The Institute for Discipleship is pleased to announce that Kirsten Guidero will be our visiting scholar for the 2015-2016 school year. Kirsten is a Ph.D. candidate from Marquette University. She received her B.A. from the University of Chicago where she graduated with general and departmental honors, and made the dean’s list each year. She then received a master’s degree from Wheaton College, once again earning honors by being awarded the coveted Kantzer Award in historical and systematic theology.
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Dr. Matthew Sigler, our visiting scholar during the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 academic years and interim campus minister, has taken a position at Seattle Pacific University as assistant professor of Wesleyan Theology and United Methodist Liaison. To see the full announcement from Seattle Pacific, click here.
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Matthew Sigler has been selected to be the campus minister for the 2014-15 school year at Southwestern College. He takes over for Ashlee Alley who left SC for a position with the Great Plains Conference of the United Methodist Church. Sigler is in his second year at Southwestern College. He spent last year teaching as a visiting scholar. Prior to coming to SC, Sigler lived in Boston while attending Boston University as he studied for his Ph. D in liturgical studies. Sigler earned a bachelor of arts degree in history from Huntingdon College…
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Dr. Jacob L. Goodson received his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 2010. He specializes in American philosophy, modern philosophy, and the philosophy of religion. He writes on topics such as the ethics of baseball, the moral treatment of animals, and the philosophy of prayer and prophecy. Goodson has an essay coming out this year titled "The Ethics of Counter-Insurgency in The Wire," which analyzes the characters of the popular HBO television series. He enjoys discussing philosophical and theological issues with students, as well as watching the Chicago Cubs play baseball every…
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