Student Profile

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Joshua Thomas

Course of Study:

Person, Community, and Religious Life

Year of Entry:

2005

Areas of Focus:

Youth & Young Adult Religious Education
Interfaith Peacebuilding
Theology & Sexuality
Narrative Psychology & Therapy

Education:

Degree Institution City State Graduation Year
M.Div Union Theological Seminary New York NY 2005
A.B. Dartmouth College Hanover NH 2000

Teaching Experience:

Course Title School Role Professor
Introduction to Pastoral Care & Counseling Candler School of Theology (Emory University) Teaching Associate Emmanuel Lartey
Meaning, Modernity & Youth Ministry Candler (Emory) Teaching Assistant Mary Elizabeth Moore
Shame, Guilt & the Rites of Reconciliation Candler (Emory) Teaching Assistant Ted Hackett
Christian Spirituality & Liberative Pedagogy Candler (Emory) Teaching Assistant Mary Elizabeth Moore
Religious Education as Formation & Transformation Candler (Emory) Teaching Associate Jennie Knight

Conference Presentations:

Format Presentation Title Conference Name Conference Date
Paper Sanctifying Difference: Coming Out, Conversion and Other Challenges of Young Adult Faith Religious Education Association 2007

Work Experience:

Position / Role Institution City State Dates
Campus & Young Adult Missioner Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire Concord NH February 2008- Present
Dir. of Youth & Young Adult Formation St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church Atlanta GA August 2005-January 2008
Student Assistant Initiative in Religious Practices & Practical Theology, Emory Atlanta GA September 2006-Present

School Community Involvement:

Position / Role Institution City State Dates
Initiative in Religion, Conflict & Peacebuilding Emory University Atlanta GA 2007-Present
Co-Chair, Student Senate Union Theological Seminary New York NY 2004-2005
Youth Education Task Force Candler School of Theology, Emory Atlanta GA 2007-2008

Practices Concentration:

Core Seminar Paper: Sanctifying Difference: Being Gay, Becoming Jewish & the Search for a Way of Life

Experiential Requirement: Reconciliation among Abraham???s Children: Interfaith Peace Education with Youth