Eric Lewis Williams, Ph.D. is Director of the Office of Black Church Studies and Assistant Professor of Theology and Black Church Studies at Duke Divinity School. Williams quotes Zora Neale Hurston, "I was born with God in my house." Hear a scholar's story of having been raised in a Pentecostal household, mentored into the scholarship of religion with no contradiction, and working as a professor, museum curator, and higher education administrator. Williams' journey is one of curiosity, boldness, and creativity.
--------
25:36
Adam Bond: Silhouette Interview
Adam Bond, PhD is Associate Professor of Religion and African American Studies at Baylor University.
--------
20:42
Igniting Imagination: Adam Bond
Adam Bond, PhD is Associate Professor of Religion and African American Studies at Baylor University. Teaching to unlock new abilities to see. Imagining new futures, building new worlds, seeing new possibilities can be incorporated into our classrooms if teachers can unshackle their own creativity. Bond reflects on a recent Wabash cohort experience which challenged participants to move past nostalgia and toward the challenge of shaping of new futures.
--------
27:38
Sailaja V. Krishnamurti: Silhouette Interview
Sailaja V. Krishnamurti, Ph.D. is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Gender Studies at Queen's University.
--------
15:45
Sabbatical Time: Sailaja V. Krishnamurti
Sailaja V. Krishnamurti, Ph.D. is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Gender Studies at Queen's University.A sabbatical provides precious time but also points to exploitation, exhaustion, and rage. What is a generative sabbatical, especially when resisting dehumanizing patterns of productivity? What kinds of synergies are needed for a healthy work rhythm that resists burnout? How do sabbaticals assist with returning us to classrooms when we are feeling more rested, more centered, more ourselves?
Dialogue on Teaching, hosted by Nancy Lynne Westfield, Ph.D., is the monthly podcast of The Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion. Amplifying the Wabash Center’s mission, the podcast focuses upon issues of teaching and learning in theology and religion within colleges, universities and seminaries. The podcast series will feature dialogues with faculty teaching in a wide range of institutional contexts. The conversation will illumine the teaching life.Webinar Producer: Rachel Mills Sound Engineer: Dr. Paul O. Myhre Original Podcast music by Dr. Paul O. Myhre
USA