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Dr. Cornel West will resign from his position at Princeton University this coming summer to return to Union Theological Seminary in New York City, where he started out as an assistant professor in 1977.

West will teach philosophy and Christian practices at Union and will take a significant reduction in pay, he told the Times.

“I don’t have that much time, and I want to be able to do precisely what I’m called to do,” Dr. West, 58, said. It will also be nice, he said, to be within walking distance of the Apollo Theater.

Read more at TheRoot.com

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