Elizabeth Steel

PhD Student | Practical Theology (Christian Education and Formation)

• elizabeth.steel@ptsem.edu

Profile

Elizabeth Steel is a PhD student in Practical Theology in the area of Christian Education and Formation. She earned a BA in Art History from the University of Virginia and an MDiv/Master of Arts in Christian Education and Formation from Princeton Seminary. Prior to doctoral work, Elizabeth owned a small business in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Elizabeth’s research focus at Princeton Seminary is located at the intersection of theology, art, and education, specifically exploring the necessary role that imagination plays in the Christian faith and how art and aesthetic education can cultivate this imagination and to what effect. She is also interested in the potential that radical imagination holds to move the church forward and to affect faithful social change.