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Wendy Farley, Professor (1988). Professor Farley received her Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University in 1988. Her teaching and research interests include religious dialogue, classical texts, contemporary ethical issues, and contemplative practices. Her first book, Tragic Vision and Divine Compassion: A Contemporary Theodicy (Westminster John Knox, 1990) reflects an attempt to synthesize these disciplines. A second work, Eros for the Other: Retaining Truth in a Pluralistic World (Penn State: 1996), also takes up the relationships between ethical and philosophical issues in religion. In 2005, she published The Wounding and Healing of Desire: Weaving Heaven and Earth (Westminster John Knox), which combines attention to contemplative practices, folk traditions, and inter-religious dialogue to reflect on suffering and transformation.

She is currently working on two research projects. One extends Westminster John Knox's "armchair theology series" to include the writing of three women: Mechthild of Magdeburg, Julian of Norwich, and Margaret Porete. This will introduce the theological writings of these women to a broader audience. A second project reflects on the meaning of Christian faith and tradition for women, queers, and others that the church has had difficulty recognizing as part of the body of Christ.

Tragic Vision and Divine Compassion

Eros for the Other

The Wounding and Healing of Desire