Past Fellows

Brendan Ozawa-de Silva

Education

MPh, University of Oxford, St. Antony's College
Russian and East European Studies, 1998

MTS, Boston University School of Theology, 2001

PhD, University of Oxford, St. Antony's College, Faculty of Modern History, 2004
Dissertation: The "Church in Socialism": Protestant Church Leaders and the East German State, 1969-1989

Publications

The Protestant Church and the East German State: An Organizational Perspective," in East Germany: Continuity and Change, ed. by Paul Cooke and Jonathan Grix (Rodopi Press, 2000)

Research Interests

The body in spiritual practice, and its importance in understanding subjects such as suffering, healing, communal/social life; building communities of contemplation, meditation and healing; religious poetry as a spiritual practice and an art of worship; relationship of poetry and mysticism.

Courses Taught at Emory