
Teol. dr, Senior leturer
Grant White is Senior Lecturer in Eastern Christian Studies and specializes in the history and theology of Christian liturgical traditions. He received his A.B. degree in Comparative Religion from Harvard University and his Ph.D. in Theology (liturgical studies) from the University of Notre Dame. He also studied Syriac language and literature at Oxford University as a Fulbright scholar. He has taught in universities and institutions of theological higher education in the United States, England, and Finland. Most recently Grant taught hybrid courses in the D.Min. and master’s degree programs at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary and courses in art and spirituality at the University of the Arts, Helsinki. He has also served as Principal of the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, Cambridge, England.
His scholarly and teaching work revolve around the question of the roles and functions of liturgical practices in the construction of meaning in late modernity. As such, his research and teaching embrace a range of disciplines from comparative liturgy to ritual studies, church history, history of theology, hermeneutics, history of ideas, aesthetics, and art history. He is interested in studying how Orthodox liturgical traditions are enacted in our own day, and in the questions such contemporary celebrations raise around the issues of tradition, continuity and change, Christian formation, and Christian identity. He is also interested in the roles of liturgy in contemporary ecumenical dialogue.
Conference Contributions
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White, Grant, 2022. God's Word in God's World: Engaging Secularized People with Scripture.
Other
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White, Grant, 2022. Centers and peripheries in Orthodox Christianity.
Eastern Christian Liturgics, 7.5 credits
Eastern Christian Liturgics, Distance Education, 7.5 credits
Eastern Christian Liturgics, 7.5 credits
Eastern Christian Liturgics, Distance Education, 7.5 credits
Eastern Christian Liturgics, Distance Education, 7.5 credits
Eastern Christian Liturgics, 7.5 credits
Master’s Degree Thesis Preparation, 15 credits
Eastern Christian Liturgics, 7.5 credits
Master’s Degree Thesis Preparation, Distance Education, 15 credits
Eastern Christian Liturgics, Distance Education, 7.5 credits
Liturgics and Liturgical Theology, Distance Education, 7.5 credits
Liturgics and Liturgical Theology , 7.5 credits
Rites of Initiation: Baptism, Anointing, Eucharist, 7.5 credits
Part 2 Methodology and Literature Course – Eastern Christian Studies, 7.5 credits
Bachelor’s Thesis, 15 credits
Religion and Public Diplomacy , 7,5 credits
Methodology and Literature Course – Eastern Christian Studies , 15 credits
Religion and Public Diplomacy, Distance Education, 7,5 credits
M.Th. Thesis, 30 credits
Part 2 Methodology and Literature Course – Eastern Christian Studies, 7.5 credits
Eastern Christian Liturgies, Distance Education , 7,5 credits
Church Polity: Primacy, Authority and Decision Making, 7,5 credits
Eastern Christian Liturgies , 7.5 credits
Church Polity: Primacy, Authority and Decision Making, Distance Education, 7,5 credits
Magister Thesis, Eastern Christian Studies , 15 credits
Bachelor’s Thesis, 15 credits
Eastern Christian Liturgies , 7.5 credits
Methodology and Literature Course – Eastern Christian Studies , 15 credits
M.Th. Thesis, 30 credits
Part 2 Methodology and Literature Course – Eastern Christian Studies, 7.5 credits
Text and Context in Eastern Christian Studies, 7.5 credits
Text and Context in Eastern Christian Studies, Distance Education, 7.5 credits
Magister Thesis, Eastern Christian Studies , 15 credits
Bachelor’s Thesis, 15 credits
Eastern Christian Liturgies , 7.5 credits
Magister Degree Thesis Preparation, 15 credits
Methodology and Literature Course – Eastern Christian Studies , 15 credits
M.Th. Thesis, 30 credits
Orthodox Faith: Contemporary life, 7.5 credits
Part 2 Methodology and Literature Course – Eastern Christian Studies, 7.5 credits
Bachelor’s Thesis, 15 credits
Magister Thesis, Eastern Christian Studies , 15 credits
The Eastern Orthodox Church in History and Present, 7.5 credits