Background
Marla Jean Selvidge was born on November 11, 1948, in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, United States. She is the daughter of William Lester Selvidge and Mary Melvina Selvidge.
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Selvidge earned her bachelor's degree from Taylor University in 1970.
Wheaton, Illinois, United States
Selvidge graduated from Wheaton College in 1973.
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Selvidge received her Doctor of Philosophy degree from St. Louis University in 1980.
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Selvidge worked at Carthage College from 1980 till 1981.
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Selvidge served at the University of Dayton from 1981 till 1983.
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During 1983-1987, Selvidge served at Converse College.
Poughkeepsie, New York, United States
Selvidge served at Marist College from 1989 till 1990.
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(This work's exegesis of the miracle story about a hemorrh...)
This work's exegesis of the miracle story about a hemorrhaging woman shows woman to be a significant community member, role determiner, and voice of God to the ancient Christian communities.
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1990
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This study contains 14 articles focusing on the role of violence and women as they are represented in Genesis, all four Christian Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, and the book of Revelation. The text also seeks to interpret the roles women played in leadership in the Christian Gospels.
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1996
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This introduction to the New Testament offers a global, pluralistic, and interdisciplinary approach, bringing the world of the student, world issues which involve the use or interpretation of the New Testament, and the best scholarship in Bible, Art, History, Theology, Ethics, and more, together in a readable format.
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1999
(This introduction to the New Testament offers a global, p...)
This introduction to the New Testament offers a global, pluralistic, and interdisciplinary approach. It brings the world of the reader, world issues that involve the use or interpretation of the New Testament, and the best scholarship in Bible, Art, History, Theology, and Ethics together in a readable format.
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2003
Marla Jean Selvidge was born on November 11, 1948, in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, United States. She is the daughter of William Lester Selvidge and Mary Melvina Selvidge.
Selvidge earned her bachelor's degree from the Fort Wayne Bible College (now Taylor University) in 1970. Three years later she graduated from Wheaton College as Master of Arts with high honors. She finally received her Doctor of Philosophy degree, with high honors as well, from the St. Louis University in 1980.
Selvidge started her career at John Wesley College (now John Wesley University), holding a position of assistant professor of religion for a year from 1973. For two years from the next year, she served as a personnal director and senior executive at the organization Thalhimers in Greensboro. Just for a year from 1976, Selvidge worked at the Center for Reformation Research in St. Louis at the position of a research assistant. After that she moved to St. Louis University as a director of the Evening Division of the College of Arts and Sciences, from 1977 to 1980, working as a lecturer there from 1978 to 1980. Selvidge held the position of an assistant professor of religion at Carthage College for a year from 1980. The next educational institution where she worked was the University of Dayton, she was an assistant professor of religious studies there from 1981 till 1983.
During 1983-1987, Selvidge served at Converse College in Spartanburg as an assistant professor of religion, rising to a chairperson of the Department of Religion and Philosophy from 1984 till 1985. For two years from 1987, Selvidge was appointed as a coordinator of planning, grant writing and public relations for public schools in Cheshire. Her next workplace was at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, she served there as an assistant professor of religious studies and philosophy from 1989 till 1990. Selvidge was an associate professor at the University of Central Missouri from 1990 to 1994, rising to professor of religious studies in 1994 - position, which she still holds. Selvidge is currently working as a director of Center for Religious Studies at the university from 1990. From 1997, Selvidge held a position of a vice president and member of the board of directors of the American Schools of Oriental Research.
Selvidge has authored over 10 books in the fields of Feminist Studies and Religious Studies. She is also a contributor of articles and reviews to journals, including Religious Studies News, Journal of Religious Studies, Marist Working Papers, Journal of Biblical Literature, Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Journal of Theology for Southern Africa, and Missouri Chautauqua: Varieties of American Religious Experience.
(This introduction to the New Testament offers a global, p...)
1999(This study contains 14 articles focusing on the role of v...)
1996(This work's exegesis of the miracle story about a hemorrh...)
1990(This introduction to the New Testament offers a global, p...)
2003Quotations: "Writing comes to me as easily as breathing. I want to write about everything. I see a book or an article in every life experience. Writing is my canvas, my window, my companion, and often my salvation."
Selvidge is a member of the American Academy of Religion, the Society of Biblical Literature, the Catholic Biblical Association, the Central States Society of Biblical Literature and the Missouri State Teachers Association.
Stephen P. Schierling was Selvidge's first husband, but their marriage ended in divorce in 1981. On April 26, 1982, she married Thomas C. Hemling.