VITAE
The Reverend Canon Dr. Frederick William Schmidt, Jr. Director of Spiritual Formation and Anglican Studies Associate Professor of Christian Spirituality Southern Methodist University Perkins School of Theology P.O. Box 750133 Dallas, TX 75275-0133
Office: (214) 768-2292 E mail: [email protected] Mobile: (214) 263-9738 Fax: (214) 768-2881 Microsite: smu.edu/schmidt
Educational Background
Degrees Received
University of Oxford Doctor of Philosophy, 1986 University Offices Wellington Square Oxford, OX1 2JD England
Asbury Theological Seminary Master of Divinity, 1978 Lexington Avenue Wilmore, Kentucky 40390
Asbury College Bachelor of Arts, 1975 Lexington Avenue Wilmore, Kentucky 40390
Other Course Work
Southern Methodist University Dispute Resolution Program 5236 Tennyson Parkway Plano, TX 75024-3544
Critical Incident Stress Management Training Episcopal Diocese of Dallas 1630 N. Garrett Avenue Dallas, TX 75206
French language studies University of Kentucky South Limestone Lexington, Kentucky 40506
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Other Course Work (continued)
Undergraduate work Georgetown College Georgetown, Kentucky 40324
Undergraduate work Morehead State University Morehead, Kentucky 40351
Employment Record
Current Position
2000 - Present Director of Spiritual Formation and Anglican Studies Associate Professor of Christian Spirituality Southern Methodist University Perkins School of Theology P.O. Box 750133 Dallas, TX 75275-0133
2005 – Present Division Chair, Practical Theology Southern Methodist University Perkins School of Theology P.O. Box 750133 Dallas, TX 75275-0133
Higher Education
2000 - Present Director of Spiritual Formation and Anglican Studies Associate Professor of Christian Spirituality Southern Methodist University Perkins School of Theology P.O. Box 750133 Dallas, TX 75275-0133
2005 – Present Division Chair, Practical Theology Southern Methodist University Perkins School of Theology P.O. Box 750133 Dallas, TX 75275-0133
1997-2000 Canon Educator Director, Programs in Spirituality and Religious Education Acting Program Manager Washington National Cathedral Massachusetts & Wisconsin Avenues, NW Washington, D. C. 20016-5098
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Employment Record (continued) Higher Education
1995-1996 Special Assistant to the President and Provost La Salle University (Philadelphia, PA) Fellow, American Council on Education Center for Leadership Development Washington, D. C.
1994-1995 Dean Saint George's College P.O. Box 1248 Jerusalem
1987-1994 Associate Professor, New Testament Studies Department of Religion and Philosophy Messiah College Grantham, Pennsylvania 17027
1994 Instructor in Ethics and Biblical Studies Diocesan School of Christian Studies Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania 221 North Front Street Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101
1986 Tutor of New Testament Studies Keble College University of Oxford Oxford, OX1 3PG England Employment Record (continued) Higher Education:
1984-1986 Instructor in New Testament Theology Faculty University of Oxford Pusey House St. Giles Oxford, OX1 3LZ England
1978-1980 Teaching Fellow in New Testament Greek Biblical Studies Department Asbury Theological Seminary Wilmore, Kentucky 40390
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Ordained Ministry
2004-2008 Teaching Associate Church of the Incarnation 3966 McKinney Avenue Dallas, TX 75204
2003-2004 Transition Consultant St. Luke’s Episcopal Church 5923 Royal Lane Dallas, TX 75230
1997-2000 Canon Educator Director, Programs in Spirituality and Religious Education Acting Program Manager Washington National Cathedral Massachusetts & Wisconsin Avenues, NW Washington, D. C. 20016-5098
1995-1996 Staff All Saints 310 Elm Avenue PO Box 324 Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033
1994-1995 Residentiary Canon The Cathedral Church of Saint George the Martyr P.O. Box 91190 Jerusalem
1993-1994 Staff St. Andrews P.O. Box 2953 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105
1986-1987 Senior Pastor Gageville United Methodist Church 4063 Route 193 South Kingsville, Ohio 44048
1986-1987 Assistant Coordinator Rural Cooperative Parish 4063 Route 193 South Kingsville, Ohio 44048
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Ordained Ministry (continued)
Pastor Oxfordshire Circuit The Methodist Church Oxfordshire, England 1985-1986
Other Related Work Experiences
