Amanda Munroe shares her personal journey of life and faith; justice and pluralism. She currently serves as Director of Restorative Practices for Engaged Pluralism at Vassar College in Upstate New York. (Founded in 1861 as the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States, Vassar became coed in 1969.) Amanda is a specialist in conflict resolution, conducting faculty and student workshops on her campus and beyond. She has a rich academic background, beginning with B.A. (magna cum laude) in Global Studies and French from North Park University. During her studies, she lived and studied in France and West Africa where she became fluent in French. Amanda earned an M.A. in Conflict Resolution in the Department of Government at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. Then, she completed a Master of Divinity at Union Theological Seminary in New York where she studied alongside another of Ken’s guests, Dr. Isaac Sharp (author of The Other Evangelicals). Ken explores Amanda’s journey, from active involvement in Young Life during high school and her developing faith that has stoked a passion for restoration, justice and engaged pluralism. Learn more about Amanda in our SHOW NOTES.
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Amanda Munroe lives in the Hudson Valley and loves to hear crunching and sloshing sounds when she walks, whether it’s through leaves, snow, or slush. She spends her days imagining a peaceful world and crafting strategies for how to get there in her job directing restorative practices at a small liberal arts college populated by as many trees as it is people.
Amanda holds an M.Div from Union Theological Seminary, where she was recognized with the Robert Wood Lynn Fellowship for Promise of Excellence in Teaching and the Kneeland Preaching Prize. Amanda also holds a Master of Arts in Conflict Resolution, awarded with distinction, from Georgetown University, where she subsequently directed mission integration and community-based learning in their Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service. She holds a B.A. in French and Global Studies, awarded magna cum laude from North Park University.
When not pondering interspecies kinship ethics, Amanda is involved in community organizing, practicing yoga, cycling, and singing. She enjoys guest preaching and offers one-to-one spiritual care. Reach out to Amanda at am5520@utsnyc.edu and https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandamunroe123.
‘God Raised Me Up Friends’: Characteristics of Spiritual Friendship among Early American Methodist Women,” and is forthcoming from Methodist History.
“Place-Making: A Practical Theology for Planetary Resilience”
“A Liturgical Theology of Interspecies Kinship”
“Books of Revelation: Black Feminist & Womanist Thought and the American Anti-Difference Crusade”
” ‘Go in peace and be healed’: Reading Toward Trauma Healing in Mark 5 “
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