School of Divinity | Faculty in the News

2019
- Religion and Polarized Politics: An Interview with Melissa Rogers and Peter Wehner, Religion & Politics, March 12, 2019. Featured Faculty: Melissa Rogers
- Trump signed Bibles. Heresy? Many religious leaders say no, Associate Press, March 9, 2019. Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- After strengthening of LGBTQ ban, church speaks out on policy, Winston-Salem Journal, March 2, 2019. Featured Faculty: Thomas Frank
- On the Road with Thomas Merton, Emergence Magazine, February 7, 2019. Featured Faculty: Fred Bahnson
- King Week celebrates the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., Emory University News Center, January 9, 2019. Featured Faculty: Melva Sampson
2018
- ‘Call to Conversation’ participants put differences aside, pursue meaningful discussion at Wake Forest, The Winston-Salem Journal, October 28, 2018. Featured Faculty: Neal Walls
- Why Americans are talking less and less about ‘love’ and ‘kindness’, The Christian Science Monitor, October 24, 2018. Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- Why evangelical Christians support Trump, Alabama Living, August 29, 2018. Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- How an Earthier Christianity Might Save Us, Spirituality & Health, June 28, 2018. Featured Faculty: Fred Bahnson
- About 60 people demonstrate against U.S. immigration policy in downtown Winston-Salem, The Winston-Salem Journal, June 14, 2018. Featured Faculty: Melva Sampson
- Southern Baptists mull what’s next on confronting abuse, Religion News Service, June 14, 2018. Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- Southern Baptist leader apologize for sermon example about teenage girl’s physical appearance, The Washington Post, May 10, 2018. Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- ‘God Talks’ speaker series returns to First Presbyterian on Sunday, News & Record, April 27, 2018. Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- Black network’s farm-to-church movement brings fresh food to Baltimore, Religion News Service, April 20, 2018. Featured Faculty: Derek Hicks / Featured Practitioner-in-Residence: Heber Brown
- The Life and Legacy of Billy Graham, Wisconsin Public Radio, February 22, 2018. Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- Billy Graham’s influence on Christian unity still felt, say many who remember his preaching, Baptist News Global. Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- Billy Graham dies: ‘America’s Pastor,’ adviser to presidents, The Washington Post, February 21, 2018. Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- Farminaries: from souls to stomachs, seminaries are looking to expand their reach, Christianity Today, January 25, 2018. Featured Faculty: Fred Bahnson
2017
- The Ecology of Prayer, Orion Magazine (December 2017). Featured Faculty: Fred Bahnson
- Barton plans lecture on Luther’s Reformation, The Wilson Times (24 October 2017). Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- Slavery, Paul, and Luther’s Legacy for the Bible, Luther College Headlines (25 September 2017). Featured Faculty: Katherine Shaner
- Forsyth residents urged to take the locavore challenge, Winston-Salem Journal (16 August 2017). Featured Faculty: Mark Jensen
- Faced with declining numbers, Southern Baptists focus on evangelism, Religion News Service (13 June 2017). Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- Food and Faith, Johns Hopkins Health Review, Spring/Summer 2017 (Volume 4, Issue 1). Featured Faculty: Fred Bahnson
- American Values Religious Voices Letter: Day 86, Values and Voices (15 April 2017). Featured Faculty: Katherine Shaner
- Church revival? More liberals are filling Protestant pews, The Christian Science Monitor (14 April 2017). Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- This conservative religious leader dared question Trump’s morality. Now he’s at risk of losing his job, Queerty (9 April 2017). Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- Towards a New Economy: Justice, Culture, and the Social Market, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, Georgetown University (7 April 2017). Featured Faculty: Fred Bahnson
