Luther E. Smith, Jr.
- PhD, Saint Louis University, 1979
- MDiv, Eden Theological Seminary, 1972
- BA, Washington University, 1969
Dr. Luther E. Smith Jr.'s current research focuses on the writings and correspondence of Howard Thurman, advocacy on behalf of children, and a spirituality of hope. Smith is an ordained elder in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church.
In 2009, Smith received the Phillips School of Theology "Bishops Thomas Hoyt and Paul Stewart Institutional Ministry Award for Outstanding Service to the Ministry of Academics." In 2010, he was the recipient of Emory University's "2010 Emory Williams Distinguished Teaching Award," which is given "in recognition of the important role of classroom teaching in classroom teaching in collegiate and graduate education."
Selected publications
Contributor, "Howard Thurman (1899-1981): Jesus and the Disinherited," in Christian Spirituality: The Classics Routledge2010
Contributor, "When Celebrating Children is not Enough," in Children, Youth, and Spirituality in a Troubling World Chalice Press2008
Editor and Author of Introduction, Howard Thurman: Essential Writings Orbis Books2006
Contributor, "To Be Untrammelled and Free: The Urban Ministry Work of the C.M.E. Church, 1944-1990)," in Churches, Cities, and Human Community: Urban Ministry in the United States Eerdmans1996
Author, Intimacy and Mission: Intentional Community as Crucible for Radical Discipleship Wipf and Stock Publishers1994
Author, Pan-Methodist Social Witness Resource Book African Methodist Episcopal Church Publishing House1991
Author, Howard Thurman: The Mystic as Prophet Orbis Books1981
Selected awards
Emory Williams Distinguished Teaching Award, Emory University, given in recognition of the important role of classroom teaching in classroom teaching in collegiate and graduate education
Big Voice for Georgia's Children Award, Voices for Georgia's Children, Inc.
Phillips School of Theology (at the Interdenominational Theological Center) Bishops Thomas Hoyt and Paul Stewart Institutional Ministry Award for Outstanding Service to the Ministry of Academics
"On Eagle's Wings" Award for Excellence in Teaching, Candler School of Theology
Distinguished Volunteer Award, Prevent Child Abuse Georgia
"On Eagle's Wings" Award for Excellence in Teaching, Candler School of Theology
Breveted rank of Captain, Capt. Charlton Hunt Tandy's St. Louis Guard
Martin Luther King, Jr. Collegium of Scholars, Morehouse College
Omicron Delta Kappa, a national leadership honor society
Distinguished Preacher for the Interdenominational Theological Center's Distinguished Preachers Series
International Society of Theta Phi, an honor society for theological students, scholars in the field of religion, and outstanding religious leaders
Distinguished Service Award, Mid St. Louis County Jaycees
Distinguished Service Award, St. Louis Jaycees
"Since We Are Surrounded" - Fall Centennial Convocation, October 24, 2014