Timothy L. Van Meter
Associate Professor in the Alford Chair of Christian Education and Youth Ministry
Coordinator of Ecological Initiatives
Curriculum vitae
Education
Ph.D., Emory University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Graduate Division of Religion, 2003
M.Div., Emory University, Candler School of Theology, 1996
B.S., Tennessee Technological University, 1985
Areas of expertise
Research interests include the intersections of ecological practices within faith communities, young adult activism, food sovereignty, regenerative farms/soils, and understanding the sacred in relationship to land and vocation. He is currently exploring wisdom, healthy aging, and paths toward becoming a generative elder.
Teaching portfolio includes the spiritual and vocational aspirations of youth and young adults; spiritual practices, ecological theology, justice and peace movements, communal movements, alternative forms of church and educational theory.
Selected published works
Created in Delight: Youth Ministry and the Mending of the World, Wipf and Stock 2013.
“Do Something in the World: Youth Ministry and Ecology,” Circuit Rider, November/December/January 2015-16.
“Living in the Delight of Creation: Youth Ministry and Practices of Ecological Theology,” Journal of Youth and Theology, Vol. 8, No. 2.
Syllabi
PT 570: Practicing Ecotheology
PT 610: Spiritual Formation and Social Change
Video
In January 2021, Dr. Van Meter and Bishop Marcia Dinkins of Ohio Interfaith Power and Light lead "A Conversation About Faith, Food, and Race," sponsored by the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association.
Dr. Van Meter discusses his teaching at MTSO.
Dr. Van Meter speaks about his work in the ecological realm and his passion for engaging some of the big questions of our time.
This is Dr. Van Meter's faculty lecture, "Millennial Dreaming: Cultivating Hope and Ecological Vision," delivered April 20, 2016.