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Rev. Dr. Brad R. Braxton<\/strong>\u00a0has accepted an invitation from Southern Methodist University to serve as Lois Craddock Perkins Professor of Homiletics at Perkins School of Theology, effective June 1, 2012.<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
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\u00a0Rev. Dr. Brad R. Braxton<\/i><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Braxton earned the Ph.D. in 1999 from Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, where he was a George W. Woodruff Fellow concentrating on New Testament Studies and Homiletics. He earned the Master of Philosophy from the University of Oxford in 1991, as a Rhodes Scholar. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa,\u00a0Magna Cum Laude\u00a0from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, where he majored in Religious Studies as a Jefferson Scholar. He is author of three books,\u00a0Preaching Paul(2004);\u00a0No Longer Slaves: Galatians and African American Experience\u00a0(2002); andThe Tyranny of Resolution: I Corinthians 7:17-24\u00a0(2000); as well as numerous articles, published sermons and lectures.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Braxton\u2019s previous service includes: Distinguished Visiting Scholar at McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois; Senior Minister at The Riverside Church in New York, New York, an interdenominational and interracial congregation with 2,400 members and affiliates from more than 40 different denominational, national, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds; Associate Professor of Homiletics and New Testament, with tenure, at Vanderbilt University Divinity School, Nashville, Tennessee; Jessie Ball duPont Assistant Professor of Homiletics and Biblical Studies at Wake Forest University Divinity School, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; and Senior Pastor at Douglas Memorial Community Church, Baltimore Maryland, an urban interdenominational congregation. Braxton was ordained in 1991 at First Baptist Church, Salem, Virginia.<\/span><\/div>\n
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