Speakers’ Bureau

The Drew Theological School’s Speakers’ Bureau is comprised of many outstanding faculty members who provide lectures and guest presentations to churches, organizations, and businesses. Available speakers and their presentation topics are listed below. Honoraria are negotiated on a case-by-case basis. Requests should be directed to Nancy VanderVeen at 973-408-3084 or nvanderveen@drew.edu.

When making requests, please include the following information:

Name and location of organization where lecture is to be held
Name of speaker and requested title of topic
Date of event (Please provide multiple dates, if possible, as advanced notice is important.)
Type of meeting
Approximate size of audience

Faculty	Presentation Topics
Michael Christensen International Director, Shalom Initiative www.users.drew.edu/mchriste	Living the Questions of the Spiritual Life From the House of Fear to the House of Love Faith-Based Approaches to Ending Poverty and AIDS in Africa Apocalyptic Eschatology: Understanding Rapture Culture
Morris Davis Associate Professor of the History of Christianity and Wesleyan/Methodist Studies	Methodist History History of Missions American Religion History of Christianity: Post-Reformation
Sloane Drayson-Knigge	Drama Workshops for Church Congregations Lay Speaking Seminars, including: “The Lively & Living Word”, articulation, and other speaking issues
Danna Nolan Fewell Professor of Hebrew Bible www.users.drew.edu/dfewell	The Book of Ruth and Immigration Anxiety Satire in the Bible: the Book of Esther Biblical Portraits of David David and Jonathan Children in the Biblical World Reading the Bible after the Holocaust The Binding of Isaac (Genesis 22) Ethnic Identity in the Book of Genesis
Laurel Kearns Associate Professor of the Sociology of Religion and Environmental Studies www.users.drew.edu/lkearns	US Religious Landscape Any topics related to environmentalism or ecology
Elias Ortega-Aponte Assistant Professor of Afro-Latina/o Religions and Cultural Studies https://sites.google.com/site/eortegaapontephd/home	Cultural Competent Ministry: Being a Church in a Multicultural Setting Prison’s Collateral-Impact: Ministering to the Children and Family of the Incarcerated
Kathryn Ott Assistant Professor of Social Ethics	Empowering Children and Youth in Faith Communities Faith, Sexuality, and Family Ethics and…Reproductive Rights, Social Justice for the Rest of Us, and Lives of Consequence (Learning from Modern Day Saints)
Virginia Samuel Associate Dean of Contextual Learning	Clergy Health Loss, Grief, and Healing Spiritual Formation and Christian Discipleship
Carl Savage Director of DMin Program www.users.drew.edu/csavage	Biblical Archaeology
Angella Son Associate Professor of Psychology and Religion www.depts.drew.edu/tsfac/ason	Pastoral Care & Counseling Korean and Korean American Cultures Communication and Presentation Skills Spirituality of Joy Mediation (not a presentation)
Althea Spencer-Miller Assistant Professor of New Testament www.drew.edu/theological/faculty-and-research/althea-spencer-miller	Understanding the New Testament Studies in the Gospels, Paul, and the Pastoral Epistles Non-New Testament Early Christian Literature Biblical Theology/Faith Beyond Doctrine
Lynne Westfield Associate Professor of Religious Education www.depts.drew.edu/tsfac/westfield Charles Behm Adjunct Faculty on Spirituality	“Wholistic Practices for Spirituality” seminar series including: “Mindfulness,” “Guided Meditation,” “Prayer,” and “Self-Care” “Well-being and Spirituality Day” – a two-part workshop, one discussion / preparation, the other experiential

Questions?: Contact Nancy VanderVeen, Director of Theological Lifelong Learning, at nvanderveen@drew.edu or 973-408-3084.