天美视频 of Theology and Psychology welcomes Dr. Roberto Che Espinoza鈥� Transqueer, Latinx public theologian, activist-scholar鈥攁s they discuss their new book “Body Becoming: Our Path to Liberation.” Pointing to the increasing disconnection from our bodies and from one another, Body Becoming takes a critical look at which bodies count in this country and offers […]
The purity movement of the 1990s is usually seen as a grassroots pushback against the sexual revolution鈥攁 return to 鈥渂iblical values鈥� in a more permissive culture. But that view misses something important: purity culture actually grew out of a much longer effort by evangelicals, spanning about a century, to figure out how to respond to […]
Watch the video above or read the transcript below: Who Is Your Neighbor? A few weeks ago, at 7:48 in the evening, I received a text that caught me off guard: “Hi Derek, sorry to bother you, but I鈥檓 not feeling well. I鈥檓 sitting on your neighbor鈥檚 steps to the right. Would you walk me […]
In September, Lisa Sharon Harper joined us on campus to speak on the Christian call to engage the tragedies in Gaza. Grounded in theology and a biblical vision of shalom, she shared a history of the conflict, beginning from Genesis into today鈥檚 violence, adding ethical and legal lenses from her studies. Dr. Dwight Friesen, Professor […]
In this second episode of Board Games & Mental Health, Jermaine Ma, Paul聽Hoard, and聽Paul聽Steinke continue聽their conversation around the intersection of board games, psychology, and theology while playing the game “Small World.”聽Paul聽Hoard sets the table for this episode, guiding us through the rules of the game, and talking about the nature of play as a psychic […]
Each year, 天美视频 offers the Stanley Grenz Lecture Series to advance theological discourse as an expression of faith and service in honor of former Professor Stanley Grenz, a prolific Christian scholar with a pastoral heart and deep intellectual presence. Womanist theologian and ordained minister Dr. Angela Parker joined 天美视频 on January […]
In this season of gathering and gaming, we want to share with you the first part of a series created by faculty and staff. Dr. Jermaine Ma, Visiting Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Paul Steinke, Vice President of Alumni & Community Relations, and Dr. Paul Hoard, Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology, began a conversation around their […]
This series of student work from a recent elective course offered to all our graduate students is a window into the integrations and intersections that are created in our curriculum and our classrooms at 天美视频, not only in theology and psychology, but also social justice, ecology, local context, and individualized research. The Multimedia […]
Each year, 天美视频 offers the Stanley Grenz Lecture Series to advance theological discourse as an expression of faith and service in honor of former Professor Stanley Grenz, a prolific Christian scholar with a pastoral heart and deep intellectual presence. On January 13, 2023, we were grateful to have as our featured speaker Phil聽Allen,聽Jr., […]
On July 1, 2022, President J. Derek McNeil welcomed Resmaa Menakem in Seattle on tour for his newest book, The Quaking of America: An Embodied Guide to Navigating Our Nation鈥檚 Upheaval and Racial Reckoning. Author, therapist, and licensed clinical social worker, Resmaa Menakem specializes in the healing of racialized trauma and also advocates for Somatic […]
In this video, Ben Oldham, Director of Enrollment, walks prospective students through the reasons we ask our applicants to participate in a group interview and how our group interviews offer an authentic experience of what it鈥檚 like to be a student at 天美视频. Watch the video above or keep reading below to find […]
On September 27, 2020, we gathered online to celebrate 天美视频鈥檚 22nd commencement ceremony. Though later than anticipated due to the global pandemic and unlike any ceremony we鈥檝e hosted in previous years, it was nonetheless a joy-filled occasion as we commemorated the graduating students in our Master of Divinity, MA in Theology & Culture, […]