In this third episode co-hosts Tim Seid (Assoc. Dean) and Matt Hisrich (Dir. of Admissions & Recruitment) talk with Michael Birkel, Professor of Christian Spirituality at ESR. Michael is an alumnus of ESR, earning an MA in 1978 and going on to graduate with a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1986. He then joined the faculty of Earlham College in the Religion Department where he has had an illustrious 30-year career of teaching, writing, and speaking at a variety of groups on wide-ranging topics in religion, Quakerism, and inter-faith dialogue.

His books include Qur'an in Conversation (Baylor University Press, 2014), Engaging Scripture: Encountering the Bible with Early Friends (Friends United Press; Earlham Press, 2005), and Silence and Witness: Quaker Spirituality (Orbis Press, 2004).

In this second episode co-hosts Tim Seid (Assoc. Dean) and Matt Hisrich (Dir. of Recruitment and Admissions) talk with Grace Ji-Sun Kim. She is the Associate Professor of Theological Studies at Earlham School of Religion.

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blogsite: https://gracejisunkim.wordpress.com/

Huggington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/gjskim-440

Sojourners: https://sojo.net/biography/grace-ji-sun-kim

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In this first episode co-hosts Tim Seid (Assoc. Dean) & Matt Hisrich (Dir. of Recruitment & Admissions) talk with each other about their backgrounds, what brought them to ESR, and how they think about their work at ESR.