Title President of the University; Professor of Philosophy & Religion (2002) Degree BA Kansas Wesleyan University 1974; M. Div. St. Paul School of Theology 1977; PhD University of Chicago 1983 Teaching Experience Yale University, Emory University Specialties Contemporary religious movements and American culture; philosophy of religion; theology Interests Higher education, American pragmatism, women and religion Selected Publications Saving Work (Westminster, 1995); The Power to Speak (1989); The Praxis of Suffering (Orbis, 1986); Differing Horizons, ed. with Sheila Daveney (Fortress, 1997); "Beyond the Founding Fratricidal Conflict: A Tale of Three Cities," (The Journal of American Academy of Religion, 2002); "What's Old in New Again: Alternative Strategies for Supporting Faculty" (Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2001) Professional Experience Dean, Yale Divinity School; Provost and Executive Vice President, Emory University Distinctions Honorary doctorate, Lehigh University 2001; Alumni of the Year, University of Chicago Divinity School 1997; Founders Day Award, Baker University 1995; Luce Fellow, Emory University 1990