The Reverend

Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite
Born1948 (age 75–76)
Academic background
EducationSmith College (BA)
Duke University (MDiv)
Alma materDuke University (PhD)
ThesisH. Shelton Smith, Critic of the Theological Perspective of Progressive Religious Education, 1934-1950 (1980)
Academic work
DisciplineTheology
InstitutionsChicago 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]

Biography

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]

Works

References

  1. ^ Thistlethwaite, Susan Brooks (2010). Dreaming of Eden: American Religion and Politics in a Wired World. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. iv. ISBN 978-0-230-10780-9.
  2. ^ "Rev. Dr. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
  3. ^ Candace Chellew-Hodge (2012-07-26). "Money, Technology, and the Silence of Churches: A Conversation with Susan Thistlethwaite". Religion Dispatches. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  4. ^ Affairs, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World. "A Discussion with Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, Professor of Theology at Chicago Theological Seminary". berkleycenter.georgetown.edu. Retrieved 2020-11-20.((cite web)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ a b c d "Susan B. Thistlethwaite". CTS Chicago. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  6. ^ Trost, Fredrick R.; Zikmund, Barbara Brown (2005-06-01). United and Uniting:: Volume 7. The Pilgrim Press. ISBN 978-0-8298-2099-7.
  7. ^ Affairs, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World. "A Discussion with Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, Professor of Theology at Chicago Theological Seminary". berkleycenter.georgetown.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-27.((cite web)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "Expressing the Bible's message in 'an unbiased manner'". Christian Science Monitor. 1983-10-27. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  9. ^ Austin, Charles (1983-10-15). "NEW BIBLE TEXT MAKES GOD MALE AND FEMALE (Published 1983)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  10. ^ "Carole Browe Segal to Receive Honorary Degree From Chicago Theological Seminary; Rev. Susan B. Thistlethwaite, PhD Named Commencement Speaker". CTS Chicago. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  11. ^ Thistlethwaite, Susan Brooks (1995-07-01). "Virtual Reality Christianity". Theology Today. 52 (2): 225–235. doi:10.1177/004057369505200205. ISSN 0040-5736. S2CID 170884631.
  12. ^ Thistlethwaite, Susan Brooks (1985-09-01). "Inclusive Language: Theological and Philosophical Fragments". Religious Education. 80 (4): 551–570. doi:10.1080/0034408850800405. ISSN 0034-4087.
  13. ^ Thistlethwaite, Susan Brooks (1996). "And Rachel Would Not Be Comforted". Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion. 12 (1): 151–157. ISSN 8755-4178. JSTOR 25002277.
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