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 509 - How long, O God?: Old Testament Suffering and Life with God
- APPL 511 - Racial Justice and Radical Hospitality: A Biblical Approach
- APPL 565 - Palestinian Theology in Context
- APPL 574 - Leading for the Long Term
- APPL 581 - Missional Church
- APPL 589 - Reading and Preaching Biblical Poetry
- APPL 590 - Entrepreneurship: Innovations in Business and Not-for-Profit
- APPL 597 - 하나님 나라 복음으로 교회 새롭게 하기 (The Kingdom in Korea: The Renewal of Alternative Churches)
- APPL 612 - Providence: Understanding God's Ways in the World
- APPL 695 - Guided Study: Applied Theology
- APPL 696 - Guided Study: Mission Studies
- APPL 698 - Guided Study: Marketplace Theology
- APPL 712 - Seminar: Providence: Understanding God's Ways in the World
- APPL 790 - MA Comprehensive Examination: 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 509 - How long, O God?: Old Testament Suffering and Life with God
- BIBL 535 - Wrestling with Wrath and Violence in the Old Testament
- BIBL 539 - 구약 윤리와 기독교 세계관 (Old Testament Ethics and Christian Worldview)
- BIBL 544 - Jeremiah: Pain and Hope for Troubled Times
- BIBL 545 - Male and Female in Christ
- BIBL 546 - Four Short Letters from Paul
- BIBL 547 - Follow the Lamb: Revelation & the World of Acts
- BIBL 572 - 1, 2, 3 John
- BIBL 588 - The Book of Proverbs: Developing Wisdom in a Complicated World
- BIBL 589 - Reading and Preaching Biblical Poetry
- BIBL 651 - Matthew: Jesus and the Renewed People of God
- BIBL 695 - Guided Study: Biblical Studies
- BIBL 696 - Guided Study: Old Testament
- BIBL 697 - Guided Study: New 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
- HIST 502 - History of Christianity II
- HIST 513 - Walking with God: Puritan Practices and Spirituality
- HIST 541 - The Story of Christianity in Canada
- HIST 548 - The Past, Present, and Future of Feminism
- HIST 568 - Martin Luther: The First Protestant Mystic?
- HIST 650 - Anglican History & Theology
- HIST 695 - Guided Study: History
- HIST 797 - MA Thesis: Church History
- HIST 798 - ThM Thesis: Church History
- INDS 510 - Longing for Shalom: Musical Lament in the Christian Imagination
- INDS 525 - Technology, Wilderness, and Creation
- INDS 528 - Art in a Time of Crisis
- INDS 539 - 구약 윤리와 기독교 세계관
- INDS 541 - The Mysterious Manner of Flannery O'Connor
- INDS 545 - Male and Female in Christ
- INDS 556 - Christianity and Politics: Traditions and Current Values
- INDS 574 - Leading for the Long Term
- INDS 581 - Christian Faith and Practice in a (Post)Modern World
- INDS 590 - Entrepreneurship: Innovations in Business and Not-for-Profit
- INDS 637 - Reading Kierkegaard Today: His Vision, Message, and Challenge
- INDS 695 - Guided Study: Interdisciplinary Studies
- INDS 697 - Guided Study: Christianity and the Arts
- INDS 791 - Integrative Exam
- INDS 794 - MACS Integrative Exam
- INDS 797 - MA Thesis: Interdisciplinary Studies
- INDS 798 - ThM Thesis: Interdisciplinary Studies
- 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 695 - Guided Study: Biblical Languages
- LANG 696 - Guided Study: Old Testament Hebrew
- LANG 697 - Guided Study: New Testament Greek
- LANG 797 - MA Thesis: Biblical Languages
- LANG 798 - ThM Thesis: Biblical Languages
- SPIR 505 - Come Holy Spirit: The Paraclete in Creation, Church, and Believer
- SPIR 510 - Seasons of Renewal
- SPIR 513 - Walking with God: Puritan Practices & Spirituality
- SPIR 554 - Contemplative Listening: The Foundation of Spiritual Friendship and Direction
- SPIR 568 - "Martin Luther: The First Protestant Mystic? "
- SPIR 695 - Guided Study: Spiritual Theology
- SPIR 797 - MA Thesis: Spiritual Theology
- SPIR 798 - ThM Thesis: Spiritual Theology
- THEO 500 - Systematic Theology Overview
- THEO 505 - Come Holy Spirit: The Paraclete in Creation, Church, and Believer
- THEO 565 - Palestinian Theology in Context
- THEO 601 - Theology I
- THEO 612 - Providence: Understanding God's Ways in the World
- THEO 630 - Pastoral Ethics: Biblical Ethics for a Global Church
- THEO 637 - Reading Kierkegaard Today: His Vision, Message, and Challenge
- 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 712 - Seminar: Providence: Understanding God's Ways in the World
- THEO 797 - MA Thesis: Theology
- THEO 798 - ThM Thesis: Theology