Member Governing Board and AAR Proposal Review Team Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality 2007-Present
Member Board of Examining Chaplains The Episcopal Church, USA 2003-Present
Member Data and Safety Monitoring Board Implant Trial Amgen-Rho Research Institute 2006-Present
Member Data and Safety Monitoring Board Switch Trial National Institutes of Health National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Rho Federal Systems Division 2004-Present
Member Pulmonary Data and Safety Monitoring Board National Institutes of Health National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 2000-Present
Proposal Review Morehouse Publishing 4775 Linglestown Road Harrisburg, PA 17112 2002
Member Data and Safety Monitoring Board Stroke Prevention in Sickle Cell Anemia II Trial National Institutes of Health National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute New England Research Institute 2000-2004
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Other Related Work Experiences (continued)
Proposal Review Blackwell Publishers, Ltd. 108 Cowley Road Oxford OX4 1JF United Kingdom 2000 - Present
Member of Class XI The Clergy Leadership Project Trinity Church Wall Street New York, NY 1999-2002
Member Institutional Review Board, NHLBI National Institutes of Health Office of Human Subjects Research 1998-2000
Member Bishop’s Mission Strategy Advisory Group The Episcopal Diocese of Washington 1999-2000
Fellow American Council on Education Center for Leadership Development Washington, D. C. 1996-1997
Member Department of Ministry in Higher Education The Diocese of Central Pennsylvania 1992-1994
Member Member Board of Trustees Christian Churches United of the Tri-County Area Harrisburg, PA 1990-1993
Awards and Honors
Honorable Mention: Biblical Interpretation “Leaving Behind Left Behind” (Congregations Magazine) Associated Church Press 2008
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Awards and Honors (continued)
Service Recognition National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Division of Intramural Research National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD 2000
Angus Dun Fellowship Episcopal Diocese of Washington Washington, D.C. 2000
Nomination to Class XI The Clergy Leadership Project Trinity Church Wall Street New York, NY 1999
Angus Dun Fellowship Episcopal Diocese of Washington Washington, D.C. 1999
Fellow American Council on Education Center for Leadership Development Washington, D. C. 1996-1997
Senior Fellow W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research Jerusalem 1995
Young Scholars Award The Catholic Biblical Association Awarded by Committee Catholic University Washington, D. C. 1993
Faculty Scholarship Support Grant Awarded by Committee Messiah College Grantham, Pennsylvania 1993
Who's Who in Biblical Studies and Archaeology Published by The Biblical Archaeology Society Washington, D. C. 1993
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Awards and Honors (continued)
Ecumenical Service Award Christian Churches United Awarded by the Governing Assembly Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 1993
Faculty Scholarship Grant Awarded by Committee Messiah College Grantham, Pennsylvania 1992
Excellence in Teaching Award Awarded by Committee Messiah College Grantham, Pennsylvania 1990
Faculty Scholarship Grant Awarded by Committee Faculty Scholarship Grant Grantham, Pennsylvania 1989
F. W. Dillstone Scholarship Awarded by the governing body Oriel College, Oxford 1984-85
Hall Houghton Studentship Awarded by the Theology Faculty University of Oxford 1983-84
Travel Grant Awarded by the governing body Oriel College, Oxford 1983
Overseas Research Student Award Awarded by the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals The Universities of the United Kingdom 1982-83; 1981-82; 1980-81
Professional Affiliations
Examining Chaplain, General Board of Examining Chaplains The Episcopal Church USA
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Professional Affiliations (continued)
Member, The American Academy of Religion
Series Editor, Conversations with Scripture The Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars
Member, The Catholic Biblical Association
Member, The Oxford Society
Member, The Society of Biblical Literature
Member, The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
Member and Governing Board The Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality
Books
The Gospel of Luke. Conversations with Scripture. (Harrisburg: Morehouse Publishing, scheduled Fall, 2009).