- Churches should drop Easter, Christmas extravaganzas and get out more, experts urge, Baptist News Global (3 April 2017). Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- Annual Symposium Highlights Student Research, WFU Old Gold & Black (23 March 2017). Featured Faculty: Michelle Voss Roberts
- VIDEO: Eco-Public Leadership Webinar, Green Seminary Initiative (22 March 2017). Featured Faculty: Gail O’Day
- Does the church have a place in politics? Three theologians weigh in, Winston-Salem Journal (19 March 2017). Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- Treat Muslims as the neighbors they are, Winston-Salem Journal (26 February 2017). Featured Faculty: Michelle Voss Roberts
- 2017 MLK ‘Building the Dream’ award winners named, Winston-Salem Chronicle (9 February 2017). Featured Faculty: Derek Hicks
- American Values Religious Voices Letter: Day 10, Values and Voices (29 January 2017). Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- Wake Forest University’s 2017 MLK ‘Building the Dream’ award winners named, Wake Forest University News (17 January 2017). Featured Faculty: Derek Hicks
- Wake Forest Students write ‘Dear Donald Trump supporters’ letters, Fox 8 (16 January 2017). Featured Faculty: Byron Williams, Adjunct
2016
- AAAS reaches out to theology students, Science (354, 22 December 2016). Featured Faculty: Kevin Jung
- School of Divinity expands key program, Winston-Salem Chronile (8 December 2016). Featured Program: Food, Health, and Ecological Well-Being Program
- The Priest in the Trees: Feral faith in the age of climate change, Harper’s Magazine (2016 December, Volume 333, No. 1999). Featured Faculty: Fred Bahnson
- ‘Rigged election’ claims: What they say about the culture of grievance, Christian Science Monitor (21 October 2016). Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- Analys: For evangelicals, presidential race is about ‘lesser of two evils,’ Greensboro News and Record (2 October 2016). Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- Winston-Salem Police official: Measures in place to help curb social unrest, Winston-Salem Journal (28 September 2016). Featured Faculty: Derek Hicks
- Rev. Franklin Graham: State being bullied by hypocritical NCAA, ACC, Winston-Salem Journal (16 September 2016). Featured Faculty: John Senior
- Looking for the origin of decline in the U.S. church? Baptist historian thinks he may know the answer, Baptist News Global (12 August 2016). Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- Faith Remains a Key Factor for Republicans in Upcoming Election, TWC News (19 July 2016). Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- Mood, Emotion, and Affect in Hindu and Christian Theologies, AAR Religious Studies News (11 July 2016). Featrued Faculty: Michelle Voss Roberts
- Dear Whites: The Myth of a Post-Racial America, Huffington Post (10 July 2016). Featured Faculty: Clinton Moyer
- Pastor says being black a ‘burdernsome joy’, Baptist news Global (24 June 2016). Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- Historian says it’s ‘too late in the denominational game’ for segregated ministry, Baptist News Global (23 June 2016). Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- Interfaith Dialogue and the Need for Resemblance, @theTable: Intersecting Islamophobia Blog Series, Feminist Studies in Religion (20 April 2016). Featured Faculty: Michelle Voss Roberts
- Interfaith On the Menu: The Shared Value of Food, Common Knowledge: Podcast About Interfaith Literacy, Interfaith Youth Core. Featured Faculty: Fred Bahnson
- Commentary: Why excluding people makes bad church law, The United Methodist Reporter (14 April 2016). Featured Faculty: Tom Frank
- What’s driving religious freedom debate in the U.S.? Fear say some., Baptist News Global (1 April 2016). Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- Radio Spot: Segment on Wake Forest Univeristy’s Moment of Solidarity in Response to HB2, WFDD (24 March 2016). Featured Faculty: Gail R. O’Day
- Having Legalized Discrimination, NC Fails to Prohibit Love, Huffington Post (24 March 2016). Featured Faculty: Clinton Moyer
- Loal churches adapting to changes in attendance, Winston-Salem Journal (23 March 2016). Featured Faculty: John Senior
- Radio Spot: Tastes of the Divine: Michelle Voss Roberts, Things Not Seen: Conversations about Culture and Faith with David Dault (13 March 2016). Featured Faculty: Michelle Voss Roberts
