Dr. Joelle Hathaway Publishes Chapter in New Book

Dr. Joelle Hathaway, assistant professor of theological studies and director of the MATW program, has contributed a chapter to a new book, Naming the Spirit: Pneumatology Through the Arts (Intervarsity Press, 2025).

Dr. Hathaway’s chapter

Audri Svay, MATW ‘22, Publishes Poetry Collection

Audri Svay, MATW 2022, has published a book of poems entitled Between You and Me (Brethren Press, 2025). The publisher’s website describes the book as, “an intimate conversation about the distance between people” and notes that the book challenges

An “Intersection of Things” Brings Students to Bethany

For Camille Dubler, it was an “intersection of things” that led her to Bethany. A poet who is interested in theology and drawn to serving others, Dubler found that Bethany’s Master of Arts in Theopoetics and Writing

2024 Grad to Join Bexley Seabury Seminary Faculty

Rev. Kelley Hudlow, a 2024 graduate of Bethany’s Master of Arts in Theopoetics and Writing program, will join the faculty of Bexley Seabury Seminary as permanent Instructor of Preaching, beginning in the fall of 2024.

Hudlow

Dr. Tamisha Tyler Appointed to Full-Time Faculty Position

Dr. Tamisha Tyler, Louisville Institute postdoctoral fellow, has been appointed to a full-time teaching faculty position at Bethany Theological Seminary. She will begin her new position as Visiting Assistant Professor of Theology and Culture and Theopoetics, and

Ottoni-Wilhelm to Lead Academy of Homiletics

Dr. Dawn Ottoni-Wilhelm, Brightbill professor of preaching and worship, has been elected to serve on the Executive Committee of the Academy of Homiletics and in 2026 will serve as President. The professional guild of more than

Hathaway Selected for Wabash Center Program

Dr. Joelle Hathaway, assistant professor of theological studies and director of the Master of Arts in Theopoetics and writing program, has been selected to participate in a workshop for early-career theology faculty at the Wabash Center for

Honing Her Voice

Kelsi Folsom has been a part of just about any kind of church experience you can imagine — from Episcopalian to Pentecostal. Rather than encouraging her to pick a single expression of faith, these divergent experiences have

The Evolution of Theopoetics

With new faculty members contributing to a burgeoning catalog of courses, it is no wonder that students from a wide variety of places, traditions, and backgrounds are finding their way to Bethany’s theopoetics program 

Theopoetics is

Finding His Path

Like many of our students, Nicky Gutierrez’s path to Seminary was paved by Google. During his final semester at Capital University (Columbus, Ohio), he was discerning his next steps when a search for “creative writing + religion”