Dr. Carol Lakey Hess, Associate Professor of Religious Education
Dr. Hess has a passion for practical theology, which she defines as the practice of placing theology and various forms of cultural wisdom into a mutually critical conversation with one another. As reflected in her essay "Education as an Art of Getting Dirty with Dignity: Pastor as Teacher," (which is a chapter in The Arts of Ministry: Feminist and Womanist Approaches) and most fully in her book Caretakers of our Common House: Women's Development in Communities of Faith, she does practical theology from an explicitly feminist perspective. Dr. Hess' scholarly passions focus right now on theology and literature, and her current nonfiction writing project is: Fiction as Soul Truth: The Value of Fiction for Theology and Education.
Dr. Lakey Hess is on sabbatical for the 2009-10 academic year.
Contact
Dr. Carol Lakey Hess
Candler School of Theology
Emory University
1531 Dickey Dr.
Atlanta, GA 30322
United States
Phone: 404.727.6342
Fax: 404.727.2494
Email: chess@emory.edu
Education
- PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1990
- MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1982
- BA, Stanford University, 1979
Publications
- "Between Advocacy and Dialogue: Peace-building in the Classroom," in Ellen Marshall, ed. Choosing Peace Through Daily Practices (2005).
- "Echo's Lament: Teaching, Mentoring, and the Dangers of Narcissism," Teaching Theology and Religion Vol. 6, No. 3 (July 2003).
- "Becoming Mid-wives to Justice: A Feminist Approach to Practical Theology," in Riet Bons-Storm and Denise Ackermann eds., Liberating Faith Practices: Feminist Practical Theologies in Context (1998).
- Caretakers of our Common House: Women's Development in Communities of Faith (1997).
- "Education as an Art of Getting Dirty with Dignity: Pastor as Teacher," a chapter in The Arts of Ministry: Feminist and Womanist Approaches (1996).