What God Wants for Your Life, Finding Answers to the Deepest Questions. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 2005.
Conversations with Scripture: Revelation. Morehouse-Continuum, 2005.
Sofferenza, All ricerca di una riposta. Torino: Claudiana, 2004. (Italian translation of When Suffering Persists)
When Suffering Persists. Morehouse Publishing, 2001.
The Changing Face of God. Morehouse Publishing, 2000.
A Still Small Voice: Women, Ordination and the Church. Women and Gender in North American Religions. Series editors, Amanda Porterfield and Mary Farrell Bednarowski. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1996.
Contributions to Books
“What is being asked of you? Canonical theism and theological education.” Canonical Theism. ed., William J. Abraham, Natalie Van Kirk and Jason Vickers. Grand Rapids: Wm B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2008: 273- 286.
“Passing through the door.” Comfort Ye! Finding Light in Times of Darkness. Edited by Richard H. Schmidt Cincinnati: Forward Movement, 2007: __-__.
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Contributions to Books (Continued)
Anchor Bible Dictionary. Edited by David N. Freedman, et al. New York: Doubleday, Inc., 1992.
44 entries: "Anan," 1.223; "Ananiah," 1.223;"Athaiah," 1.511; "Azaniah," 1.532; "Balamon," 1.573; "Beninu," 1.671; "Bilgai," 1.742; "Bougaean," 1.773-774; "Chenani," 1.897; "Gabael," 2.861-862; "Gabbai," 2.862; "Gabrias," 2.862-863; "Ginnethon," 2.1028; "Hacaliah," 3.10; "Hallohesh," 3.30-31; "Hashabnah," 3.64-65; Hassenuah," 3.77; "Hasshub," 3.77;"Hazaiah," 3.84; "Ithiel," 3.581; "Jaddua," 3.610; "Japheth," 3.642; "Joakim," 3.854; "Joed," 3.872; "Kolaiah," 4.97; "Maaziah," 4.433; "Magpiash," 4.471; "Malluch," 4.488; "Manasseh," 4.494; "Meshezabel," 4.712; "Mica," 4.806; "Most High," 4.922; "Nathanael," 4.1030; "Nebai," 4.1053; "Pilha," 5.372; "Rages," 5.610; "Raguel," 5.610; "Raphael," 5.621; entries (continued): "Sallai," 5.906; "Sallu," 5.906; "Shilonite," 5.1215-1216; "Shobek," 5.1224; "Tobias," 6.585; and "Tobiel," 6.585.
Published Articles
“Fides ancilla medicinae: On the Ersatz Liturgy of Death in Biopsychosociospiritual Medicine.” (with Jeffrey
P. Bishop and Philipp R. Rosemann), The Heythrop Journal 49 (January, 2008): 20-43.
“Leaving Behind Left Behind.” Congregations (Spring, 2007): 6-11. (Awarded Honorable Mention by the Associated Church Press, 2008)
“Moving beyond Purpose-driven Living.” The Clergy Journal (January, 2007): 31-32.
“Culture battles are a constant in American life.” The Press Enterprise (April 16, 2006): D1, 4.
“A Vocation without Mentors.” Congregations (Spring, 2006), Washington, D.C.: Alban Institute, on-line publication.
“Hollywood can’t ‘do’ God if it doesn’t ‘get’ God.” Dallas Morning News (January 12, 2006): 23A.
“Examining future shocks: Public needs new revelation into meaning of John’s Apocalypse.” Episcopal Life (January 1, 2006): 22 and 24.
“We’re no idiots – for guidance, we seek out a smart guy.” Dallas Morning News (November 26, 2005):
“Religion and the Politics of Leverage: How Separate are Church and State?” SMU Magazine 54 (Spring/Summer, 2004): 30-31.
“9/11 and Deliverance Theology.” Perkins News (September 10, 2002) : 1.
“Loyal Opposition and the Law in the Teaching of Jesus: The Ethics of a Restorative and Utopian Eschatology.” The Asbury Theological Journal Vol. 56 No. 1 (Spring, 2001): 31-44.
