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Ellen Davis

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Ellen Davis is Amos Ragan Kearns Professor of Bible and Practical Theology at Duke Divinity School. Her research interests focus on the bearing of biblical interpretation on faith communities and their response to public issues, particularly the environmental crisis and interfaith relations. She is the author of, among others, Preaching the Luminous Word (2016), Biblical Prophecy: Perspectives for Christian Theology, Discipleship and Ministry (2014), and Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible (2009). Davis holds an M.Div. from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific and Ph.D. from Yale University.

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