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Member of the Perkins faculty since 1998
eparker@smu.edu
214.768.2069
Education
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1996; M.R.E., Perkins
School of Theology, 1991; M.S., Prairie View A & M
University, 1983; B.S., Lambuth College, 1974
Teaching Specialties
Christian religious education, adolescent spirituality
as influenced by sociocultural context and social
policy
Research Interests
Religious identity and spiritual formation in African
American adolescents, adolescents in socioplitical
movements and their understanding of vocation,
adolescent resiliency and vocation
Selected Publications
Trouble Don't Last Always: Emancipatory Hope Among African
American Adolescents, Pilgrim Press, 2003;
"Hungry for Honor: Children in Violent Youth
Gangs," Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and
Theology, Richmond VA (55) 2; "Theological
Framework for Youth Ministry: Hope," in Chap
Clark, Kenda Dean and Dave Rahn, eds., Starting
Right: Thinking Theologically about Youth Ministry
(El Cajon CA: Youth Specialties Academic);
"Justice," in Dorothy C. Bass and Don C.
Richter, eds., Way to Live: Christian Practices for
Teens (Upper Room Books, forthcoming August 2002);
In Search of Wisdom: Faith Formation in the Black Church, co-editor with Anne S.
Wimberly, Abingdon, 2002.
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