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Rev. Robert Schenck, D.Min.
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Rev. Robert Schenck, D.Min. is a Visiting Scholar in Christianity and Religious Leadership at the Miller Center for Interreligious Learning and Leadership of Hebrew College. He is an ordained evangelical minister and a progressive voice of dissent in his religious community. Over a 40-year career, he has served as an addictions counselor, youth director, pastor, global humanitarian outreach worker, and a minister to top elected and appointed officials in Washington, DC. In the aftermath of 9/11, Schenck helped lead an unprecedented international dialogue between North American evangelical leaders and North African Islamic scholars.
Shortly afterward, he was the subject of Abigail Disney’s Emmy Award-winning documentary, The Armor of Light. Schenck holds degrees in Bible and Theology, Religion, and Christian Ministry and a Doctor of Ministry in strategic leadership with a concentration in church and state. He has been a visiting academic at Oxford University where recently co-convened a historic colloquium on racialized Christian Nationalism.
Schenck tells the story of his religious journey in a memoir, Costly Grace: An Evangelical Minister’s Rediscovery of Faith, Hope and Love (HarperCollins). His essays on the intersection of religion and public life have been published by Religion News Service, USA Today, TIME Magazine, Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, and The New York Times.
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