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 516 - What Is the Gospel? Implications for Preaching, Worship & Discipleship
- APPL 517 - Bullies and Saints: Lessons from Church History
- APPL 529 - Calling, Context, and the Church: From Belonging to Witness
- APPL 543 - Worship in Polyrhythm
- APPL 545 - The Galilean: Details of the Heart of Jesus
- APPL 552 - Leadership for the Church in a Secular Age
- APPL 569 - Seeking Sanctuary, Finding Shalom: Love, Community, and the Lived Experience of Mental Health Challenges
- APPL 570 - Learning and the Art of Teaching
- APPL 578 - When Christians Disagree: Church Unity in an Age of Division
- APPL 579 - Culture, Faith, and Mental Health
- APPL 582 - The Uses of Scripture in Theology: Examining Slavery, Sexuality, and Male-Female Relations in Light of Divine Love
- APPL 619 - Introduction to Preaching and Worship
- APPL 630 - Pastoral Ethics
- APPL 693 - Supervised Ministry A: Contemplative Ministry
- APPL 694 - Supervised Ministry B: Leadership
- APPL 729 - Seminar: Calling, Context, and the Church: From Belonging to Witness
- 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
- ARTS 501 - The Christian Imagination
- ARTS 512 - Puritan Literary Imagination
- ARTS 513 - Image and Word: Theological Reflections on Media and Culture
- ARTS 530 - Devotional Poetry: John Donne, George Herbert, and Anne Bradstreet
- ARTS 536 - The Arts, Empathy, and Spiritual Formation
- ARTS 543 - Worship in Polyrhythm
- ARTS 545 - The Galilean: Details of the Heart of Jesus
- ARTS 578 - The Fifth Evangelist: The Sacred Repertoire of J.S. Bach
- ARTS 695 - This Sceptered Isle: A Poetic Journey into the Heart of England
- BIBL 501 - Old Testament Foundations
- BIBL 502 - New Testament Foundations
- BIBL 503 - Biblical Exegesis and Interpretation
- BIBL 506 - A Narrative Approach to the Gospels and Acts
- BIBL 508 - Reading the Bible in China (7th - 20th Century)
- BIBL 516 - The Book of Joshua
- BIBL 520 - The Book of Exodus
- BIBL 521 - Ruth and Esther: God's Care in Times of Chaos
- BIBL 528 - The Sermon on the Mount
- BIBL 565 - Philippians: Finding Joyful Unity in a Fragmented Community
- BIBL 571 - Silent No More: Women Interpreters of the Bible
- BIBL 576 - Paul and His Letters
- BIBL 600 - Biblical Hermeneutics and Criticism
- BIBL 652 - The Gospel of Mark
- BIBL 656 - Luke & Acts
- BIBL 663 - 갈라디아서 Paul’s Letter to the Galatians
- BIBL 701 - Advanced Old Testament Exegesis
- BIBL 702 - Advanced New Testament Exegesis
- 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 311 - Academic Writing
- GENR 313 - Intergative Project in the Arts and Theology Orientation
- HIST 500 - The Christian Spirit: A History of Christian Spirituality
- HIST 502 - History of Christianity II
- HIST 512 - The Puritan Literary Imagination
- HIST 524 - The Early Church in Africa and Asia
- HIST 542 - After Acts: Patristics from the Apostles to Nicaea
- HIST 547 - History of Religion in America
- HIST 558 - Partaking of the Divine Nature: Salvation, Holiness and the Doctrine of God
- HIST 587 - 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 502 - Christian Thought and Culture II
- INDS 521 - Smartphones, Surveillance, and Human Flourishing
- INDS 525 - Technology, Wilderness, and Creation
- INDS 529 - Calling, Context, and the Church: From Belonging to Witness
- INDS 534 - After Disenchantment
- INDS 546 - Welcoming the Stranger: Refugees in Christian Perspective
- INDS 571 - Silent No More: Women Interpreters of the Bible
- INDS 574 - Not Yet in the Now: Waiting for the Apocalypse
- INDS 579 - Culture, Faith, and Mental Health
- INDS 581 - Christian Faith and Practice in a (Post)Modern World
- INDS 726 - ThM Seminar: Readings in Modern Protestant Thought
- INDS 729 - Seminar: Calling, Context, and the Church: From Belonging to Witness
- INDS 766 - Christianity and Marxism
- 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 611 - Intermediate Old Testament Hebrew II
- LANG 651 - Intermediate New Testament Greek II
- 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
- MARK 505 - Vocation, Work & Career
- MARK 540 - Working Blessedly: The Shape of Marketplace Theology
- MARK 552 - Leadership for the Church in a Secular Age
- MARK 562 - The Bible and Work: Going Deeper and Broader
- SPIR 500 - The Christian Spirit: A History of Christian Spirituality
- SPIR 523 - Spiritual Disciplines in the Company of Others
- SPIR 536 - The Arts, Empathy, and Spiritual Formation
- SPIR 537 - The Trinity and the Church Fathers
- SPIR 587 - Spiritual Friendship
- SPIR 635 - Conversion & Transformation
- SPIR 670 - Classics of Christian Spirituality
- SPIR 720 - Seminar: Traditions and Practices of Prayer
- 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 501 - Christian Theology: An Introduction
- THEO 519 - Chinese Christian Thought
- THEO 526 - Postcolonial Theology
- THEO 528 - Race, Racism & Christian Identity
- THEO 537 - The Trinity and the Church Fathers
- THEO 542 - After Acts: Patristics from the Apostles to Nicaea
- THEO 558 - Partaking of the Divine Nature: Salvation, Holiness and the Doctrine of God
- THEO 574 - Not Yet in the Now: Waiting for the Apocalypse
- THEO 582 - The Uses of Scripture in Theology: Examining Slavery, Sexuality, and Male-Female Relations in Light of Divine Love
- THEO 602 - Theology II
- THEO 630 - Pastoral Ethics
- THEO 631 - Participation in God: From Maximus to Aquinas
- THEO 635 - Conversion & Transformation
- THEO 790 - MA Comprehensive Examination: Theology
- THEO 793 - ThM Major Paper: Theology
- THEO 797 - MA Thesis: Theology
- THEO 798 - ThM Thesis: Theology
- WRLD 501 - Introduction to World Christianity
- WRLD 508 - Reading the Bible in China (7th - 20th Century)
- WRLD 519 - Chinese Christian Thought
- WRLD 524 - The Early Church in Africa and Asia
- WRLD 526 - Postcolonial Theology
- WRLD 528 - Race, Racism & Christian Identity
- WRLD 546 - Welcoming the Stranger: Refugees in Christian Perspective