Serene Jones
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Serene Jones is the Titus Street Professor of Theology at Yale Divinity School, chair of the Gender, Woman, and Sexuality Studies at Yale University and president-elect of Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York.
[edit] Education and Professional Life
After graduating with a B.A. from the University of Oklahoma, Jones earned an M.Div. from Yale Divinity School in 1985 and a Ph.D. in theology from Yale University in 1991. Jones is an ordained minister in both the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church of Christ.
On July 1, 2008, Jones will succeed Joseph Hough as President of Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. [1] She has taught at Yale University for 12 years.
[edit] Publications
Jones has published 37 articles and book chapters since 1991. [2] Her books include: Feminist Theory and Theology: Cartographies of Grace (2000) and Calvin and the Rhetoric of Piety (1995). She has also co-edited several volumes, including Feminist and Womanist Essays in Reformed Dogmatics (2006), Constructive Theology: A Contemporary Engagement with Classical Themes (2005), Liberating Eschatology: Essays in Honor of Letty Russell (1999), and Setting the Table: Women in Theological Conversation (1995).
[edit] References
- ^ Banerjee, Neela. "Union Theological Gets New President", The New York Times, February 26, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
- ^ "Union Theological Seminary Appoints First Woman President in Its 172-year History", Union Theological Seminary, February 26, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
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