Rebekah Miles holds a Ph.D. from The Divinity School, University of Chicago, 1995, and a M.Div., from Iliff School of Theology, 1988; B.A., Hendrix College, 1982. She is currently an Associate Professor of Ethics at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX.
Her teaching specialties include Ethics and theology (specifically Wesleyan theology and ethics); clergy ethics; work and ethics; family and ethics; feminist, womanist and mujerist theologies.
Dr. Miles’ research interest include Wesleyan theology and ethics, work and vocation, ethics and family, clergy ethics, cloning, Georgia Harkness, Reinhold Niebuhr, Christian realism and feminist theology.
Rebekah’s publications include The Bonds of Freedom: Feminist Theology and Christian Realism (New York: Oxford University Press, 2001); The Pastor as Moral Guide (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1999); Wesley and the Quadrilateral: Renewing the Conversation, co-author with Steven Gunter et. al. (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1997); “Good Works as Spiritual Formation: Why Wesley Fears for the Souls of the Rich.” The Wesleyan Tradition: Building on the Past, Looking to the Future, Ed. Paul Chilcote (Abingdon Press, 2001); “Freeing Bonds and Binding Freedom: Reinhold Niebuhr and Feminist Critics on Paternal Authority and Maternal Constraint,” The Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, 1996.
She is an ordained elder in The United Methodist Church, Little Rock Annual Conference; recipient, Christian Faith and Life Sabbatical Grant, The Louisville Institute (with The Lilly Endowment), 1999-00; member, Editorial Advisory Board, Kingswood Books, Abingdon Press, 1997-present; member, Society of Christian Ethics; (Chair, Society of Christian Ethics Professional Conduct Committee; member, SCE Board of Directors, 1999-03; Chair, SCE Reforming Realism Interest Group, 1997-02; Chair, SCE Women’s Caucus, 1994-02); Christian Theological Research Fellowship; Board of Directors, Journal for Christian Theological Research, An Electronic Journal in Systematic and Moral Theology (first on-line journal in theology); Maguire Teaching Fellow, Southern Methodist University, 2002.
Rebekah Miles is featured in the FAITHANDREASON® Studio Series Volume Four, “Should We Care About Each Other’s Morality?”, “Could Christianity Possibly Be Outdated In Today’s World?”, “Does It Matter What I Say?”
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Scholars
- Rev. Dr. Calvin Butts
- Rabbi Harold Kushner
- Rabbi Camille Angel
- John Dominic Crossan
- Joan Chittister, OSB
- Fr. Richard Rohr
- Dr. William Mallard
- Dr. Walter Wink
- Dr. Walter Brueggemann
- Dr. Tex Sample
- Dr. Rebekah Miles
- Dr. Phyllis Tickle
- Dr. Martin Marty
- Dr. Marcus Borg
- Dr. Leonard Sweet
- Dr. John Holbert
- Dr. Joerg Rieger
- Dr. Forrest Harris
- Dr. Elaine Pagels
- Dr. Darby Ray
- Dr. Craig Evans
- Dr. Amy Jill Levine
- Bishop John Shelby Spong (retired)