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 | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Biography
editSusan 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
edit- Thistlethwaite, Susan B. and Victor Gold, Thomas Hoyt, Jr., Sharon Ringe, Burton Throckmorton, eds. The New Testament and Psalms: A New Inclusive Version (1995)
- Thistlethwaite, Susan B. and Rita Nakashima Brock. Casting Stones: Prostitution and Liberation in Asia and the United States (1996)
- Thistlethwaite, Susan B. and Mary Potter Engel, eds. Lift Every Voice: Constructing Christian Theologies from the Underside (1998)
- Thistlethwaite, Susan B. and Glen Harold Stassen Abrahamic alternatives to war Jewish, Christian, and Muslim perspectives on just peacemaking (2008)
- Thistlethwaite, Susan B. Sex, Race and God: Christian Feminism in Black and White (reprinted 2009)
- Thistlethwaite, Susan B., ed. Adam, Eve and the Genome: Theology in Dialogue with the Human Genome Project.
- Thistlethwaite, Susan B. Dreaming of Eden: American Religion and Politics in a Wired World (2010)
- Thistlethwaite, Susan B. #Occupy the Bible: What Jesus Really Said (and Did) about Money and Power (2013)
- Thistlethwaite, Susan B. Women's Bodies as Battlefield: Christian Theology and the Global War on Women (2015)
- Thistlethwaite, Susan B. “Feel Awful? How to identify Trump’s Politics of Abuse and Subvert It” from Taking it to the streets : public theologies of activism and resistance (2018)
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Rev. Dr. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
- ^ Candace Chellew-Hodge (2012-07-26). "Money, Technology, and the Silence of Churches: A Conversation with Susan Thistlethwaite". Religion Dispatches. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
- ^ 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) - ^ a b c d "Susan B. Thistlethwaite". CTS Chicago. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
- ^ Trost, Fredrick R.; Zikmund, Barbara Brown (2005-06-01). United and Uniting:: Volume 7. The Pilgrim Press. ISBN 978-0-8298-2099-7.
- ^ 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) - ^ "Expressing the Bible's message in 'an unbiased manner'". Christian Science Monitor. 1983-10-27. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Thistlethwaite, Susan Brooks (1995-07-01). "Virtual Reality Christianity". Theology Today. 52 (2): 225–235. doi:10.1177/004057369505200205. ISSN 0040-5736. S2CID 170884631.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.