Julie Canlis currently
teaches at Whitworth University in their theology MA program. She received a
Ph.D. in Theology (University of St Andrews), a Masters of Christian Studies
(emphasis in Spiritual Theology, Regent College), and has a B.A. in Comparative
History of Ideas (University of Washington). Julie wrote her doctoral
dissertation in Scotland, a work published as Calvin’s Ladder: A Spiritual
Theology of Ascent and Ascension (Eerdmans, 2010), which grapples with
Calvin’s vision for the way humanity ‘becomes itself’ by participating in
Christ. It won the Templeton Prize for Theological Promise in 2007 and the
Christianity Today Award of Merit for Theology in 2011. She is married to Matt,
stays at home with their four children, and teaches Sunday School for
6-8 year olds. She is committed to slow food and slow church.
Julie is part of The Abbey Summer School team and
will be one of the speakers this summer.
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