School of Theology Faculty

Faculty Profiles

Kerry DearbornKerry Dearborn

Professor of Theological Studies
B.A., Whitman College, 1972; M.S., Fuller Theological Seminary, 1988; Ph.D., University of Aberdeen, U.K., 1994. At SPU since 1994.

Email: kdearbor@spu.edu
Phone: 206-281-2349
Office: Alexander 302

Kerry Dearborn has taught theology at SPU, for Fuller Seminary Extension in Seattle, and at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. In addition to teaching, she enjoys speaking at churches, conferences, and universities across the United States and in the United Kingdom.

Dr. Dearborn gave a Staley Lecture at John Brown University; the Clappe-Wesche Lecture Series at George Fox and Western Seminary; and public lectures at Regent College. She has lectured at conferences at Point Loma University, Cambridge University, Regent College, Taylor University, and Abilene Christian College, and with Ivy Jungle.

She has also spoken and taught classes at a number of churches, as well as for Young Life’s Malibu Discipleship Weekend. She delights in developing relationships with students and in her involvement with regular student Bible study groups.

Dr. Dearborn is a member of Seattle’s Bethany Presbyterian Church, where she serves on its global outreach committee. She also serves on the boards of the Christian International Scholarship Foundation and the Stewardship Foundation, and is an Advisory Board Member for Seven.

Selected Publications
  • “The Sacrament of the Stranger in C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and George MacDonald,” Truths Breathed Through Silver: The Inklings' Moral and Mythopoeic Legacy (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008).
  • Baptized Imagination: The Theology of George MacDonald (Lund Humphries Publishers, 2006).
  • "The Crucified Christ as the Motherly God: The Theology of Julian of Norwich," The Scottish Journal of Theology, Vol. 55, Issue 3, August 2002.
  • “The Trinity," InterVarsity Press Women's Bible Commentary (InterVarsity, 2002).
Please view Dr. Dearborn’s C.V. for additional publications.

What’s New

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Looking Ahead

M.A./M.Div. applications for Spring Admissions are due Feb. 15.

 

Dr. Kenda Creasy Dean will be speaking at the Palmer Lecture, May 6-7.

She will also be speaking at the Church Leaders Forum, May 6.

 

Lilly Fellows Program Summer Seminar


Annual Events

Paul T. Walls Lecture in Wesleyan Theology

Alfred S. Palmer Lectureship

Ministry in the Wesleyan Spirit Conference