associate editors Randall C. Bailey, Valerie Bridgeman, Stacy Davis, Cheryl Kirk-Duggan, Madipoane Masenya (Ngwan’a Mphahlele), N. Samuel Murrell, and Rodney S. Sadler, Jr. — The Africana Bible: Reading Israel’s Scriptures from Africa and the
Current Work
Three major ongoing projects, related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), involve: (1) the development of implementation strategies and assessment metrics for aligning DEI initiatives with mission-specific objectives at the institutional level and linking such with the cultivation of civic virtues — especially love — and the building of community; (2) utilization of the "Beloved Community" concept advanced by the late Martin Luther King, Jr. to ground the aspirational goals for DEI work at religiously-based and public educational institutions; and (3) the development of alternative models for DEI work that leverage its potential as "implicit spiritual practice" grounded in an ethic of "other-centered" love.
Research Area Keyword(s)
Mission-aligned institutional transformation, Inclusion and cultivation of civic virtues, Beloved Community, DEI praxis as implicit spiritual praxis & ministry