Jann Cather Weaver
Associate Professor of Worship and the Arts
Ordained
minister in the United Church of Christ
Appointed 2001
| practice
of parish ministry |
| Ancient-Future Church and worship |
| liturgical
theology, aesthetics, and practice (interdenominational
and interfaith);
Jewish liturgical
history and practice |
| ritual
studies and liturgy |
| cross-cultural
Jewish and Christian art and iconography |
| film
as theological text |
| theological
literacy in communication media and popular culture |
| postmodern
theology applied to biblical interpretation and worship |
| qualities
of vocation and call |
“Discerning
the Religious Dimension of Film: Toward a Visual Method
applied to Dead Man Walking.” In Screening
the Sacred, edited by Conrad E. Ostwalt, Second Edition.
Westview Press, forthcoming.
“Mirror:
A Mirror on Andrei Tarkovsky.” ARTS 18,
no. 2 (2006). “Engaging
Eucharistic Images in Film: Ecclesiological and Liturgical
Meanings.” In Arts, Theology, & the Church,
edited by Kimberly Vrudny and Wilson Yates. Cleveland:
Pilgrim Press, 2005.
“Mirror:
A Mirror on Andrei Tarkovsky.” Art
and Christianity: The Quarterly Bulletin of Art and Christianity
Enquiry (ACE) no. 36 (October 2003): 4-6.
“Worshipping
in the United Church of Christ: Liturgical Theology and
a Paradigm of Dialectics.”
Prism: A Theological Forum for the United
Church of Christ 17, no. 2 (Fall 2002):
3-10.
“Worship
in the Reformed Tradition.” American Theological
Library Association Summary of Proceedings 56 (2002):
277-281.
“Movie
Reinforces 'Euro-Jesus' Stereotype.” In New Haven
Register Forum (May 28, 2000).
“Seeing.” In Dictionary of Feminist Theologies, edited
by Letty M. Russell and J. Shannon Clarkson. Westminster John Knox Press, 1996.
“The Theological Eye: Tools toward a Deeper Seeing.” In A More
Excellent Way: Paul and the New Creation, edited by Sandra
P. Miller. Nashville: Cokesbury, 1995.
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Imaging the Word: Arts and Lectionary Resource,
Vol. I Co-edited by Ken Lawrence and Sid Fowler.
Cleveland: United Church Press, 1994.
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“Violence
in the Bible.” In To the Point:
Confronting Youth Issues, Vol. 2, edited
by Diana L. Hynson. Nashville: United Methodist Publishing,
1994.
Editor. “The Religious Art of Women from Diverse Traditions: Toward a Feminist
Theological Aesthetic.” In Journal of The Center for Women and Religion.
Berkeley,
California: Winter 1992.
B.S.
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University
of Wisconsin |
M.Div.
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Eden
Theological Seminary |
Ph.D.
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The
Graduate Theological Union |
I
enjoy literature from diverse ethnic and cultural traditions.
The continual study of Latin-American Spanish is a (frustrating)
hobby, and I long to return to Latin America and Cuba in
the future. Once a practicing musician, music remains a
true love, from the Beatles to Bach to U2 to Andrea Bocelli.
I am a published art photographer, having exhibited in
Madison (Wisconsin), Berkeley (California), and at Union
Theological Seminary in New York City. I scuba dive and
in-line skate, when weather permits.
Contact
Jann at jweaver@unitedseminary.edu or
651.255.6135.
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“God’s
call is to exude compassion, lavish generosity,
forgive and be forgiven, and love God’s people.”
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“Having
served in parish ministry, my passion remains
with the life work of parish pastors and, equally,
with
the ministry and lives of ‘the laity.’ My commitment in theological education centers
on preparing students
for a life of faith and ministry in a variable,
adverse Church and world. The arts and the practice
of imagination with faithful theological analysis
fund this commitment in my ministry, teaching,
and spiritual life.”
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