Dean Moore has provided clear-headed, compassionate, and inspired leadership for the School of Theology, Boston University’s oldest school. Her passion for theological education and dedication to building a more just, peaceful, and sustainable world are apparent to all who have interacted with and been impacted by Dean Moore during her time at Boston University.
- Provost Jean Morrison, Boston University, 2019
Theology Library Open Stacks BV1464 .M66 1983
Theology Library Open Stacks BT83.6 .M66 1998
Written at the intersection of process theology and educational method, this book demonstrates how both theology and education can inform and improve the other through mutual dialogue, as well as what it means to take educational method seriously in theorizing about and practicing teaching. Readers wishing to learn more about specific educational methods will find their perspectives expanded through Moore's thorough exploration of case study, gesalt, phenomenological, narrative, and conscientizing methods. The final chapter offers a beautiful statement about reverent teaching, which clearly arises from Moore's own passion.
Theology Library Open Stacks BV1464 .M67 2004
Moore asserts that Christian vocation, and the teaching vocation in particular, can be best understood as sacramental, mediating the grace of God through ordinary creation for the sanctification of human life and the well-being of all creation. She develops her argument through three important factors: a historical-theological analysis of the Christian sacraments and sacramentality; a phenomenological study of teaching events; and a description of six sacramental movements and corresponding teaching practices informed by Jewish-Christian traditions and Eucharistic practices.
Theology Library Open Stacks BT695.5 .M67 1998
A commitment to tikkun olam, repair of the world, is at the heart of Moore's scholarship, and it is most beautifully and thoroughly attested to in this volume. Readers will finish the book inspired to action for ministering with the earth by Moore's vision of the sacred interconnections between human beings and the rest of the created order, and they also will have encountered a host of ideas and examples about how "God-centered, earthbound ministry" can be put into practice. This book is an example of practical theological method at its best: with wisdom being drawn from stories of everyday practice; put into conversation with theological concepts and biblical and historical traditions; and then reimagined in order to inspire further life-giving practice. The book concludes with an appendix that details a retreat design on the theme "Quilting a Life in Relation to God and God's Creation," which will be of great use to practitioners wishing to kindle Moore's passion for earthbound living in students, congregation members, and other interested audiences.
Theology Library Open Stacks BV601 .M66
Moore challenges us to discover new directions for our United Methodist congregation as we explore the identity and mission of the church. In five compelling chapters, she shows how covenant and call can help congregations find fresh ways to forge a theological identity as well as to understand structure and practice ministry. For church councils, committees, ministry teams, and study groups.