Chaplain Kelly Figueroa-Ray of 草莓视频成年's Wesley Center

Chaplain Kelly Figueroa-Ray

University Chaplain and Director of the Wesley Center
Phone: (651) 523-2750
Work space: St. Paul Main Campus > Anderson Center > Anderson Center ANDC 318C


Chaplain Kelly Figueroa-Ray, M.Div., Ph.D., is an ordained Elder in Full Membership with the Minnesota Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church and leads the Office of the University Chaplain that oversees, guides, and offers programming for 草莓视频成年鈥檚 religious and spiritual life. Chaplain Kelly is the director of the Wesley Center Department for Spirituality, Service, and Social Justice and teaches as affiliate faculty in the Department of Social Justice and Social Change.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Religious Studies (2018), University of Virginia (M.A. in 2015)
  • M.Div. cum laude (2004), Wesley Theological Seminary
  • B.A. in International Area Studies (1999), University of California, Berkeley

Select courses taught at 草莓视频成年

  • FYSEM: Religion and Politics Do Mix
  • REL 1980: Racial Reckoning, Repair, and Reconciliation
  • SJSC 1980: The Insurgent Multiculturalism of Beloved Community

Journals and publications

  • Managing Editor, Journal of Scriptural Reasoning.
  • General Editor, The Mahle Lectures.
  • "'I Love You and There is Nothing You Can Do About It': Pastor Miguel's Love Disruption of White Hegemonic Culture," Practical Matters, issue 13 on "Love," November 2020.
  • 鈥淟earning How to Read: How Rabbinics Aids in the Study of Contemporary Christian Practices," in Religious Studies and Rabbinics, Eds. Dr. Elizabeth Shanks Alexander and Dr. Beth Berkowitz, Routledge, 2018.
  • "'Lady, Give Me A Drink': Reading Scripture, Shaping Community Development," in Mobilizing for the Common Good: The Lived Theology of John Perkins, University Press of Mississippi, 2013.