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Lisa P. Stephenson is an Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology in the Department of Theology. She received her Ph.D. from Marquette University in Religious Studies in 2009 and her dissertation was entitled, “It Seems Good to the Holy Spirit and to Us: A Feminist Pneumatological Approach to the Role of Women in the Church.” It has recently been accepted for publication in Brill’s Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies and will be published this fall as Dismantling the Dualisms for American Pentecostal Women in Ministry: A Feminist-Pneumatological Approach. The purpose of this work is twofold. First, she seeks to further the conversation among Pentecostals in regards to women in ministry in a manner that is faithful to the Pentecostal emphasis on pneumatology, while at the same time expanding the boundaries that have at times stifled the benefits of this pneumatological emphasis. Second, she seeks to complement the larger conversation among Christian feminist theologians concerning women in ministry. Frequently, the approaches addressing this issue have been more theo-logical or Christological, rather than pneumatological. Stephenson hopes that her pneumatological approach will have broad ecumenical appeal.
Since coming to Lee in the fall of 2007, Stephenson has taught introductory classes in Christian theology and ethics, upper level theology classes for department majors, and graduate seminars. She has been involved in RELG200 as both a lecturer and lab instructor, and is currently the Coordinator of this program. Recently, Stephenson and her husband led a study abroad trip to Cambridge for a semester. Her scholarly interests include theological anthropology, ecclesiology, and feminist theology. She has presented several papers at conferences, as well as published pieces concerned with these issues. Stephenson is the co-chair for SECSOR’s “Women, Gender and Religion” group.
Stephenson is originally from Georgia. She resides with her husband and daughter in Cleveland, TN. She enjoys the outdoors, traveling, and sports.