“Discernment: Beyond the Purely Personal.” Explorations Vol. 11 No. 4 (Fall, 2001): 2.
“Scholars Respond to Use of Scripture at the Lambeth Conference,” The Living Church Vol. 217 No. 26 (December 27, 1999): 7.
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Published Articles
“Jesus: Prophet, Teacher, Messiah, Lord. An Interview with N. T. Wright.” Cathedral Age LXXIII (Fall, 1997): 18-21.
"Beyond a Biblicistic Feminism: Hermeneutics and Ordained Women." Feminist Theology No. 11 (January, 1996): 55-71.
"Lessons in Living Day by Day in Jerusalem.” The Living Church (February 5, 1995): 9-10.
"Leap of Faith, Murder the Mind." Plumbline 22 (1994): 14-19 .
"Behind Orthodoxy and Beyond It: Recent Developments in Evangelical Christology." Scottish Journal of Theology 45 (1993): 515-541.
"An Unexamined Orthodoxy: Millennialist Interpretations of Apocalyptic Literature." Journal of the C. S. Lewis Society 14 (1992): 4-6.
Author: An Evening with Sister Helen Prejean. A Study Guide on the issue of Capital Punishment. Washington, D.C.: National Cathedral Association, 2000.
“A Call to Dynamic Orthodoxy.” Prepared on behalf of the Right Reverend Ronald H. Haines, Bishop of Washington. (Washington, D.C.: The Episcopal Diocese of Washington, 2000). (Pamphlet)
Published Sermons
“Owning Our Vocation.” Preaching Through Holy Days and Holidays: Sermons that Work XI. eds. Roger Alling and David J. Schlafer (Harrisburg: Morehouse Publishing, 2003): 59-63.
“A Convenient Epiphany.” Cathedral Age LXXIV (Summer, 1998): 10.
Published Reviews
Review of Philip Yancey, Prayer. Does It Make a Difference? (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2006). The Dallas Morning New ( ):
Review of Arthur J. Bellinzoni, The Future of Christianity. Can It Survive? (Amherst: Prometheus Books, 2006). The Dallas Morning New (August 5, 2006): 4H.
Review of The Collar, A Year of Striving and Faith inside a Catholic Seminary, by Jonathan Englert (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006). The Dallas Morning News (June 10, 2006): 4H.
Review of Michael J. Gorman. Cruciformity, Paul’s Narrative Spirituality of the Cross. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2001. Homiletic XXVI (Winter, 2001): 21.
Review of N. T. Wright. The Way of the Lord. Christian Pilgrimage Today. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1999. Cathedral Age LXXVI (Spring, 2000): 24-5.
Review of David F. Ford. The Shape of Living: Spiritual Directions for Everyday Life. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1999. Cathedral Age LXXV (Fall, 1999): 22.
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Published Reviews (continued)
Review of David F. Ford. The Shape of Living: Spiritual Directions for Everyday Life. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1999. Cathedral Age LXXV (Fall, 1999): 22.
Review of Marcus Borg and N. T. Wright. Jesus: Two Visions. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1999. Cathedral Age LXXV (Summer, 1999): 20.
Review of Marcus Borg. The God We Never Knew. Beyond Dogmatic Religion to a More Authentic Contemporary Faith. San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1997. Cathedral Age LXXIV (Spring, 1998): 33.
Review of L. William Countryman. Forgiven and Forgiving. Harrisburg: Morehouse Press, 1998. Cathedral Age LXXIV (Winter,1998): 17.
Review of Eugene Kennedy and Sara C. Charles. Authority: The Most Misunderstood Idea in America. New York: Free Press, 1997. Cathedral Age LXXIII (Winter,1997): 28.
Review of Grayston Kenneth. Dying We Live, A New Enquiry into the Death of Christ in the New Testament. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. Christian Scholars Review 23 (1994): 220-221.
Review of Le Masters, Philip. Discipleship for All Believers, Christian Ethics and the Kingdom of God. Scottsdale: Herald Press, 1992. Brethren in Christ History and Life 16 (1993): 272-275.
"Historical Criticism." Evangelical Visitor, The official publication of the Brethren in Christ Church 104 (January, 1989): 28-29.
