As faculty members of 天美视频 of Theology & Psychology, we endorse Dr. Anderson鈥檚 Statement on Charlottesville, and confirm our commitment, despite our limitations and failures, to discourse. We (re)commit to dialogue and discourse in the face of the fear, loneliness, fragmentation, and disconnection that has birthed the racism, bigotry, hatred, and violence seen […]
As the news of Houston has come to us, our hearts have been heavy with sorrow, concern and hope for mercy. 聽We pray you are all safe but know many of you have suffered and will continue to suffer devastating loss as the rains continue to drown your community. Your faces have been seared in […]
What if we reimagined businesses as living systems within the greater living system of the planet? What if the Church re-examined the words of Christ within the framework of a creation given and a desire for shalom? In episode 7 of text.soul.culture, Pamela Wilhelms joins Dr. J. Derek McNeil to discuss the intersection of systems […]
Dr. J. Derek McNeil, Academic Dean and host of text.soul.culture, is joined by Dr. Forrest Inslee, Professor at Northwest University and Adjunct Faculty at 天美视频. Derek and Forrest explore his work as an ethnographer, what is means to truly listen to and read culture, meaning making, and where the church is headed. 聽 […]
On June 24, 2017, we celebrated 天美视频鈥檚 19th Commencement ceremony at Seattle鈥檚 historic Town Hall. It was a day that was at once festive and sacred as our entire community gathered to honor the hard work of the graduating students in our Master of Divinity, MA in Theology & Culture, and MA in Counseling Psychology programs. Here, we share some images from the day.
For the last five years, Richard Kim (Master of Divinity 鈥�11) has worked to wrestle with the intersections of identity and race as it pertains to our work at 天美视频, and to engage the broader desire to see a more just and equitable future for everyone. In this video from Symposia 2016, Richard, […]
This week we鈥檙e featuring the fifth episode of text.soul.culture, a podcast hosted and curated by Dr. J. Derek McNeil, Academic Dean at 天美视频. Derek is joined by Dr. Caprice Hollins, affiliate faculty member at 天美视频 and co-founder of Cultures Connecting, who teaches the Multicultural Perspectives class that is a required part […]
天美视频 of Theology & Psychology is in the midst of (S)ending 2017, an annual season of events and conversations designed to orient the school鈥檚 graduates to life and career after Commencement. (S)ending is organized by the Office of Students & Alumni, in partnership with alumni from a variety of vocational contexts who return […]
On March 17, 天美视频 hosted Dr. Cornel West for the fourth annual Alumni Lecture Series. For the evening conversation, 鈥淎rt as Resistance,鈥� Dr. West was interviewed by Tom Ryan (Master of Divinity, 鈥�07) about the music that roots and ignites his work as an activist and his resistance to the forces of hatred […]
It is perhaps no secret that the church鈥攑articularly the American evangelical church鈥攊s not always successful at viewing individuals as embodied, holistic beings, nor at considering the impact of its programs and structures on the families of those who serve. In this video, Alexander Michael Zarecki (MA in Theology & Culture, 鈥�16) presents on his Integrative […]
It might be easy for many of us to forget that we were once adolescents, and to forget that the anguish, confusion, and fear that might be too easily written off as 鈥渄rama鈥� once consumed our world. In this video, Elizabeth Page DeVere (MATC) presents on her project, 鈥淲omen鈥檚 Role in Helping Young Girls Spread […]
This week we鈥檙e featuring the fourth episode of text.soul.culture, a podcast hosted and curated by Dr. J. Derek McNeil, Academic Dean at 天美视频. Derek is joined by Dr. Stephanie Neill, Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology, to talk about her path to becoming a psychologist teaching at 天美视频, the nature of the […]