Sharon D. Welch Explained
Sharon D. Welch |
Birth Place: | Dimmitt, Texas, U.S. |
Nationality: | American |
Education: | Michigan State University Graceland University (BA) Vanderbilt University (PhD) |
Sharon D. Welch (born November 11, 1952) is an academic scholar, social ethicist and author of six books on ethics, theology, politics, religion and spirituality. After having served as Provost and Professor of Religion for ten years, she is currently Affiliate Faculty member at Meadville Lombard Theological School.[1]
Welch is currently a member of the Unitarian Universalist Peace Ministry Network[2] and the Cook County League of Women Voters,[3] a Fellow of the Institute for Humanist Studies,[4] and serves on the Board of Renewal in the Wilderness.[5]
Prior to joining the faculty at Meadville Lombard Theological School, Welch has held positions as Professor and Chair of Religious Studies, Professor of Women's and Gender Studies and adjunct professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Missouri (1991–2007); she was also Assistant and then associate professor of Theology and Religion and Society at Harvard Divinity School (1982–1991).[6] [7]
Welch received Distinguished Alumna award for 2019 from Vanderbilt Divinity School.[8]
Books
- Communities of Resistance and Solidarity: A Feminist Theology of Liberation (1985, Orbis Books; 2017, Wipf and Stock;)[9] [10]
- A Feminist Ethic of Risk (1990, 2000 Revised Second Edition, Fortress Press;)[11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
- Sweet Dreams in America: Making Ethics and Spirituality Work (1999, Routledge;)[16] [17]
- After Empire: The Art and Ethos of Enduring Peace (2004, Fortress Press;)[18] [19] [20]
- Real Peace, Real Security: The Challenges of Global Citizenship (2008, Fortress Press;)
- After the Protests Are Heard: Enacting Civic Engagement and Social Transformation (2018, NYU Press;)[21] [22]
Notes and References
- Web site: Skinner. Donald. Sharon Welch named provost at Meadville Lombard. The Christian Register. March 9, 2007.
- Web site: Peace Advocates. UU Peacemakers.
- Web site: The Chicago Voter. League of Women Voters of Chicago.
- Web site: Sharon D. Welch, Ph.D. Institute for Humanist Studies. May 19, 2014.
- Web site: Board of Directors. Renewal in the Wilderness.
- Web site: Faculty. Meadville Lombard Theological School.
- Web site: Parker . Adam . Ethicist Sharon Welch to speak at Circular . Post and Courier . en.
- Web site: Distinguished Alumni/ae Award Honorees . Divinity School . en.
- Mananzan . Mary John . Review of COMMUNITIES OF RESISTANCE AND SOLIDARITY . Philippine Studies . 34 . 3 . 402–405 . 1986. 42632960 .
- Moser . M. Theresa . Communities of Resistance and Solidarity: A Feminist Theology of Liberation. By Sharon D. Welch. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1985. 92 pp. $7.95 . Journal of Church and State . 29 . 158 . en . 10.1093/jcs/29.1.158 . January 1, 1987.
- Cooey . Paula M. . A Feminist Ethic of Risk. By Sharon D. Welch. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1990. 199 pp. $9.95 paper . Journal of Church and State . 34 . 171–172 . en . 10.1093/jcs/34.1.171 . January 1, 1992.
- Web site: A Feminist Ethic of Risk. By Sharon D. Welch. Minneapolis, Fortress, 1990. Pp. ix + 206. . Scottish Journal of Theology.
- Graham . Elaine . A Feminist Ethic of Risk. By Sharon D. Welch. Minneapolis, Fortress, 1990. Pp. ix + 206. £6.95. . Scottish Journal of Theology . 47 . 2 . 255–257 . en . 10.1017/S0036930600046007 . 1994. 170775690 .
- Fox . Karen M. . Sharon D. Welch. (1989). A Feminist Ethic of Risk . Journal of Leisure Research . 24 . 95–97 . 10.1080/00222216.1992.11969877 . January 1, 1992.
- Hinze . Christine Firer . Review of A Feminist Ethic of Risk . Journal of the American Academy of Religion . 60 . 4 . 821–825 . 1992. 10.1093/jaarel/LX.4.821 . 1465612 .
- Web site: SWEET DREAMS IN AMERICA Making Ethics and Spirituality Work . Harvard Educational Review.
- Jakobsen . Janet R. . Review of Sweet Dreams in America: Making Ethics and Spirituality Work . Journal of the American Academy of Religion . 70 . 1 . 230–234 . 2002. 1466390 .
- Web site: Snarr02/01/2005 . C. Melissa . Review of Sharon D. Welch's After Empire: The Art and Ethos of Enduring Peace . Journal of Lutheran Ethics . en.
- Delgado . Jose M. R. . Review of AFTER EMPIRE: THE ART AND ETHOS OF ENDURING PEACE . International Journal on World Peace . 23 . 3 . 101–103 . 2006. 20752746 .
- Downton . R. Keelan . After Empire: The Art and Ethos of Enduring Peace – Sharon D. Welch . Reviews in Religion & Theology . 13 . 4 . 608–610 . en . 10.1111/j.1467-9418.2006.00316_17.x . 2006.
- Web site: Nonfiction Book Review: After the Protests Are Heard: Enacting Civic Engagement and Social Transformation by Sharon D. Welch. New York Univ, $28 trade paper (272p) ISBN 978-1-4798-5790-6 . PublishersWeekly.com . en.
- Web site: AFTER THE PROTESTS ARE HEARD by Sharon D. Welch . Kirkus Reviews . en.