Papers and Projects

Monica Coleman, M.Div. Class of 1998

Community Project:
The Dinah Project--implemented a domestic violence program at the Metropolitan Interdenominational Church, Nashville, TN

For more details on the Dinah Project click here.

Project paper:
A Safe Place: Addressing Sexual Violence as a Theological and Communal Crisis

Heather Dillashaw, M.Div. Class of 2000

Community Project:
Campus Ministry--worked with undergraduate students in Bible study and reflection on sexual ethics. This project included working with the movement in the United Methodist Church that affirms all persons regardless of sexual orientation.

Project Paper:
The Transformation of the Church: Speaking a Theology of Sexuality

Joaquin Garcia, M. Div., Class of 1999

Community Project:
A Study of Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse and a Pastoral Care Response within the Hispanic Community

Jonathan Harris, M.Div., Class of 2000

Community Project:
Teach a six week study in a church setting on Bible and Sexuality:
Session 1) Examining One's Method of Interpretation
Session 2) Sexuality and the Bible
Session 3) Gender Roles and the Bible
Session 4) Single Sexuality (adult non-marital) and the Bible
Session 5) Teaching Children About Sexuality and the Bible
Session 6) Conclusion/Wrap-up

Project Paper:
**Beyond Confessing Our Sexual Sins: New Christian Leadership for Male Sexuality

Krista Hughes, M.Div., Class of 2001

Project Paper:
Un-Gilding His Cross, Hearing Her Cry: Luther's Theologia Crucis as a Christian Resource for Combating Violence Against Women

Stephanie Ludwig, M.Div.

Community Project:

Facilitated a domestic violence conference with Marie Fortune.

Project Paper:
Preventing Domestic Violence in the Catholic Church

Glyndon Morris, M.Div., Class of 2000

Community Project:
Sexuality Educator with Planned Parenthood

Project Paper:
Should a Gay Man Join the Presbyterian Church?
Includes topics on Gay Theology, Gay Ecclesiology, Gay Psychology and Gay Sociology

Victoria Mitchusson Nelsen, M.Div. 1999

Community Project:
1) Serving in a pastoral capacity at a local church;

3) Looked at "cultural isolation" during a travel seminar to Appalachia. This project showed how gays and lesbians are affected in this environment.

Project Paper:
**Can there be Ecclesia Without Accountability?
This project looks at the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Code of Conduct.

Clifford A. Smith, M.Div. 1998

Community Project:
Child Advocacy--worked with the Nashville Child Advocacy Center. Worked with sexually abused children and their parents. Worked with Department on Human Services. Worked as team member with the Victim Witness Program preparing children to testify in court.

Project Paper:
Moving Toward a Reconstruction of Black Masculinity

Mark Wayne Otis Thornton, M.Div. Class of 2000

Community Project:
Nashville Cares
Facilitated a men's dialogue group at the Vanderbilt Divinity School

Project Paper:
**Sufferable Masculinities: Christian Contributions to Suffering, Salvation and Sustainability

Archives:
Dr. Susan Dunlap, February 14, 2001
Gender and the Judgmental Gaze of a Hospital Chaplain
Symposium, From Culture Wars to Common Ground, February 27, 1998
Opening the Conversation, March 11-13, 1997

**Papers on file in the Carpenter Office, 213 Vanderbilt University Divinity School.