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Ruth Braunstein University of Connecticut Project: Religion, Taxpaying, and the Contested Meaning of Political Community in the U.S. Read More »

Laurie Brink Catholic Theological Union Project: Redeeming Jesus: The Role of Scripture in the New Cosmology Read More »

Elizabeth W. Corrie Emory University Project: Youth Ministry as Peace Education: Cultivating Faith that Overcomes Silence and Transforms Violence Read More »

Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas Vanderbilt University Divinity School Project: When the Good Life Goes Bad: The Seven Deadly Sins in the Trump Era Read More »

Jennifer Harvey Drake University Project: White Church at the Crossroads Read More »

Davina C. Lopez Eckerd College Project: American Women in Biblical Scholarship: History between Colleges & Churches Read More »

Wes Markofski Carleton College Project: Good News for the Common Good: Multicultural Evangelicalism and Ethical Democracy in America Read More »

Kelly Murphy Central Michigan University Project: Open Your Hand to the Poor: How We Hear the Bible’s Many Voices Read More »

Travis Proctor Northland College Project: Multispecies and Posthuman Perspectives on the Body of Jesus Read More »

Katrina M Sanders The University of Iowa Project: The Rise and Fall of Black Catholic Education in a Changing South, 1886-1976 Read More »

Sunggu Yang George Fox University Project: The New Art of Preaching: An Aesthetic Homiletic for the 21st Century Read More »

Erika Marie Bsumek University of Texas, Austin Project: "Damming Zion: Race, Religion, and Environmental Stewardship on the Colorado Plateau, 1800 to 1980." Read More »

Esther Chung-Kim Claremont McKenna College Project: Poverty, Wealth and Social Change Read More »

Wilda Gafney Brite Divinity School Project: A Woman’s Lectionary Read More »

Tim Hartman* Columbia Theological Seminary Project: Apostle to the West: the theology of Kwame Bediako Read More »

Derek Hicks Wake Forest University Project: Feeding Flesh and Spirit: Religion, Food, and Race in Black American Life Read More »

Jacqueline Hidalgo Williams College Project: Latinx Theologies and Religious Pluralism Read More »

Elizabeth L. Hinson-Hasty Bellarmine University Project: SEEKING MORE THAN DUTIFUL LOVE: GOD’S HEALING IN THE CONTEXT OF FAMILIES AFFECTED BY MENTAL ILLNESS Read More »

Vincent William Lloyd Villanova University Project: Black Dignity Read More »

Margaret Kim Peterson Project: Making Peace with Mortality: Cultivating Faith, Hope, and Love toward the End of Life Read More »

Shelly L. Rambo Boston University School of Theology Project: Educating Religious Leaders for the "New Normal" Read More »

Kristin Kobes Du Mez Calvin College Project: “Journey of Faith: A Religious History of Hillary Rodham Clinton” Read More »

Jennie Grillo Duke Divinity School Project: Martyrdom, Idolatry, Liturgy: The Afterlives of the Apocryphal Daniel Read More »

Ramon Gutierrez University of Chicago Project: “The Millennial Kingdom of the Franciscans in Colonial New Mexico, 1581-1680: Anti-Judaism on New Spain’s Frontier” Read More »

Thomas John Lappas Nazareth College of Rochester Project: The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union and Native American Communities in the United States, 1873-1933 Read More »

Omar M. McRoberts University of Chicago Project: BLACK PUBLIC RELIGION AND SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY: Influences of the State on the Churches from the New Deal Through Welfare Reform Read More »

Carolyn Marie Medine University of Georgia Project: The "Face of the Other" in the Work of Emmanuel Levinas and St. Clare of Assisi: Social Justice and the Racialized Other Read More »

Albert G Miller Oberlin College Project: Fundamentally Black Read More »

Kristy Nabhan-Warren University of Iowa Project: Cornbelt Catholicism: Brown, White and Religious in the Heartland Read More »

Quincy D. Newell Hamilton College Project: Marginal Mormons: African Americans and Native Americans in the Nineteenth-Century Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Read More »

Robert Chao Romero UCLA and Jesus 4 Revolutionaries Project: The "Brown Church": Towards a Latina/o Christian Social Justice History and Identity Read More »

Felicia Song Westmont College Project: Digital Discontent: Radical Acts of Recovering Presence, Place and Human Flourishing Read More »

Victor Thasiah California Lutheran University Project: Christianity and Community Organizing Read More »

Christopher Daniel Tirres DePaul University Project: Mestizo/a Spiritualities across the Latino/a Americas: Spiritual-Philosophical Profiles Read More »

