Luci Frerichs Parrish, B.A. (Moody Bible Institute), M.A. (Wheaton College Graduate School)
Thesis Title: ‘Dogma, Drama, and Desire: The Ecclesiological Aesthetics of Dorothy L. Sayers Explored Alongside the Théologie Totale of Sarah Coakley’ (NTC)
Luci Frerichs Parrish works at the Robert W. Van Houten Library at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. She is a Ph.D. student at NTC where she studies the religious plays of Dorothy L. Sayers, the work of Sarah Coakley, theological aesthetics, and ecclesiology. Her broader academic interests include mysticism, feminist theology, and literature. When she is not working or studying, Luci enjoys working on her many unfinished novel drafts, spending time with her husband, baking, hiking, reading comics and graphic novels, attending Broadway musicals and plays, and trying to see how many books she can check out at the public library before reaching the limit.
Luci is a Postgraduate Assistant for the Manchester Wesley Research Centre.
Supervisors: Dr. Stephen J. Wright and Dr. Crystal Downing
Publications:
‘In and Out of Bloomsbury: Biographical essays on twentieth century writers and artists by Martin Ferguson Smith,’ (Book Review), VII: Journal of the Marion E. Wade Center, Vol. 39 (2023), pp. e126 - e127. Free online link here.
‘Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Platforms, and Profits are Hurting the Church,’ (Book Review) Reading Religion, 3 April 2023. Free online link here.
‘Choosing Community: Action, Faith, and Joy in the Works of Dorothy L. Sayers,’ (Book Review) Reading Religion, 28 November, 2021. Free online link here.
‘Jesus and John Wayne: Militant White Masculinity, Women’s Voices, and Christian Culture-Making,’ (Book Review) World Outspoken, 30 March 2021. Free online link here.
Conference Presentations:
‘Family Matters: Gregory of Nyssa, Familial Formation, and Ascetic Participation in the Life of the Trinity.’ Wheaton History of Christianity Graduate Student Conference, Wheaton, IL, 20 April, 2019.
‘Mental Prayer and Transformation in the Life of Teresa of Avila: Autobiographical Writing in Counter-Reformation Spain.’ Wheaton History of Christianity Graduate Student Conference, Wheaton, IL, 17 April 2017.
Luci can be reached at lparrish@nazarene.ac.uk.