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Amy Sherman

Director, Center on Faith in Communities, Sagamore Institute
BA (Messiah College), MA, PhD (University of Virginia)
Dr. Amy L. Sherman directs the Sagamore Institute’s Center on Faith in Communities. In 2012, Christianity Today named her one of the fifty most influential evangelical women in America. She served for several years as Director of Urban Ministries at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville, VA, and has written six books.

Courses Taught

  • APPL 500 - Soul of Ministry: Becoming Persons-in-Relation
  • APPL 546 - Pastoral Care
  • APPL 552 - Leadership for the Church in a Secular Age
  • APPL 570 - Learning and the Art of Teaching
  • APPL 581 - Missional Church
  • APPL 582 - The Uses of Scripture in Theology: Examining Slavery, Sexuality, and Male-Female Relations in Light of Divine Love
  • APPL 619 - Introduction to Preaching and Worship
  • APPL 629 - Calling, Context, and the Church: From Belonging to Witness
  • APPL 630 - Pastoral Ethics
  • APPL 651 - Anglican Life: Polity and Liturgy
  • APPL 693 - Supervised Ministry A: Contemplative Ministry
  • APPL 694 - Supervised Ministry B: Leadership
  • APPL 721 - Seminar: Listening by Design: Qualitative Research for Scholarship and Ministry
  • APPL 725 - Seminar: The Atonement
  • APPL 790 - MA Comprehensive Examination: Applied Theology
  • APPL 791 - Comp Exam: World X'nity
  • APPL 792 - Integrative Project
  • APPL 793 - ThM Major Paper: Applied Theology
  • APPL 797 - MA Thesis: Applied Theology
  • APPL 798 - ThM Thesis: Applied Theology
  • ARTS 501 - The Christian Imagination
  • ARTS 550 - Visual Art as Theology
  • ARTS 701 - Seminar: Vocation of the Artist
  • ARTS 702 - Seminar: Advanced Readings in Theology & the Arts
  • BIBL 501 - Old Testament Foundations
  • BIBL 502 - New Testament Foundations
  • BIBL 503 - Biblical Exegesis and Interpretation
  • BIBL 508 - Reading the Bible in China (7th - 20th Century)
  • BIBL 576 - Paul & His Letters
  • BIBL 600 - Biblical Hermeneutics and Criticism
  • BIBL 610 - Book of Genesis
  • BIBL 628 - Book of Isaiah
  • BIBL 659 - New Testament Book Study: 2 Corinthians
  • BIBL 678 - New Testament Book Study: James, 1 and 2 Peter, and Jude
  • BIBL 701 - Advanced Old Testament Exegesis
  • BIBL 702 - Advanced New Testament Exegesis
  • BIBL 718 - OT Seminar: Divine Presence in the Old Testament
  • BIBL 750 - NT Seminar: Book of Hebrews
  • BIBL 790 - MA Comprehensive Examination: Old Testament
  • BIBL 791 - MA Comprehensive Examination: New Testament
  • BIBL 793 - ThM Major Paper: Old Testament
  • BIBL 794 - ThM Major Paper: New Testament
  • BIBL 796 - MA Thesis: Old Testament
  • BIBL 797 - MA Thesis: New Testament
  • BIBL 798 - ThM Thesis: Old Testament
  • BIBL 799 - ThM Thesis: New Testament
  • GENR 303 - MA Thesis Continuation
  • GENR 304 - ThM Thesis Continuation
  • GENR 305 - Extended MA Continuation
  • GENR 311 - Academic Writing
  • GENR 313 - Intergative Project in the Arts and Theology Orientation
  • HIST 500 - The Christian Spirit: A History of Christian Spirituality
  • HIST 501 - History of Christianity I
  • HIST 502 - History of Christianity II
  • HIST 505 - The History of Christianity in Asia
  • HIST 537 - Lives of the Saints: Studies in Spiritual Biography
  • HIST 787 - Seminar: Spiritual Friendship
  • HIST 790 - MA Comprehensive Examination: History
  • HIST 793 - ThM Major Paper: Church History
  • HIST 797 - MA Thesis: Church History
  • HIST 798 - ThM Thesis: Church History
  • INDS 514 - Christian Humanism
  • INDS 517 - Science and Theology
  • INDS 535 - Food: Creation, Community, and Communion
  • INDS 570 - Learning and the Art of Teaching
  • INDS 611 - Cultural Hermeneutics: Engaging with World with the Word
