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 546 - Pastoral Care
- APPL 555 - The Christian Pastor in Historical Perspective
- APPL 564 - Money Matters: Mammon, Ministry, and the Meaning of Life
- APPL 573 - Vocation, Work & Career
- APPL 581 - Missional Church
- APPL 642 - Learning as Transformation: Nurturing Faith in a Global Context
- APPL 656 - The Christian Pastor in Historical Perspective
- 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 760 - Theological Ethics
- 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 520 - The Book of Exodus
- BIBL 543 - The Use of Israel's Scriptures in the New Testament
- BIBL 600 - Biblical Hermeneutics and Criticism
- BIBL 628 - Book of Isaiah
- BIBL 654 - John's Gospel: The Life of God to the World
- BIBL 681 - First Peter
- BIBL 695 - Guided Study: Biblical Studies
- BIBL 696 - Guided Study: Old Testament
- BIBL 697 - Guided Study: New Testament
- BIBL 768 - Luke-Acts as History, Literature and Theology
- 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 310 - Listening by Design: An Orientation to Qualitative Methods
- GENR 311 - Academic Writing
- GENR 313 - Intergative Project in the Arts and Theology Orientation
- GENR 318 - Introduction to Theological English
- HIST 501 - History of Christianity I
- HIST 502 - History of Christianity II
- HIST 512 - The Puritan Literary Imagination
- HIST 555 - The Christian Pastor in Historical Perspective
- HIST 656 - The Christian Pastor in Historical Perspective
- HIST 665 - History of Christian Missions
- HIST 685 - Church and State in the Modern & Post-Modern World
- 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 512 - The Puritan Literary Imagination
- INDS 513 - Image and Word: Theological Reflections on Media and Culture
- INDS 564 - Money Matters: Mammon, Ministry, and the Meaning of Life
- INDS 573 - Vocation, Work & Career
- INDS 581 - Christian Faith and Practice in a (Post)Modern World
- INDS 593 - A Passion for Poetry
- INDS 642 - Learning as Transformation: Nurturing Faith in a Global Context
- INDS 695 - Guided Study: Interdisciplinary Studies
- INDS 697 - Guided Study: Christianity and the Arts
- INDS 726 - ThM Seminar: Readings in Modern Protestant Thought
- INDS 762 - Seminar: Christian as Citizen
- INDS 764 - Money Matters: Seminar
- 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 551 - Introduction to New Testament Greek II
- 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 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 555 - The Christian Pastor in Historical Perspective
- SPIR 619 - Spiritual Discernment
- SPIR 656 - The Christian Pastor in Historical Perspective
- 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 - Systematic Theology Overview
- THEO 601 - Theology I
- THEO 602 - Theology II
- THEO 608 - History of Christian Doctrine
- THEO 695 - Guided Study: Theology
- THEO 696 - Guided Study: Systematic Theology
- THEO 697 - Guided Study: Christian Ethics
- THEO 698 - Guided Study: Historical Theology
- THEO 760 - Theological Ethics
- THEO 790 - MA Comprehensive Examination: Theology
- THEO 793 - ThM Major Paper: Theology
- THEO 797 - MA Thesis: Theology
- THEO 798 - ThM Thesis: Theology