Ruthanna Hooke, PhD

Professor of Homiletics

  • Ph.D., Yale University,
    M. Div., Berkeley Divinity School/Yale Divinity School
    M.A., Emerson College
    A.B., Harvard University

    • Homiletics

    • Vocal Training for Preachers

    • Systematic Theology

  • rhooke@vts.edu

    Office Hours: By appointment.

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Faculty Bio

The Rev. Ruthanna Hooke, Ph.D. is Professor of Homiletics at Virginia Theological Seminary and The General Theological Seminary, and Program Director of the Preaching Congregations Initiative, a Lilly Endowment-funded congregationally-based program of renewal and formation for preachers and listeners. Dr. Hooke is the author of a number of books and articles on homiletics, including Sacramental Presence: An Embodied Theology of Preaching (Lexington Books, 2023), and Transforming Preaching (Church Publishing, 2010).

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