Beverly Eileen Mitchell is a Professor of Historical Theology. Her teaching and research interests include: Systematic Theology, Church History, human dignity, genocide, global poverty, the African American struggle for justice, Holocaust studies, and the challenge of white supremacy in church and society. She serves as a consultant for churches that wish to commit to being antiracist. She is a board member of Bread for the World and the Bread for the World Institute.

Education

Ph.D., Boston College-Andover Newton Theological School, Systematic Theology

M.T.S., Wesley Theological Seminary

B.A., Temple University, Sociology 

Research Interests

The intersection between racism, antisemitism, anti-Muslim sentiment, and anti-immigration as reflections of white supremacy

The scope of human dignity and human flourishing

The African American struggle for justice: Black Abolitionism and the Modern Civil Rights Movement

Holocaust Studies

Global Poverty

Publications

Black Abolitionism: The Quest of Human Dignity

Plantations and Death Camps: Religion, Ideology, and Human Dignity

Relevant Classes Taught

Systematic Theology

Church History II

Theology and the Global Poor

Radical Discipleship

Prophetic Literature in the African American Tradition

Jesus Christ in African American Christianity 

Search for a Theology of Human Rights (Genocide)