Katie Cannon

The Reverend Doctor

Katie Cannon
The Reverend Doctor; Katie Cannon
Born	Katie Geneva Cannon; January 3, 1950; Kannapolis, North Carolina, US
Died	August 8, 2018 (aged 68); Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Ecclesiastical career
Religion	Christianity
Church	United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America; Presbyterian Church (USA);
Ordained	1974
Congregations served	1974 Ascension Presbyterian Church in New York, New York
Academic background
Alma mater	Barber–Scotia College; Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary; Union Theological Seminary;
Thesis	Resources for a Constructive Ethic for Black Women with Special Attention to the Life and Work of Zora Neale Hurston (1983)
Influences	Roger L. Shinn; Beverly Wildung Harrison;
Academic work
Discipline	Theology
Sub-discipline	Christian ethics
School or tradition	Black theology; womanist theology;
Institutions	Episcopal Divinity School; Temple University; Union Presbyterian Seminary;
Doctoral students	Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas
Influenced	Ada María Isasi-Díaz

Katie Geneva Cannon (January 3, 1950 – August 8, 2018) was an American Christian theologian and ethicist associated with womanist theology and black theology. In 1974 she became the first African-American woman ordained in the United Presbyterian Church (USA).

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