Serene Jones Explained

Honorific Prefix:The Reverend
Serene Jones
Birth Name:Lynda Serene Jones
Birth Date:July 31, 1959
Birth Place:New Haven, Connecticut, US

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Religion:Christianity

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Thesis Title:"Fulfilled in Your Hearing"
Thesis Year:1991
Influences:John Calvin
Discipline:Theology
Notable Works:Feminist Theory and Christian Theology (2000)

| signature = | signature_alt = }}Lynda Serene Jones (born 1959) is an American Protestant theologian. She is the president and Johnston Family Professor for Religion and Democracy at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. She was formerly the Titus Street Professor of Theology at Yale Divinity School and chair of gender, woman, and sexuality studies at Yale University.

Biography

Born Lynda Serene Jones on July 31, 1959, she is the eldest of three daughters. Her mother, Sarah Jones, was a licensed psychotherapist. Her father, Joe Robert Jones, was a graduate of Yale Divinity School and served as Dean of the Graduate Seminary (1975–1979) and President of Phillips University from 1979 to 1988. Serene is a graduate of Enid High School in Enid, Oklahoma. Serene's younger sister Kindy Jones is Assistant Attorney General for the State of Oklahoma. Her youngest sister, Verity Jones, is a former Disciples of Christ pastor and editor of DisciplesWorld.[1] [2]

After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Oklahoma, Jones earned a Master of Divinity degree from Yale Divinity School in 1985, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in theology from Yale University in 1991. She is an ordained minister in both the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church of Christ. She taught at Yale University for seventeen years. On July 1, 2008, Jones succeeded Joseph Hough as President of Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York.[3]

Jones is the 16th president of the historic Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. The first woman to head the 179-year-old interdenominational seminary, she occupies the Johnston Family Chair for Religion and Democracy and has formed Union’s Institute for Women, Religion and Globalization, as well as the Institute for Art, Religion and Social Justice. Jones came to Union after seventeen years at Yale University, where she was the Titus Street Professor of Theology at the Divinity School and chair of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. She was the president of the American Academy of Religion for 2016.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Remembrance of Things Past and the Present Discontent . Jones . Joe . September 17, 2011 . Yale Divinity School 50th Reunion Website . February 21, 2016.
  2. Web site: Budding Theologian's Plans Full . White . Perry . July 2, 1983 . The Oklahoman . NewsOK . February 21, 2016.
  3. News: Union Theological Gets New President. Banerjee. Neela. 2008-02-26. The New York Times. 2018-03-19. en-US. 0362-4331.
  4. Web site: Serene Jones | Union Theological Seminary . 2015-07-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150702044546/https://utsnyc.edu/academics/faculty/serene-jones/ . 2015-07-02 .
  5. News: Union Theological Seminary Appoints First Woman President in Its 172-year History . . February 26, 2008 . February 26, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080501155849/http://www.utsnyc.edu/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?pid=913&srcid=256 . May 1, 2008.
  6. Dear Christians: Stop Opposing Obama's Ban on LGBTQ Job Discrimination. 20 September 2014. Time. July 3, 2014.
  7. Web site: A Discussion with Serene Jones, President of Union Theological Seminary. berkleycenter.georgetown.edu. en. 2018-03-19.
  8. Web site: Serene Jones HuffPost. www.huffingtonpost.com. en. 2018-03-19.
  9. Book: Feminist Theory and Christian Theology: Cartographies of Grace. 9781451418224. April 18, 2016. Jones. Serene. 29 July 2000.
  10. Book: Trauma and Grace: Theology in a Ruptured World. 9780664234102. April 18, 2016. Jones. Serene. January 2009.
  11. Book: Liberating Eschatology: Essays in Honor of Letty M. Russell. 9780664257880. April 18, 2016. Russell. Letty M.. Farley. Margaret A.. Jones. Serene. January 1999.

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