Description: A theologian and minister offers tools for creating effective rituals that explore their meaning and mystery for marking the ends, middles, and beginnings of life.
Brief description: Amy F. Davis Abdallah (PhD, Drew University) is K & Lois Miller Chair in Practical Theology at Ashland University. She previously served as professor of practical theology and worship at Alliance University and is a professor of worship at the Institute for Worship Studies. She is the founder and director of Woman: Rite of Passage, the author of The Book of Womanhood, and a frequent speaker. Her work has been featured in Christianity Today, Missio Alliance, and CBE International, and she has spoken at the Missio Alliance Awakenings Gathering and the North American Academy of Liturgy. She lives with her husband and two sons in Sparkill, New York.