Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite | |
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Born | 1948 (age 75–76) |
Academic background | |
Education |
Smith College (
BA) Duke University ( MDiv) |
Alma mater | Duke University ( PhD) |
Thesis | H. Shelton Smith, Critic of the Theological Perspective of Progressive Religious Education, 1934-1950 (1980) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Theology |
Institutions | Chicago Theological Seminary |
Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite (born 1948) [1] is an author, former president of Chicago Theological Seminary, a syndicated columnist, ordained minister, activist, theologian, and translator of the Bible. [2] [3] [4] She is currently an emeritus faculty member at Chicago Theological Seminary. [5] She also spent some of her time serving as a trustee for different organizations. [5]
Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite attended Smith College, in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts. She, then continued her studies at Duke Divinity School, earning a Master of Divinity and graduating Summa cum Laude. [5] She was ordained as a minister in the United Church of Christ in 1974. [5] She ministered for several years as an associate minister in North Carolina and Massachusetts, [6] before earning a PhD from Duke University. During her time in North Carolina, she worked with women who had experienced domestic violence. [7]
She taught women's studies and theology in various schools from 1975 to 1984. She served on a task force of the National Council of Churches that produced an inclusive language lectionary, while she was teaching theology at Boston University in the early 1980s. [8] [9] In 1984, she joined the faculty at Chicago Theological Seminary (CTS), a seminary affiliated with the United Church of Christ. In 1998, she became the president of the seminary, the first woman to lead the institution since its founding in 1855. [10] She served two five year terms, stepping down from the post in 2008. Alice Hunt succeeded her as president of CTS.
Thistlethwaite became a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress in 2008, while also teaching full-time. She continued to be a public theologian, writing and speaking on matters relating to religion and public life. She wrote a column in The Washington Post for six years. She's contributed to articles for Theology Today, [11] the Journal for Religious Education, [12] and the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion. [13]
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Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite | |
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Born | 1948 (age 75–76) |
Academic background | |
Education |
Smith College (
BA) Duke University ( MDiv) |
Alma mater | Duke University ( PhD) |
Thesis | H. Shelton Smith, Critic of the Theological Perspective of Progressive Religious Education, 1934-1950 (1980) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Theology |
Institutions | Chicago Theological Seminary |
Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite (born 1948) [1] is an author, former president of Chicago Theological Seminary, a syndicated columnist, ordained minister, activist, theologian, and translator of the Bible. [2] [3] [4] She is currently an emeritus faculty member at Chicago Theological Seminary. [5] She also spent some of her time serving as a trustee for different organizations. [5]
Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite attended Smith College, in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts. She, then continued her studies at Duke Divinity School, earning a Master of Divinity and graduating Summa cum Laude. [5] She was ordained as a minister in the United Church of Christ in 1974. [5] She ministered for several years as an associate minister in North Carolina and Massachusetts, [6] before earning a PhD from Duke University. During her time in North Carolina, she worked with women who had experienced domestic violence. [7]
She taught women's studies and theology in various schools from 1975 to 1984. She served on a task force of the National Council of Churches that produced an inclusive language lectionary, while she was teaching theology at Boston University in the early 1980s. [8] [9] In 1984, she joined the faculty at Chicago Theological Seminary (CTS), a seminary affiliated with the United Church of Christ. In 1998, she became the president of the seminary, the first woman to lead the institution since its founding in 1855. [10] She served two five year terms, stepping down from the post in 2008. Alice Hunt succeeded her as president of CTS.
Thistlethwaite became a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress in 2008, while also teaching full-time. She continued to be a public theologian, writing and speaking on matters relating to religion and public life. She wrote a column in The Washington Post for six years. She's contributed to articles for Theology Today, [11] the Journal for Religious Education, [12] and the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion. [13]
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