Elizabeth Steel

Postdoctoral Fellow | Practical Theology (Christian Education and Formation)

• elizabeth.steel@ptsem.edu

Profile:

Elizabeth Steel is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Nassau Presbyterian Church. Her research focuses on the necessity of imagination in faith formation and the capacity of art to cultivate this imaginative vision. She holds a PhD in Practical Theology (Education) from Princeton Theological Seminary, as well as a Master of Divinity and Master of Arts in Christian Education and Formation (PTS), and an undergraduate degree in History of Art (University of Virginia).

Status:
PhD 5+1 Post-Doc

Dissertation:
A Pedagogy of Possibility: Faith Formation, Art, and Imagining the World “As If”

Committee:
Kenda Creasy Dean (Chair), Gordon Mikoski, Eric Barreto, Katherine Douglass (Seattle Pacific University)