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New article name is Dr. Linda A. Mercadante (January 17, 1947) Is B. Robert Straker Professor of Historical Theology at The Methodist Theological School in Ohio. She is a widely published and often quoted theologian and lecturer, currently researching the role of theology in popular culture.

Dr. Mercadante received her PhD. from Princeton Theological Seminary (1986), engaged in Doctoral studies at the Graduate Theological Union,Berkeley (1979-80), and received her M.C.S., from Regent College (1978), and her B.A. from American University (1968)

Her current field emphasis is in Theology: systematic, historical, and constructive; Theology and film; Addiction; Issues of sin and victimization; Gender issues; Liberation theologies; Doctrine of the Trinity; theological perspectives on reproductive loss; spiritual memoir; spiritual geography.

Dr. Mercadante is an ordained Presbyterian minister (Presbyterian Church USA)and is an active participant in many professional and academic groups including, The American Academy of Religion and The Workgroup on Constructive Theology. She is a Fellow of The Center of Theological Inquiry at Princeton and The Ecumenical Institute at St. John’s University. She has received numerous grants from such groups as The Louisville Institute and The Association of Theological Schools. She has served as Visiting Scholar in Media & Theology at The University of Edinburgh (Scotland).