Aana Marie Vigen Loyola University Chicago Project: The Complicated Quest for a Healthy Baby: Christian Ethics in Conversation with Genetic Counselors & New Mothers from Underrepresented Communities Read More »

Nancy deClaisse-Walford McAfee School of Theology Project: Reading the Book of Psalms through the Lens of Humanity's Often Marginalized and Unheard Voices Read More »

Phyllis D Airhart Emmanuel College, Victoria University Project: “The Crisis of Faith in Fellowship in the United Church of Canada, 1950-1990” Read More »

Daniela C Augustine Lee University Project: The Spirit in Word and Sacrament: Toward a Pentecostal Sacramental Theology Read More »

Miguel A De La Torre Iliff School of Theology Project: The Political Theology of José Martí Read More »

Walter Earl Fluker Boston University Project: The Sound of the Genuine: Howard Thurman's Sermon Series Read More »

Rita George-Tvrtkovic Benedictine University Project: Christians, Muslims, and Mary: A History Read More »

Jennifer L Graber University of Texas at Austin Project: Indian Country: Westward Expansion and the Transformation of American Religion Read More »

Paul C. Lim Vanderbilt University Project: Evangelical Rescue? Global Christianity, Human Trafficking and Ecclesial Ethical Responsibility Read More »

Andrew L Prevot Boston College Project: Christ Who Lives in Me: Mysticism, Feminism, and Ordinary Life Read More »

Leopoldo A Sanchez Concordia Seminary Project: Spirit Christology and Models of Sanctification Read More »

Deanna A Thompson Hamline University Project: Glimpses of Resurrection: A Post-Traumatic Theology of Cancer Read More »

Brittany E Wilson Duke University Divinity School Project: The Embodied God: Corporeality in Acts and the Early Church Read More »

Kate Bowler Duke Divinity School Project: Co-Pastor: A History of a Modern American Icon Read More »

Natalie M Carnes Baylor University Project: Christ the Iconoclastic Image: The Negations and Revelations of Images Read More »

Gregory C. Ellison Emory University, Candler School of Theology Project: Between Fearless Dialogues and the Search for Common Ground Read More »

John Fea Messiah College Project: Everyday Christianity: An American History Read More »

Daniel G Groody University of Notre Dame Project: Passing Over: Migration, Theology and the Eucharist Read More »

Jeannine Hill Fletcher Fordham University Project: Love in a Weighted World: On Christian Hegemony and White Supremacy Read More »

Max J Lee North Park Theological Seminary Project: Food, Sex, and Entertainment: Paul and the Epicureans on the Ethics of Pleasure Read More »

Daniel A Madigan Georgetown University Project: Christian Theology Responsive to Islam Read More »

Richard N. Pitt Vanderbilt University Project: Church Planters: Orientations, Opportunities, and Outcomes of Religion Entrepreneurship Read More »

Jason Springs University of Notre Dame Project: Restorative Justice and the New Jim Crow Read More »

Julius H. Bailey University of Redlands Project: The Rise and History of Black Megachurches Read More »

Mary Louise Bringle Brevard College Project: Whatever Became of Envy? Read More »

Peter J Casarella Notre Dame Project: God of the People: A Latino/a Theology Read More »

Jonathan H. Ebel University of Illinois Project: A Wandering Oklahoman Was My Father: Religion, Migration, and America's Great Depression Read More »

Wendy Farley Emory University Project: Wandering Home: Women Contemplatives and the Contemporary Church Read More »

Michael E. Lee Fordham University Project: Down From His Throne: Oscar Romero's Mystical-Prophetic Spirituality Read More »

Elaine Padilla New York Theological Seminary Project: On the Darkness of Being Read More »

Melanie C Ross Yale Divinity School and Yale Institute of Sacred Music Project: Varieties of Evangelical Worship: An American Mosaic Read More »

Leah Sarat Arizona State University Project: Faith Behind Bars: Encountering Immigrant Detention in Arizona Read More »

Norman R. Wirzba Duke Divinity School Project: A Human Place in the World: Christian Imagination and Life in a Post-Natural Age Read More »

Sarah Azaransky University of San Diego Project: They Wore Traveling Shoes: Religious Black Internationalism and the Roots of Civil Rights, 1936-1956 Read More »

Beth Allison Barr Baylor University Project: Weak and Silent Vessels: The Impact of the English Bible on Christian Women Read More »

Ellen T. Charry Princeton Theological Seminary Project: Positive Theology Read More »

Heather D. Curtis Tufts University Project: Holy Humanitarians: American Protestants and Global Aid Read More »

