Authors

For Phase 2, twelve authors were selected to write books on the themes identified in Phase 1. A brief biography with selected published works on each author can be found below. Authors are currently discerning the themes for their books; when these are finalized, they will be updated here. The working title for this series is “For the Facing of These Days”.

 

Sammy Alfaro

Senior Pastor of Nuevo Dia Church and Professor of Christian Studies at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix. (Church of God)

Latino/a Theology of the Bible: Ethnic-Racial Reflection on Interpretation

Divino Companero: Toward a Hispanic Pentecostal Christianity

 

Gerald Hiestand

Senior Pastor of Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park, IL and co-founder of Center for Pastor Theologians. (Evangelical)

The Pastor Theologian: Resurrecting an Ancient Vision

Reconstructing Evangelicalism: Challenges and Opportunities 

 

Willie Jennings

Professor of Systematic Theology and Africana Studies, Yale Divinity School. (Baptist)

The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race

After Whiteness (TEBT): An Education in Belonging

 

John Kartje

Rector/President of St Mary of the Lake and Mundelein Seminary. (Roman Catholic)

Wisdom Epistemology in the Psalter 

 

David Kim

Formerly on the pastoral staff of Redeemer Church in NYC leading their Faith & Work initiative; now Director of Goldenwood. (PCA) 

NIV Faith and Work Bible, editor

Hidden Hope: Discovering God’s Presence and Purpose in Your Work

 

Amy Peeler

Professor of New Testament at Wheaton College, Assoc Priest at St. Mark’s Church. (Anglican)

Hebrews: Commentaries for Christian Formation

Women and the Gender of God

 

Kara Slade

Associate Rector at Trinity Episcopal Church in Princeton, NJ. (Episcopalian)

The Fullness of Time: Jesus Christ, Science, and Modernity

 

Betsy Swetenburg

Senior Pastor of Northridge Presbyterian Church in Dallas, TX, Associate Editor for the Journal of Preachers. (PCUSA)


Jonathan Tran 

Professor of Theological Ethics at Duke Divinity School 

Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism 

Foucault and Theology

 

Andrea White

Associate Theology Professor at Union Seminary, NY, and Theologian in Residence at The Riverside Church. (American Baptist)

Scandal of Flesh: Black Women’s Bodies, God and Politics, forthcoming

Fissures of Hope, forthcoming

 

Andrew Ray Williams

Senior Pastor of The Church on the Hill, Fishersville, VA. (Foursquare Church)

Washed in the Spirit: Toward a Pentecostal Theology of Baptism

Reconstructing Prayer: Beyond Deconstructing Your Faith

 

Will Willimon

Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry at Duke Divinity School, former Dean of Duke Chapel, retired UMC Bishop. (UMC)

Pastor: The Theology and Practice of Ordained Leadership

Changing My Mind: The Overlooked Virtue for Faithful Ministry

 

The Project Director will write a Forward to the twelve books, introducing the vision of the Theologies for Pastoral Ministry project as it pertains to each book.