  • INDS 629 - Calling, Context, and the Church
  • INDS 724 - Seminar: Theological Anthropology
  • INDS 725 - Seminar: Advanced Research Methods and Writing
  • INDS 726 - ThM Seminar: Readings in Modern Protestant Thought
  • INDS 790 - MA Comprehensive Examination: Interdisciplinary Studies
  • INDS 791 - Integrative Exam
  • INDS 792 - Integrative Project
  • INDS 793 - ThM Major Paper: Interdisciplinary Studies
  • INDS 794 - MACS Integrative Exam
  • INDS 795 - MA Integrative Project in the Arts and Theology
  • INDS 797 - MA Thesis: Interdisciplinary Studies
  • INDS 798 - ThM Thesis: Interdisciplinary Studies
  • LANG 500 - Perspectives on Biblical Languages
  • LANG 510 - Introduction to Old Testament Hebrew I
  • LANG 511 - Introduction to Old Testament Hebrew II
  • LANG 550 - Introduction to New Testament Greek I
  • LANG 551 - Introduction to New Testament Greek II
  • LANG 610 - Intermediate Old Testament Hebrew I
  • LANG 611 - Intermediate Old Testament Hebrew II
  • LANG 650 - Intermediate New Testament Greek I
  • LANG 651 - Intermediate New Testament Greek II
  • LANG 720 - Advanced Greek Readings
  • LANG 721 - Advanced Hebrew Readings
  • LANG 790 - MA Comprehensive Examination: Biblical Languages
  • LANG 793 - ThM Major Paper: Biblical Languages
  • LANG 797 - MA Thesis: Biblical Languages
  • LANG 798 - ThM Thesis: Biblical Languages
  • MARK 501 - God at Work: Introducing Marketplace Theology
  • MARK 511 - Monday to Saturday
  • MARK 692 - Marketplace Field Work
  • MARK 701 - Seminar: Working Sustainably
  • MARK 790 - Comp Exam:Marketplace Theo
  • SPIR 500 - The Christian Spirit: A History of Christian Spirituality
  • SPIR 505 - Come Holy Spirit
  • SPIR 537 - Lives of the Saints: Studies in Spiritual Biography
  • SPIR 613 - Sanctification, Spiritual Formation, and Personal Transformation
  • SPIR 670 - Classics of Christian Spirituality
  • SPIR 720 - Seminar: Traditions and Practices of Prayer
  • SPIR 787 - Seminar: Spiritual Friendship
  • SPIR 790 - MA Comprehensive Examination: Spiritual Theology
  • SPIR 793 - ThM Major Paper: Spiritual Theology
  • SPIR 797 - MA Thesis: Spiritual Theology
  • SPIR 798 - ThM Thesis: Spiritual Theology
  • THEO 500 - Theology Overview
  • THEO 505 - Come Holy Spirit
  • THEO 514 - Christian Humanism
  • THEO 517 - Science and Theology
  • THEO 528 - Race, Racism & Christian Identity
  • THEO 550 - Visual Art as Theology
  • THEO 582 - The Uses of Scripture in Theology: Examining Slavery, Sexuality, and Male-Female Relations in Light of Divine Love
  • THEO 601 - Theology I
  • THEO 602 - Theology II
  • THEO 608 - History of Christian Doctrine
  • THEO 613 - Sanctification, Spiritual Formation, and Personal Transformation
  • THEO 630 - Pastoral Ethics
  • THEO 651 - Anglican Life: Polity and Liturgy
  • THEO 724 - Seminar: Theological Anthropology
  • THEO 725 - Seminar: The Atonement
  • THEO 771 - Seminar: Perspectives on Christology from the Global South
  • THEO 790 - MA Comprehensive Examination: Theology
  • THEO 793 - ThM Major Paper: Theology
  • THEO 797 - MA Thesis: Theology
  • THEO 798 - ThM Thesis: Theology
  • WRLD 501 - Introduction to World Christianity
  • WRLD 505 - The History of Christianity in Asia
  • WRLD 508 - Reading the Bible in China (7th - 20th Century)
  • WRLD 528 - Race, Racism & Christian Identity
  • WRLD 590 - The Legacy of Ancient Christianity for China
  • WRLD 690 - World Christianity Field Immersion
  • WRLD 721 - Seminar: Listening by Design: Qualitative Research for Scholarship and Ministry
  • WRLD 771 - Seminar: Perspectives on Christology from the Global South
  • WRLD 790 - Comp Exam: World X'ianity
  • WRLD 792 - Integrative Project
  • WRLD 797 - MA Thesis: World Christianity
  • WRLD 799 - ThM Thesis: World Xtianity

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