Peter Dula Eastern Mennonite University Project: Friendship in the Gospels Read More »

Douglas Jacobsen Messiah College Project: Global Christianity: An Introduction Read More »

Daniel A. Rodriguez Pepperdine University Project: Multigenerational and Multilingual Hispanic Youth Ministry: Trends, Challenges and Creative Models Read More »

Timothy J. Sandoval Chicago Theological Seminary Project: Latino/a Biblical Hermeneutic Perspectives Read More »

Gerald W. Schlabach University of St. Thomas Project: Toward a Catholic Peace Church Read More »

Paul S. Wilson Emmanuel College, University of Toronto Project: Preaching as Poetry in an Age of Math Read More »

Gillian Ahlgren Xavier University Project: Beyond the Dark Night: Theological and Spiritual Resources for Trauma Recovery Read More »

Kathryn D. Blanchard Alma College Project: Prophets Meet Profits: Christian Environmentalism and Free Markets Read More »

David Cloutier Mount St. Mary's University Project: The Problem with Luxury: A Neglected Aspect of Christian Economic Ethics Read More »

Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung Calvin College Project: Resistance to the Demands of Love: Reflections on the Vice of Sloth Read More »

Penny A. Edgell University of Minnesota Project: Ritual and Renewal in a Local Religious Ecology Read More »

Christine J. Gardner Wheaton College Project: Homosexuality and the Christian College Student Read More »

Mary Catherine Hilkert University of Notre Dame Project: Words of Spirit and Life: Theology, Preaching, and Spirituality Read More »

Jonathan Malesic King's College Project: Why Work: A Christian Work Ethic for Post-Industrial, Post-Protestant America Read More »

Aristotle Papanikolaou Fordham University Project: The Ascetics of War: The Undoing and Redoing of Virtue Read More »

Rebecca E. Sager Loyola Marymount University Project: Fierce Faith? The Battle over Faith and Politics in the United States Read More »

John E. Sanders Hendrix College Project: Cognitive Linguistics and Theological Reasoning Read More »

William W. Young Endicott College Project: Listening, Religion and Democracy Read More »

Jennifer Erin Beste Xavier University Project: Hookup Culture: A Christian Ethical Analysis Read More »

James F. Caccamo Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia Project: Rewiring Virtue: The Christian Life in an Age of Gadgets Read More »

Kimberly Bracken Long Columbia Theological Seminary Project: A Practical Theology of Christian Marriage Read More »

Barbara J. McClure Vanderbilt University Project: Rethinking Feelings: Understanding the Complexities of Emotion and the Implications for Pastoral Care and Counseling Read More »

L. Edward Phillips Emory University Project: Christ and Mammon: A Liturgical History Read More »

Priscilla Pope-Levison Seattle Pacific University Project: After the Altar Call: Women's Institution Building Read More »

Jeremy Schipper Temple University Project: Disability and Isaiah's Suffering Servant Read More »

Steven M. Tipton Candler School of Theology, Emory University Project: The Life to Come: Re-Creating Retirement Read More »

Susan M. Windley-Daoust Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Project: The Theology of the Body, Extended: The Spiritual Signs of Childbirth, Disability, and Death Read More »

Claire Elizabeth Wolfteich Boston University Project: Bridging the Gap: Spiritual Traditions and the Quotidian Practices of Lay Women Read More »

Nancy T. Ammerman Boston University Project: Sacred Stories: Spirituality and Religion in Everyday Life Read More »

Gary A. Anderson University of Notre Dame Project: A Treasury in Heaven Read More »

Kristin Kobes Du Mez Calvin College Project: The Forgotten Woman's Bible Read More »

Elizabeth T. Groppe Xavier University Project: Guarding the Flame of the Grandeur of God: Christian Life and Practice in an Era of Ecological Crisis Read More »

Christopher B. Hays Fuller Theological Seminary Project: Hidden Riches: A New Inquiry into the Comparative Study of the Old Testament and the Ancient Near East Read More »

Robert A. Krieg University of Notre Dame Project: Christ and Judaism: A Spectrum of Catholic Theologies Read More »

Rhonda M. Lee Project: And the Greatest of These is Love: The Marriage of George and Jean Edwards Read More »

Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore Vanderbilt University, The Divinity School Project: Lived Theology: Understanding Its Politics, Rehabilitating Its Place Read More »

Douglas F. Ottati Davidson College Project: A Systematic Theology for Liberal Protestants Read More »

R. Kendall Soulen Wesley Theological Seminary Project: The Divine Name(s) and the Holy Trinity Read More »