Amy Sherman
Director, Center on Faith in Communities, Sagamore Institute
BA (Messiah College), MA, PhD (University of Virginia)
Dr. Amy L. Sherman directs the Sagamore Institute’s Center on Faith in Communities. In 2012, Christianity Today named her one of the fifty most influential evangelical women in America. She served for several years as Director of Urban Ministries at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville, VA, and has written six books.
Courses Taught
- APPL 514 - Preaching the Gospel in the Land of the Gospels
- APPL 546 - Pastoral Care
- APPL 552 - Leadership for the Church in a Secular Age
- APPL 564 - Money Matters: Mammon, Ministry, and the Meaning of Life
- APPL 573 - Vocation: Integral to the Mission of God
- APPL 581 - Missional Church
- APPL 592 - Theology of Work
- APPL 688 - Arts Internship
- APPL 693 - Supervised Ministry A: Contemplative Ministry
- APPL 694 - Supervised Ministry B: Praxis
- APPL 695 - Guided Study: Applied Theology
- APPL 696 - Guided Study: Mission Studies
- APPL 697 - Parables of Jesus (Guided Study - Hong Kong Bible Conference)
- APPL 698 - Guided Study: Marketplace Theology
- APPL 704 - Seminar: Leading and Learning in a World of Difference
- APPL 761 - Seminar: Bonhoeffer on Christian Community
- APPL 775 - Seminar: Majority World Spiritualities
- APPL 790 - MA Comprehensive Examination: Applied Theology
- APPL 791 - Comp Exam: World X'nity
- APPL 792 - Integrative Project
- APPL 793 - ThM Major Paper: Applied Theology
- APPL 797 - MA Thesis: Applied Theology
- APPL 798 - ThM Thesis: Applied Theology
- BIBL 501 - Old Testament Foundations
- BIBL 502 - New Testament Foundations
- BIBL 503 - Biblical Exegesis and Interpretation
- BIBL 524 - The Sermon on the Mount
- BIBL 543 - The Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament
- BIBL 600 - Biblical Hermeneutics and Criticism
- BIBL 610 - Book of Genesis
- BIBL 613 - Deuteronomy
- BIBL 628 - Book of Isaiah
- BIBL 652 - The Gospel of Mark
- BIBL 678 - New Testament Book Study: James, 1 and 2 Peter, and Jude
- BIBL 695 - Guided Study: Biblical Studies
- BIBL 696 - Guided Study: Old Testament
- BIBL 697 - Guided Study: New Testament
- BIBL 730 - Old Testament Seminar: Old Testament Ethics
- BIBL 762 - New Testament Seminar: Reverberations of Scripture in the Gospels
- BIBL 790 - MA Comprehensive Examination: Old Testament
- BIBL 791 - MA Comprehensive Examination: New Testament
- BIBL 793 - ThM Major Paper: Old Testament
- BIBL 794 - ThM Major Paper: New Testament
- BIBL 796 - MA Thesis: Old Testament
- BIBL 797 - MA Thesis: New Testament
- BIBL 798 - ThM Thesis: Old Testament
- BIBL 799 - ThM Thesis: New Testament
- GENR 303 - MA Thesis Continuation
- GENR 304 - ThM Thesis Continuation
- GENR 306 - Extended ThM Continuation
- GENR 318 - Introduction to Theological English
- HIST 501 - History of Christianity I
- HIST 502 - History of Christianity II
- HIST 520 - Slavery & Slavery's Children
- HIST 650 - Anglican History & Theology
- HIST 695 - Guided Study: History
- HIST 790 - MA Comprehensive Examination: History
- HIST 793 - ThM Major Paper: Church History
- HIST 797 - MA Thesis: Church History
- HIST 798 - ThM Thesis: Church History
- INDS 501 - Christian Thought and Culture I
- INDS 506 - Creation and the Gospel
- INDS 513 - Image and Word: Theological Reflections on Media and Culture
- INDS 520 - Slavery & Slavery's Children
- INDS 535 - Food: Communion, Community, and Creation
- INDS 552 - Leadership for the Church in a Secular Age
- INDS 564 - Money Matters: Mammon, Ministry, and the Meaning of Life
- INDS 573 - Vocation: Integral to the Mission of God
- INDS 581 - Christian Faith and Practice in a (Post)Modern World
- INDS 592 - Theology of Work
- INDS 695 - Guided Study: Interdisciplinary Studies
- INDS 697 - Guided Study: Christianity and the Arts
- INDS 726 - ThM Seminar: Readings in Modern Protestant Thought
- INDS 731 - Seminar: Church and State Down through the Ages
- INDS 785 - Seminar: Vocation of the Artist
- INDS 790 - MA Comprehensive Examination: Interdisciplinary Studies
- INDS 791 - Integrative Exam
- INDS 792 - Integrative Project
- INDS 793 - ThM Major Paper: Interdisciplinary Studies
- INDS 794 - MACS Integrative Exam
- INDS 795 - MA Integrative Project in the Arts and Theology
- INDS 797 - MA Thesis: Interdisciplinary Studies
- INDS 798 - ThM Thesis: Interdisciplinary Studies
- LANG 500 - Perspectives on Biblical Languages
- LANG 510 - Introductory Old Testament Hebrew I
- LANG 550 - Introduction to New Testament Greek I
- LANG 610 - Intermediate Old Testament Hebrew I
- LANG 650 - Intermediate New Testament Greek I
- LANG 695 - Guided Study: Biblical Languages
- LANG 696 - Guided Study: Old Testament Hebrew
- LANG 697 - Guided Study: New Testament Greek
- LANG 720 - Advanced Greek Readings
- LANG 790 - MA Comprehensive Examination: Biblical Languages
- LANG 793 - ThM Major Paper: Biblical Languages
- LANG 797 - MA Thesis: Biblical Languages
- LANG 798 - ThM Thesis: Biblical Languages
- SPIR 600 - Prayer: Theology, Traditions, and Practices
- SPIR 619 - Spiritual Discernment
- SPIR 628 - The Meaning of the Sacraments
- SPIR 670 - Classics of Christian Spirituality
- SPIR 695 - Guided Study: Spiritual Theology
- SPIR 790 - MA Comprehensive Examination: Spiritual Theology
- SPIR 793 - ThM Major Paper: Spiritual Theology
- SPIR 797 - MA Thesis: Spiritual Theology
- SPIR 798 - ThM Thesis: Spiritual Theology
- THEO 500 - Theology Overview
- THEO 601 - Theology I
- THEO 602 - Theology II
- THEO 608 - History of Christian Doctrine
- THEO 612 - Providence: Understanding God's Ways in the World
- THEO 628 - Meaning of the Sacraments
- THEO 650 - Anglican History & Theology
- THEO 695 - Guided Study: Theology
- THEO 696 - Guided Study: Systematic Theology
- THEO 697 - Guided Study: Christian Ethics
- THEO 698 - Guided Study: Historical Theology
- THEO 761 - Seminar: Bonhoeffer on Christian Community
- THEO 775 - Sem: Maj. World Spirit.
- THEO 790 - MA Comprehensive Examination: Theology
- THEO 793 - ThM Major Paper: Theology
- THEO 797 - MA Thesis: Theology
- THEO 798 - ThM Thesis: Theology