Love Sechrest joined the School of Theology faculty as assistant professor of New Testament in 2006, after having taught courses in New Testament at Duke Divinity School and courses in Christian Leadership at the Graduate School at Trinity International University. Prior to earning her MDiv and PhD, she pursued a career in the aerospace industry at General Electric, managing over 300 engineers and a $50 million technology and software development budget, and eventually functioning as chief information officer of an $800 million company within Lockheed Martin. Over the years she has won numerous industry and academic honors including those from Duke University, the National Council of Churches 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.

Sechrest is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature and has given presentations on cultural diversity issues within a variety of contexts. Her first book, A Former Jew: Paul and the Dialectics of Race, is based on her dissertation with the same title and will be published in December 2009 by T&T Clark.  She is also conducting research for future publications on New Testament ethics and race relations.

Pauline theology, second temple Judaism, theology of race and racial reconciliation, theological ethics, racial and ethnic studies, Christian and Jewish interfaith dialogue