Melissa Stewart, (517) 264-3961

Professor

Office: Valade Hall 319 - mstewart@adrian.edu

Degrees

• Southwest Baptist Theological Seminar , M.A.
• Vanderbilt University, Ph.D.

Specialties

• women's studies
• liberation theology
• leadership and social transformation
• feminist leadership and theology
• environmental ethics
• 20th century religious thought

Biography

Professional Activities

• President, Midwest Region of the American Academy of Religion, 2018-present
• Vice President, Midwest Region of the American Academy of Religion, 2016-2018
• Semester at Sea, Faculty Member, Fall 2016

Select Publications:

• Simulating Aichele: Essays in Bible, Film, Culture and Theory, ed. Melissa C. Stewart, Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2015
• “Teaching for Civic Engagement: Insights from a Two-Year Workshop” (Chapter

  3) in Teaching Religion and Civic Engagement in the AAR Teaching Religion Series, Oxford University Press, 2015

• “Mary the Mother of God: Ecumenical Bridge or Barrier,” Theology Today, Vol.67.4, 2011
• “The Unintended Consequences of Dixieland Postliberalism,” CrossCurrents, Winter 2005 (co-written with Robert Jones, Ph.D.)