Peter Slade
Peter
Slade teaches courses in the History of Christianity and
Christian Thought. He received a doctorate degree in Religious Studies
from the University of Virginia.
Prior to studying at UVa, Slade earned an M.A. in Southern Studies from the University of Mississippi and a B.D. with Honours in Christian Ethics and Practical Theology from St. Andrews University , Scotland. He also studied community work at Ruskin College, Oxford.
Slade's scholarship and teaching is grounded in his work and life in the Church. He served as a preacher for a small chapel in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains -- Mt. Olivet Church (UCC), Dyke, VA -- and worked for several years as a community development worker for the Church of England in Blackburn and Aylesbury. Now living in Ashland with his wife and two children, he attends First United Methodist Church where he contributes to the worship program.
In his spare time Slade enjoys playing with his children, making music with his wife, eating nice cheese and watching DVDs in surround sound.
Research Interests:
Modern Christian Thought and History, Religion in America, Religion and the Civil Rights Movement, Racism and the Church in the American South and South Africa, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Jürgen Moltmann
- M.A., Ph.D. University of Virginia
- M.A. University of Mississippi
- B.D. University of St. Andrews
Courses Taught:
REL231 History of Medieval Christianity
REL232 History of Modern European Christianity
REL233 History of Religions in America
REL301 Topics in Religion: Religion and the Civil Rights Movement in America
REL301 Topics in Religion: History of Christian Worship
REL404 Seminar in Christian Theology:Theologies of Resistance and Reconciliation
REL497 Religious Thesis Seminar
Publications:
Open Friendship in a Closed Society; Mission Mississippi and a Theology of Friendship, New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming.
office: Rinehart Center 15
phone: (419) 289 5237
email: pslade@ashland.edu
web site: http://personal.ashland.edu/~pslade/