Guest Scholar: Richard Osmer
Princeton Theological Seminary
Thomas W. Synnott Professor of Christian Education
Department of Practical Theology

Richard Osmer is Princeton Theological Seminary’s Thomas W. Synnott Professor of Christian Education. He holds a M.Div. from Yale University and a Ph.D. from Emory University. His interests include practical theology, the teaching ministry of congregations, and interdisciplinary thinking. His courses cover educational psychology and practical theology, children’s literature in Christian moral education, confirmation and catechism, and the social functions of religion, ethics, and education in theories of modernity and postmodernity. An ordained Presbyterian minister, he chairs the Committee to Write New Catechisms for the Presbyterian Church (USA). His major publications include A Teachable Spirit: Recovering the Teaching Office of the Church (Westminster John Knox Press, 1990); Confirmation: Presbyterian Practices in Ecumenical Perspective (Geneva Press, 1996); The Teaching Ministry of Congregations (Westminster John Knox Press, 2005), and Practical Theology: An Introduction (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2008).

Click lower left corner to hear discussion following lecture