As a postdoctoral research associate in UVA’s Department of Religious Studies, Wilensky-Lanford will work with Kathleen Flake, who serves as the Richard Lyman Bushman Professor of Mormon Studies. Wilensky-Lanford will also manage conferences, events, and media projects for the Virginia Center for the Study of Religion. Read More

Video of McCarraher’s talk, “Wisdom to Know the Difference: Why Reinhold Niebuhr Isn’t the Theologian We Need Today,” is now available on the Project on Lived Theology’s website Read More

The Project on Lived Theology welcomes Guy Aiken to our team. As a PLT research fellow, Aiken will work with students and assist PLT director Charles Marsh with his UVA undergraduate seminars, among other duties. Read More

The Project on Lived Theology is a research community that convenes religion scholars and writers, students and practitioners, across diverse academic fields and confessional traditions to understand the social consequences of theological ideas and religious commitments. This position includes both administrative and outreach duties, including in-office tasks, events coordination, local and community outreach, social media and general correspondence, overseeing website content, and related duties as they arise. Read More

The Project on Lived Theology (PLT) congratulates Jacqueline Bussie on being named the new executive director of the Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research. Bussie’s new position begins on Sept. 1. She will be the first female executive director in the institute’s fifty-four-year history. Read More

The Project on Lived Theology welcomes B. Brian Foster to the University of Virginia. Starting this fall, Foster will serve as an associate professor in UVA’s Department of Sociology. Read More

Last month, eight UVA rising fourth years and new graduates began their Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowships in Lived Theology. Each fellow received a $3,000 stipend. Each fellow works directly with a UVA faculty mentor, who acts as a theological-academic mentor and offers guidance on the fellow’s research project. Read More

The Project on Lived Theology has accepted eight UVA students to its Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship in Lived Theology. The fellows will conduct research, think, and write theologically on questions related to the social repercussions of theological commitments. Read More

Pastor, scholar, artist, and producer Gregory Thompson has co-written a new book, Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair. Read More

Howard Thurman was a trailblazer in many aspects of his life; he was the first African American to meet Mahatma Gandhi, one of the first and most insistent mid-twentieth-century proponents of racial integration, and an early and outspoken advocate for social and economic justice. It has not been until now, however, that The Hounds of Hell has… Read More