"Canon, Community and Process." Evangelical Visitor, The official publication of the Brethren in Christ Church 103 (September, 1989): 28-29.
On-line Reviews
Review of Luke Timothy Johnson, Living Jesus, Learning the Heart of the Gospel. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1999. On Beliefnet.com. Posting: March, 2000.
Videotaped Productions
Editor and moderator of five tapes: The Changing Face of God. Harrisburg: Morehouse Publishing, 2000.
Other Current Research Projects
Series Editor, The Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars Study Series, (Morehouse Publishing).
Meditations on the Trinity.
His and Hers. Notes on the Spiritual Life..
The Spiritual Vision of Jesus.
Making Sense of the American Spiritual Landscape. A Handbook.
Making Friends of Our Demons. The Emotional Life as Spiritual Ally.
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Selected Papers Read / Lectures Given
Title: “Discernment in the Episcopal and Anglican Tradition” Conference on Congregational Discernment Newburg, Oregon 2009
Title: “Suffering and the Task of the Spiritual Director” Charis Program, Texas Annual Conference Lecture Series Palestine, Texas 2009
Title: “Leading at the End” Perkins School for the Laity Lecture Series Dallas, Texas 2009
Title: “Triage Theology” Trinity Cathedral, Center for Spirituality Keynote Portland, Oregon 2008
Title: “Souls Beneath the Altar” AEHC/APC, Oregon State Chaplaincy Conference Keynote Portland, Oregon 2008
Title: “Holding Together without Splitting Asunder” Charis Program, Texas Annual Conference Lecture Series Palestine, Texas 2008
Title: “Men and Women’s Spirituality” Perkins School for the Laity Lecture Series Houston, Texas 2008
Title: “The Church and the Cure of Souls” The Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri Clergy Conference Keynote Conception Abbey, Missouri 2007
Title: “Finding and Doing the Will of God” Hendricks College Lecture Series Hendricks, Arkansas 2007
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Selected Papers Read / Lectures Given (continued)
Title: “Holding Together without Splitting Asunder” The Episcopal Diocese of Dallas Lecture Series Cedar Hill, Texas 2007
Title: “Discernment in the Episcopal and Anglican Tradition” Consultation on Congregational Discernment Colorado Springs, Colorado 2007
Title: “What God Wants: Discernment” United Methodist School for the Laity Lecture Series Anchorage, Alaska 2006
Title: “Desert Spirituality” Charis Program, Texas Annual Conference Lecture Series Houston, Texas 2006
Title: “The Spiritual Vision of Jesus” Seaton Cove Lectures Austin, Texas 2006
Title: “Want God Wants” McGrade Lectures Sulphur Springs, Texas 2006
Title: “Politicking in Purple” Consultation on Congregational Discernment Atlanta, Georgia 2006
Title: “What God Wants: Beyond Purpose-Driven Living” Perkins Theological School for the Laity Opening Lecture Dallas, Texas 2006
Title: “Spiritual Direction and Triage Theology” Spiritual Directors International Regional Meeting Ursaline Acaademy Dallas, Texas 2006
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Selected Papers Read / Lectures Given (continued)
Title: “Leaving Behind Left Behind” Associated Religious Press Nashville, TN 2005
Title: “What God Wants for Your Life” Religious and Theological Booksellers Conference Chicago, IL 2005
Title: “Making Sense of the American Spiritual Landscape: The Challenge Facing Chaplains” Keynote Address Association of Professional Chaplains National Meeting, Fairmont Hotel Dallas, TX 2004
Title: “Spirituality and the Physician’s Task” University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX 2003
Title: “Death, Medicine and Spirituality” Presbyterian Hospital / Texas Health Resources Dallas, TX 2003
Title: “Finding and Doing the Will of God: Some Thoughts on a Theology of Discernment” Forum of the Fund for Theological Education Indianapolis, IN 2003
Title: “Finding and Doing the Will of God: Some Thoughts on a Theology of Discernment” Forum of the Fund for Theological Education Indianapolis, IN 2003
Title: “When Suffering Persists…” Pine Street Presbyterian, Winter Lecture Series Harrisburg, PA 2003
