{{Infobox academic | honorific_prefix = <!-- see [[MOS:HONOURIFIC]] --> | name = Love L. Sechrest | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- use only if different from full/othernames --> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|10|14}} | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | death_cause = | region = | nationality = | citizenship = | residence = | other_names = | occupation = | period = | known_for = | title = Dean of the Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs | boards = African American Biblical Hermeneutics section in the [[Society of Biblical Literature]], Faith & Learning International<!--board or similar positions extraneous to main occupation--> | spouse = | children = | parents = | relatives = | awards = <!--notable national level awards only--> | website = | education = | alma_mater = [[Duke University]]<!--will often consist of the linked name of the last-attended higher education institution--> | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = 2006 | school_tradition = | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | influences = <!--must be referenced from a third party source--> | era = | discipline = Biblical studies<!--major academic discipline – e.g. Physicist, Sociologist, New Testament scholar, Ancient Near Eastern Linguist--> | sub_discipline = New Testament studies<!--academic discipline specialist area – e.g. Sub-atomic research, 20th Century Danish specialist, Pauline research, Arcadian and Ugaritic specialist--> | workplaces = [[Fuller Theological Seminary]], [[Columbia Theological Seminary]]<!--full-time positions only, not student positions--> | doctoral_students = <!--only those with WP articles--> | notable_students = <!--only those with WP articles--> | main_interests = [[Race (human categorization)|Race]] and [[justice]] in the New Testament, [[African American]] Christianity, and [[Womanist theology|womanist]] biblical interpretation in the New Testament | notable_works = | notable_ideas = | influenced = <!--must be referenced from a third party source--> | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | footnotes = }}
'''Love L. Sechrest''' (born October 14, 1962) is Dean of the Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs at [[Columbia Theological Seminary]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ctsnet.edu/dr-love-sechrest-named-vp-dean-faculty/|title=Dr. Love Sechrest Named VP, Dean of Faculty|date=April 9, 2018|website=Columbia Theological Seminary|access-date=August 21, 2018}}</ref> and was previously an associate professor of the [[New Testament]] at [[Fuller Theological Seminary]], [[Pasadena, California]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fuller.edu/posts/message-from-the-sot-dean-farewell-love-sechrest/|title=From the School of Theology Dean: Farewell to Love Sechrest|date=April 9, 2018|work=Fuller Theological Seminary|access-date=August 21, 2018}}</ref> Her research interests include [[Race (human categorization)|race]] and [[justice]] in the New Testament, [[African American]] Christianity, and [[Womanist theology|womanist]] biblical interpretation in the New Testament. She serves on the board of directors for Faith & Learning, International, a [[Christian mission]] and social entrepreneurship business incubator.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fuller.edu/faculty/love-l-sechrest/|title=Love L. Sechrest|website=Fuller Theological Seminary|language=en-US|access-date=April 14, 2018}}</ref>
==Biography== Sechrest gained her [[bachelor's degree]]s in computer science and [[sociology]] at [[Duke University]] in 1984 and her [[Master's degree|master's]] degree in computer science at [[Villanova University]] in 1993.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ctsnet.edu/faculty/sechrest-love/|title=Sechrest, Love|work=Columbia Theological Seminary|access-date=October 3, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>
Prior to changing her career as a biblical scholar, she worked as a chief information officer in the aerospace industry at [[General Electric]]. She received several awards from the aerospace industry including from the American Jewish Committee/Shalom Hartman Institute, the Kern Foundation, the Wabash Institute, Duke University, the Fund for Theological Education, the National Institutes of Science/Ford Foundation, the Lockheed Martin President's Award, and the GE Aerospace General Manager's Award.<ref name=":0" />
She completed her [[Master of Divinity]] at [[Trinity Evangelical Divinity School]] in 1999 and her Ph.D. at Duke University in 2006. She has taught in both schools at the graduate level. She joined Fuller Theological Seminary in 2006 where she continued her teaching and scholarship on the New Testament.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://fullerstudio.fuller.edu/race-relations-in-the-church-in-the-age-of-obama/|title=Race Relations in the Church in the Age of Obama|date=September 3, 2015|work=Fuller Studio|access-date=April 14, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> Since July 1, 2018, she has been the Dean of the Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs of [[Columbia Theological Seminary]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fuller.edu/posts/message-from-the-sot-dean-farewell-love-sechrest/|title=From the School of Theology Dean: Farewell to Love Sechrest|date=April 9, 2018|website=Fuller Theological Seminary|language=en-US|access-date=April 14, 2018}}</ref>
She has served as co-chair at the [[African Americans|African American]] [[Biblical hermeneutics|Biblical Hermeneutics]] section in the [[Society of Biblical Literature]]. She serves on the board of directors for Faith & Learning, International.<ref name=":0" />
==Works== * {{cite book|author1-last=Sechrest|author1-first=Love L.|title=A Former Jew: Paul and the dialectics of race|series=The Library of New Testament Studies|volume=410|location=London; New York|publisher=T&T Clark|date=2009|isbn=9780567462749|oclc=310401973}} * {{cite book |author1-last=Love L Sechrest |author1-first=Love L Sechrest |author1-mask=3 |title=Can White People Be Saved?: triangulating race, theology |location=Downer's Grove, IL |publisher=InterVarsity Press |date=2018 |isbn=9780830851041 |oclc=1032571865 }} * {{cite book |author1-last=Love L Sechrest |author1-first=Love L Sechrest |author1-mask=3 |title=Race and Rhyme: rereading the New Testament |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Eerdmans|date=2022 |isbn=9780802867131 |oclc=1295351711 }}
== Further reading == {{external media |video1=[https://vimeo.com/9360875 Love Sechrest, Fuller Theological Seminary (2010)] }} * [https://fullerstudio.fuller.edu/race-relations-in-the-church-in-the-age-of-obama/ Race Relations in the Church in the Age of Obama]
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