Faculty scholarship update: Winter 2018-19

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School of Divinity faculty publish regularly. This update will help you explore the depth and breadth of our faculty’s most recent publications and ongoing research.

Jill Crainshaw is Interim Dean and Blackburn Professor of Worship and Liturgical Theology.

• Cedars in Snow Places: 52 Poems (WFU Library Partners Press, December 2018).
• “Teaching the Sacraments through Profane Religious Experiences,” in Grounding Education in the Environmental Humanities, Lucas Johnston, ed. (Routledge, Fall 2018).

Elizabeth O’Donnell Gandolfo is Earley Assistant Professor of Catholic and Latin American Studies.

• “Medellín and the Problem of Whiteness: An Ambiguous Legacy,” in O. Ernesto Valiente, et. al, eds., Medellín: The Grace of Medellín: Reflections on the Significance of Medellín for the Church in the United States. (Convivium Press, 2018).
• “Encountering God and Being Human ‘Where the Wild Things Are’: Maternal Experiences as an Eco-feminist Source for Theological Anthropology,” in Louvain Studies, special issue Relation, Vulnerability, and Love: Theological Anthropology in the 21st Century, Volume 41, Issue 3 (2018).

Katherine Shaner is Assistant Professor of New Testament.

• “Letter 86” in American Values, Religious Voices: 100 Days, 100 Letters. Andrea L. Weiss and Lisa M. Weinberger, eds. (University of Cincinnati Press, 2018).
• Blogs for Working Preacher, a ministry of Luther Seminary providing a trusted source of inspiration, interpretation, and imagination for preachers across the globe:
  • Commentary on Revelation 1:4b-8
  • Commentary on Revelation 21:1-6a
  • Commentary on Hebrews 9:24-28
  • Commentary on Hebrews 10:11-14, [15-18], 19-25