DR. BONNIE MILLER-MCLEMORE
E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Pastoral Theology
Vanderbilt University
PRESENTATION TOPIC: New Ways to Understand Children's Spirituality
Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore is E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Pastoral Theology at the Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion of Vanderbilt University. Her research in religion, psychology, and culture, pastoral and practical theology, and women and childhood studies focuses on understanding the person and lived theology in the midst of everyday struggles, such as illness, dying, working, and parenting. She teaches courses on personality theory, self-psychology, women and religion, families and children, spirituality and pastoral care, pastoral and practical theology, and methods in religion and science. In teaching and research, she seeks to bridge divides between belief and practice, academy and congregation, head and heart. This desire shapes the questions and understandings she brings to her work. For more information about Dr. Miller-McLemore and her publications, visit www.vanderbilt.edu/divinity/facultypages/bmclemore.php.
The schedule for the LATHAM LECTURES on April 12, 2011:
10:30am (NTS Formal Lounge): Presentation by Dr. Miller-McLemore.
11:45am (NTS Commons): Brown Bag Lunch/Discussion (A limited number of meals will be available for purchase at the Commons, or you may bring your own lunch).
1:15pm (NTS Room 304): Presentation by Dr. Miller-McLemore.
The Joy and Mary Latham Lectures for the Church's Ministry in Early Childhood memorial fund provides special emphasis upon the church's ministry related to early childhood. It is designed to help clergy and other Christian workers understand the importance of the first few years in relation to the later life of the individual, to discover how foundation of faith are laid in these years, and to plan ways to enlist and equip local church laity for ministry to and with young children.
Please Note:
* Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are available (attendance and participation required)
* Lectures will be given in the NTS Chapel (10:30am) and are open to the public