Assistant Professor Shively Smith Awarded Vital Worship Grant for 2020

The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship announced it will fund 15 grants to Teacher-Scholars for 2020-2021 as part of its Vital Worship Grants Program. Assistant Professor of New Testament Shively T. J. Smith has been awarded one of these prestigious grants for her project entitled “Visual Explorations of Interpretative Practice with Howard Thurman.” She will focus on the relations among congregational public witness, scriptural engagement, and visual hermeneutics, seeking to explore Thurman’s exhortation to do “what makes you come alive.” 

Please read the original announcement here