Randi J. Walker
Associate Professor of Church History
Academic Credentials:
Associate Professor of Church HistoryBUS, University of New Mexico, 1974; MA, School of Theology at Claremont, 1978; MDiv, School of Theology at Claremont, 1982; PhD, Claremont Graduate School, 1983.
Quote:
“Leaders of historic and emerging faith communities need to know how we got where we are, about painful moments of arrogance and pride, about grace-filled moments. We got here step by step, we change step by step, and the divine surprise is always there.”
Profile:
Dr. Walker is ordained in the United Church of Christ and has served as a pastor in the Southern California Conference. Her current research focuses on the cultural diversity of Protestantism in the North American West from 1850 to 1950, including Mexico, the United States and Canada. Dr. Walker studies the places of interaction across lines of race and culture among Protestants in the North American West, particularly with regard to public policy issues relating to race and culture. Her writings include The Evolution of a UCC Style: History and Ecclesiology of the United Church of Christ (2005), Emma Newman: A Frontier Woman Minister (2000) and Protestantism in the Sangre de Christos 1850-1920 (1991).