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 500 - Soul of Ministry: Becoming Persons-in-Relation
- APPL 533 - Introduction to World Christianity: Exploring the Mission of God and God's People
- APPL 546 - Pastoral Care
- APPL 555 - The Christian Pastor in Historical Perspective
- APPL 570 - Learning and the Art of Teaching
- APPL 573 - Vocation, Work & Ministry
- APPL 581 - Missional Church
- APPL 585 - Marketplace Theology & Ministry
- APPL 586 - Spiritual Practice
- APPL 619 - Introduction to Preaching and Worship
- APPL 651 - Anglican Life: Polity and Liturgy
- APPL 656 - The Christian Pastor in Historical Perspective
- APPL 690 - World Christianity Field Immersion
- 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 775 - Seminar: Majority World Spiritualities
- APPL 787 - Seminar: Spiritual Friendship
- 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 508 - Reading the Bible in China (7th - 20th Century)
- BIBL 524 - The Sermon on the Mount
- BIBL 543 - The Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament
- BIBL 551 - The Gospel of Matthew
- BIBL 579 - Revelation
- BIBL 600 - Biblical Hermeneutics and Criticism
- BIBL 623 - The Book of Job
- BIBL 627 - Psalms: Spiritual Guides for a Christian Journey
- BIBL 628 - Book of Isaiah
- BIBL 651 - The Gospel of Matthew
- 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 701 - Advanced Old Testament Exegesis
- BIBL 702 - Advanced New Testament Exegesis
- BIBL 718 - OT Seminar: Divine Presence in the Old Testament
- BIBL 750 - NT Seminar: Book of Hebrews
- 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 301 - MA/ThM Thesis Orientation
- GENR 303 - MA Thesis Continuation
- GENR 304 - ThM Thesis Continuation
- GENR 305 - Extended MA Continuation
- GENR 311 - Academic Writing
- GENR 313 - Intergative Project in the Arts and Theology Orientation
- GENR 318 - Introduction to Theological English
- HIST 500 - The Christian Spirit: A History of Christian Spirituality
- HIST 501 - History of Christianity I
- HIST 502 - History of Christianity II
- HIST 555 - The Christian Pastor in Historical Perspective
- HIST 650 - Anglican History & Theology
- HIST 656 - The Christian Pastor in Historical Perspective
- HIST 695 - Guided Study: History
- HIST 787 - Seminar: Spiritual Friendship
- 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 502 - Christian Thought and Culture II
- INDS 517 - Science and Theology
- INDS 518 - Bonhoeffer's Christian Humanism
- INDS 560 - The Christian Imagination
- INDS 573 - Vocation, Work & Ministry
- INDS 581 - Christian Faith and Practice in a (Post)Modern World
- INDS 585 - Marketplace Theology & Ministry
- INDS 610 - Gospel and Culture
- INDS 623 - The Book of Job
- INDS 695 - Guided Study: Interdisciplinary Studies
- INDS 697 - Guided Study: Christianity and the Arts
- INDS 722 - Seminar: Human Flourishing in a Technological World
- INDS 726 - ThM Seminar: Readings in Modern Protestant Thought
- INDS 730 - INDS Seminar: Kierkegaard & Soulcraft
- 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 511 - Introductory Old Testament Hebrew II
- LANG 550 - Introduction to New Testament Greek I
- LANG 551 - Introduction to New Testament Greek II
- LANG 610 - Intermediate Old Testament Hebrew I
- LANG 611 - Intermediate Old Testament Hebrew II
- LANG 650 - Intermediate New Testament Greek I
- LANG 651 - Intermediate New Testament Greek II
- LANG 695 - Guided Study: Biblical Languages
- LANG 696 - Guided Study: Old Testament Hebrew
- LANG 697 - Guided Study: New Testament Greek
- LANG 721 - Advanced Hebrew Readings
- LANG 722 - 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 500 - The Christian Spirit: A History of Christian Spirituality
- SPIR 555 - The Christian Pastor in Historical Perspective
- SPIR 586 - Spiritual Practice
- SPIR 604 - Jesus and Prayer
- SPIR 619 - Spiritual Discernment
- SPIR 628 - The Meaning of the Sacraments
- SPIR 656 - The Christian Pastor in Historical Perspective
- SPIR 670 - Classics of Christian Spirituality
- SPIR 695 - Guided Study: Spiritual Theology
- SPIR 787 - Seminar: Spiritual Friendship
- 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 - Systematic Theology Overview
- THEO 517 - Science and Theology
- THEO 518 - Bonhoeffer's Christian Humanism
- THEO 601 - Theology I
- THEO 602 - Theology II
- THEO 608 - History of Christian Doctrine
- THEO 628 - Meaning of the Sacraments
- THEO 630 - Pastoral Ethics
- THEO 650 - Anglican History & Theology
- THEO 651 - Anglican Life: Polity and Liturgy
- THEO 695 - Guided Study: Theology
- THEO 696 - Guided Study: Systematic Theology
- THEO 697 - Guided Study: Christian Ethics
- THEO 698 - Guided Study: Historical Theology
- THEO 722 - Seminar: Human Flourishing in a Technological World
- THEO 790 - MA Comprehensive Examination: Theology
- THEO 793 - ThM Major Paper: Theology
- THEO 797 - MA Thesis: Theology
- THEO 798 - ThM Thesis: Theology