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Anna Adams Petrin

Assistant professor, Wesley Theological Seminary

Anna Adams Petrin is an assistant professor of worship at Wesley Theological Seminary and an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church. In addition to teaching courses in worship, she serves as Wesley Theological Seminary’s chapel elder. As a scholar who specializes in the history and practice of Christian worship, Petrin’s research and teaching interests include liturgical studies, spirituality and ecumenism. Petrin earned a M.Div. from Duke Divinity School and a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame.

Anna Adams: Self-care as Christ-care

By Anna Adams Petrin Assistant professor, Wesley Theological Seminary

The notion of self-care smacks of overindulgence for a people trained to serve. But a look at the Eucharist suggests otherwise.

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Nicene Creed conversations

The newest season of the “Public Worship and the Christian Life” podcast features three powerful conversations about the Nicene Creed to celebrate the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea and the ecumenical Creed that emerged in 325.  

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