- The Death of Christian America?, Symposium Ethics (4 March 2016). Featured Faculty: John Senior
- Is Trump a moderate or a maniac? Divinity school professor isn’t sure, Baptist News Global (4 March 2016). Featured Faculty: John Senior
- Religion, food, race intersect: Duke speaker discusses African-American foodways, The Herald-Sun (25 February 2016). Featured Faculty: Derek Hicks
- Professor to speak on balance between people and ecology, Smoky Mountain News (20 January 2016). Featured Faculty: Fred Bahnson
- Among the not-yet-housed, Baptist News Global (13 January 2016). Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
2015
- Jesus: Links Between Divinity and Food, from Episode 9 of the radio show The Secret Ingredient in Austin, Texas (25 December 2015). Featured Faculty: Fred Bahnson
- God in weakness (Book Review), The Christian Century (31 December 2015). Featured Faculty: Elizabeth O’Donnell Gandolfo
- Fear of Insecurity Harms American Politics, Symposium Ethics (29 December 2015). Featured Faculty: John Senior
- Advent Four: Do You Hear What I Hear?, Patheos (20 December 2015). Featured Faculty: Jill Crainshaw
- Advent Three: Rejoice?, Patheos (13 December 2015). Featured Faculty: Jill Crainshaw
- Advent Two: Longing for Sunlight and Song, Patheos (6 December 2015). Featured Faculty: Jill Crainshaw
- Advent story filled with drama and stress, says minister, Baptist News Global (2 December 2015). Featured Faculty: Christopher Copeland
- Advent One: Longing, Patheos (29 November 2015). Featured Faculty: Jill Crainshaw
- Unabashed church pastors put politics front and center, TribeLive (28 November 2015). Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- Black and white Baptist presidents lead racial unity event, Desert News National (3 November 2015). Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- Gay marriage issue roiling Protestant denominations, San Antonio Express-News (30 October 2015). Featured Faculty: Thomas Frank
- Why Evangelicals have flocked to Donald Trump, Christian Science Monitor (4 September 2015). Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- Civil rights groups, Baptists creating ‘incredible moment’ in U.S. Politics, Baptist News Global (12 August 2015). Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- Religiously unaffiliated on the rise in the South and across the U.S., WBTV and Charlotte Observer (19 July 2015). Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- Be Ye Kind One to Another, Patheos.com (1 July 2015). Featured Faculty: Jill Crainshaw
- Religious leaders split over ruling, Winston-Salem Journal (27 June 2015). Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- Sons of Noah, Image: Art, Faith, Mystery (Summer 2015: “Evolution and Imago Dei,” sponsored by BioLogos Foundation). Featured Faculty: Fred Bahnson
- Will Southern Baptists Back Russell Moore’s Call To Take The Confederate Flag Down?, Huffington Post Religion (22 June 2015). Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- 2nd Opinion: Learning to pray, again—6 ‘prayer-full’ lessons, The Baptist Standard (15 June 2015). Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- Churchgoer Sees Jesus in Mocha, Patheos.com (8 June 2015). Featured Faculty: Jill Crainshaw
- Southern Baptists to open their ranks to missionaries who speak in tongues, Washington Post (14 May 2015). Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- Baptists struggle to sell or share sacred space, Baptist News Global (8 May 2015). Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- Shoe Polish, Gospel Gratitude, and Teacher Appreciation Week, Patheos.com (4 May 2015). Featured Faculty: Jill Crainshaw
- Prayer and community antidotes to fear, Baptist leaders say, The Baptist Standard (23 April 2015). Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard
- Last year’s nest, Patheos.com (15 April 2015). Featured Faculty: Jill Crainshaw
- Protestant churches find Easter renewal in older rituals, The News & Observer (4 April 2015). Featured Faculty: Jill Crainshaw
- Creeks and the power of place, The Winston-Salem Journal (26 March 2015). Featured Faculty: Jill Crainshaw
- Tasting the Kingdom, Baptist News Global (14 January 2015). Featured Faculty: Bill Leonard

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