Member of the Perkins faculty since 2000
fschmidt@smu.edu
214.768.2292

Education
Ph.D., University of Oxford, 1986; M.Div., Asbury Theological Seminary, 1978; B.A., Asbury College, 1975

Teaching Specialties
Spirituality, New Testament studies (historical Jesus, ethics and eschatology, early Jewish apocalyptic)

Research Interests
Historical Jesus (ethics and eschatology), spirituality (practice of discernment, the American spiritual landscape)

Selected Publications
What God Wants for your Life, Finding Answers to the Deepest Questions (San Francisco: Harper San Francisco, 2005); Conversations with Scripture: Revelation (Harrisburg: Morehouse-Continuum, 2005); When Suffering Persists (Harrisburg: Morehouse Publishing, 2001); The Changing Face of God (Harrisburg: Morehouse Publishing, 2000); A Still Small Voice: Women, Ordination and the Church (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1996); contributor, Anchor Bible Dictionary (New York: Doubleday, Inc., 1992)

Professional Distinctions
Priest, Episcopal Diocese of Washington, DC; Member, Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars; Service Recognition, National Institutes of Health; Class XI, The Clergy Leadership Project, Trinity Church (Wall Street); Fellow, American Council on Education, Center for Leadership Development; Senior Fellow, W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research