Title: “Spirituality and the Physician’s Task” University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX 2003
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Selected Papers Read / Lectures Given (continued)
Title: “Spirituality and Medicine” University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX 2002
Title: “Healthcare & The American Spiritual Landscape” University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX 2002
Title: “When Suffering Persists” Lenten Series Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Columbia, SC
Title: “Finding and Doing the Will of God” The Kitch Lecture Series First United Methodist Weatherford, OK 2001
Title: “Judas Iscariot” The Disciples: First Followers of Jesus The Smithsonian Institute Washington, D.C. 2000
Title: “Disciples Named James” The Disciples: First Followers of Jesus The Smithsonian Institute Washington, D.C. 2000
Title: “Gods of the Theologian, Scientist and Magician” Phi Beta Kappa Washington, D.C. Chapter Arlington, VA 2000
Title: “BCML & the Ethics of Genetic Counseling” The National Cancer Institute Genetics Epidemiology Branch Bethesda, MD 1999
Title: “Strange Texts and Stranger Times” Washington National Cathedral Washington, D.C. 1999
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Selected Papers Read / Lectures Given (continued)
Title: “Approaches to Scripture: A Hermeneutic of Time, Survival and Significance” (with Dr. Ellen Davis, Virginia Theological Seminary) Faithful Preaching for the New Millennium The College of Preachers Washington, D.C. 1999
Title: “Galilee of the Gentiles” Ancient Sites, Ancient Texts: Tracking the Historical Jesus The Smithsonian Institute Washington, D.C. 1998
Title: “Jesus’ Galilean Activity” Ancient Sites, Ancient Texts: Tracking the Historical Jesus The Smithsonian Institute Washington, D.C. 1998
Title: “The Lectionary, Episcopalians, and the Biblical Text” Lutheran, Anglican, Roman Catholic [“LARC”] Symposium Trinity Lutheran Church Camp Hill, PA 1995
Title: “Co-creators of authority: Roman Catholic Women and the Biblical Text” American Academy of Religion Roman Catholic Studies Chicago, IL 1994
Title: "Practical Justification in the Teaching of Jesus: The Case for an Eschatological (and Sapiential) Jesus" Society of Biblical Literature Historical Jesus Section Chicago, IL 1994
Title: "Loyal Opposition and the Law in the Teaching of Jesus: The Ethics of a Restorative and Utopian Eschatology" Symposium in Honor of Robert W. Lyon Asbury Theological Seminary Wilmore, KY 1994
Title: "Beyond a Biblicistic Feminism: Hermeneutics and Ordained Women" Society of Biblical Literature Washington, D.C. 1993
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Selected Papers Read / Lectures Given (continued)
Title: "Transcending Bureaucratic and Cultural Linkages: Women and the Church" Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Washington, D.C. 1992
Title: "Behind Orthodoxy and Beyond: Recent Developments in Evangelical Christology" (co-authored with Dr. Douglas Jacobsen, Messiah College) American Academy of Religion New Orleans, Louisiana 1990
Title: "Messiahs and Medicine Shows: Health, Wealth and the Bible in the American Church" Minister's Conference Messiah College Grantham, Pennsylvania 1990
Title: "Beyond the Late, Great Planet Earth: Interpreting the Book of Revelation" Minister's Conference Messiah College Grantham, Pennsylvania 1990
Title: "Exegetical Perspectives on the Health and Wealth Gospel" Faculty Interdisciplinary Fellowship Messiah College Grantham, Pennsylvania 1989
Title: "Law in the Teaching of Jesus: A Paradigm for Understanding Its Use" [revised] Eastern Great Lakes Biblical Society Society of Biblical Literature Cleveland, Ohio 1988
Title: "Law in the Teaching of Jesus: A Paradigm for Understanding Its Use" Annual Midwest Regional Meeting Society of Biblical Literature Chicago, Illinois 1987
Title: "Ethics and Apocalyptic Literature of the First and Second Centuries B.C.E.: Daniel" Seminar on Problems of Jewish History and Literature Faculty of Oriental Studies University of Oxford Oxford, England 1983