After completing his Bachelor of Science and Master Divinity Degrees at Howard University, and doing studies at Hebrew University, Rodney S Sadler, Jr. completed his PhD in Hebrew Bible and Biblical Archaeology at Duke University. He currently lives in Charlotte North Carolina, where he serves as Associate Professor of Bible and Director of the Center for Social Justice and Reconciliation at Union Presbyterian Seminary, as the Pastor of Justice and Education at Collective Liberation Church, Co-Founder of the Reimagining America Project, and as a Tri-chair for the North Carolina Poor People’s Champaign. He is the author of Can a Cushite Change His Skin?, the co-author of the Genesis of Liberation, the managing editor of the African-American Devotional, Bible, and an Associate Editor of the Africana Bible.