Dr. Voss Roberts received her B.A. from Calvin College and her M.T.S. and Ph.D. from Emory University with academic specialties in medieval Christianity, comparative theology and feminist theology. Her dissertation is entitled, “ ‘May Your Heart Dissolve:’ Duality and Relation in Mechthild of Magdeburg and Lalla of Kashmir.” Before coming to Rhodes, Dr. Voss Roberts taught at Emory University and Candler School of Theology. She has undertaken research and language study in New Delhi and Pune, India. Professor Voss Roberts is co-chair of the Comparative Theology Group of the American Academy of Religion and past co-chair of the Women and Religion section of the Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion.
M.T.S., Ph.D., Emory University
B.A., Calvin College
Humanities 102 - SEARCH:VALUES IN HIST & RELIG
Religious Studies 102 - THE BIBLE: TEXTS AND CONTEXTS
Religious Studies 220 - TOPICS: CHRSTIANITY & WORLD RELGIGIONS
Religious Studies 255 - RELIGION IN INDIA
Religious Studies 259 - TOPICS: MEDIEVAL WOMEN′S SPIRTUALITY
Religious Studies 259 - TOPICS: REFORMATION
Religious Studies 301- FEMINIST THEOLOGY
Book
Dualities: A Theology of Difference
(Westminster John Knox Press: forthcoming September 2010).
Journal Articles
“Flowing and Crossing: The Somatic Theologies of Mechthild and Lalleswari,” Journal of the American Academy of Religion 76:3 (2008): 638-663.
“Worldly Advaita? Limits and Possibilities for an Eco-friendly Nondualism,” Religious Studies Review 34:3 (2008): 137-143.
“Neither Bhukti nor Mukti: The New Sensorium in Devotional Practice,” Practical Matters (forthcoming, March 2009).
“Humble Beginnings: Rhetoric, Authority, and Divinization in Mechthild of Magdeburg,” Feminist Theology (forthcoming, September 2009).