CURRICULUM VITAE
The Rev. ELLEN K. WONDRA, Ph.D.
Professor of Theology and Ethics
Seabury-Western Theological Seminary
Evanston, Illinois
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Professor of Theology and Ethics, 2004 - , Seabury-Western Theological Seminary; Academic Dean,
2008 - .
Editor in Chief, Anglican Theological Review, 2006 Professor of Theological Studies, 2002 - 2004, Bexley Hall Seminary; Associate Professor of Theological
Studies, 1995 - 2002; Subdean for the Rochester Campus, 1999-2004; Assistant Professor of
Theological Studies, 1989-1995.
Faculty, Equipping the Saints, Diocesan School for Ministry, Diocese of West Virginia, 1999 – 2004
Director of Studies, Diocesan School for Ministry, Diocese of Rochester, 1998 - 2002
Associated Priest, St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, Evanston, Illinois, 2004 - 2008
Adjunct Priest, The Church of St. Luke and St. Simon Cyrene, Rochester, New York, 1992 - 2004
Chaplain, Hobart College, and Priest-in-Charge, St. John's Chapel, Geneva, New York, 1979-1984
Associate Chaplain, University Episcopal Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 1976 to December
1978
CHURCH APPOINTMENTS AND SERVICE
General Board of Examining Chaplains of the Episcopal Church, 1991 - 2001.
Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation in the U.S.A., 1992 - 2010.
Co-coordinator of project on authority, 1996 - 2008.
Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations of the Episcopal Church, 2001 - 2006.
Windsor Report Task Force, Diocese of Chicago, 2004 – 2005.
Standing Committee of the Diocese of Rochester, 1993 – 1997.
President, 1996 – 1997.
Committee on Constitution and Canons, Diocese of Rochester, 2000 - 2001.
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Committee on Ecumenical Relations, Diocese of Rochester, 1996 - 2002.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Christian Theology, The Divinity School of the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1991.
M. Div., Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, California, 1976.
B.A., Religion, Pomona College, Claremont, California, 1972.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Problems with Authority: The Theology and Practice of Authority in the Contemporary Episcopal
Church, in process.
Introduction to Theology, 3rd revised edition, with original author Owen C. Thomas. Morehouse
Publishing, 2002.
Common Witness to the Gospel: Documents on Anglican-Roman Catholic Relations, 1983-1995, ed.
Jeffry Gros, E. Rozanne Elder, and Ellen K. Wondra. United States Catholic Conference, 1997.
Reconstructing Christian Ethics: The Theological Ethics of F. D. Maurice. Westminster Library of
Theological Ethics, Westminster/John Knox Press, 1995.
Humanity Has Been a Holy Thing: Toward a Contemporary Feminist Christology. University Press of
America, 1994.
Essays and Articles
Quarterly Editor’s Notes, Anglican Theological Review, 2006 - .
“Reception,” in The Genius of Anglicanism: Perspectives on the Proposed Anglican Covenant, ed. Jim
Naughton (Chicago: Chicago Consultation, 2011.
“Ethics and Moral Theology,” in Christian Holiness and Human Sexuality: A Study Guide for
Episcopalians, ed. Gary R. Hall and Ruth A. Meyers (Chicago: Chicago Consultation, 2009). To
be republished in the Journal of Anglican Studies.
“William Temple,” in Empire and the Christian Tradition: New Readings of Classical Theologians, ed.
Kwok Pui-Lan, Don H. Compier, and Joerg Rieger (Fortress Press, 2007)
“‘The Highest Degree of Communion Possible,’” address on the Windsor Report, Anglican Theological
Review Spring 2005. [published version of Seabury-Western Theological Seminary Inaugural
address, October 2004]
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“Participating Persons: Reciprocity and Asymmetry,” Anglican Theological Review Winter 2003 (James
Griffiss memorial issue).
“We Ordain Them, They Don’t,” in One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism: Studies in Christian Ecclesiality
and Ecumenism in Honor of J. Robert Wright, ed. Marsha L. Dutton and Patrick Terrell Gray
(Eerdmans, 2006). Revision of paper presented at the Episcopal Church - Reformed Episcopal
Church – Anglican Province of America dialogue, July 2003.
“Sin and Transformation in the Ecumenical Movement” in Ecumenical Trends, 2000. Published version
of keynote address, National Workshop on Christian Unity, 1999.
“How Do We Judge? Theological Assessment of Scientific Developments” in The Anglican Theological
Review, 1999.
“Realism Tempered by Hope: Contemporary Ecumenism,” The Witness.
"O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing . . ." in How Shall We Pray? Expanding Our Language about God
(Liturgical Studies 2) (Church Hymnal Corporation, 1994).
"Gender and Trinitarian Language," in How Shall We Pray? Expanding Our Language about God
(Liturgical Studies 2) (Church Hymnal Corporation, 1994).
“The Uses of the Qualifying Exams,” in The Unrelieved Paradox: The Theology of Franz Bibfeldt, ed.
Jerald Brauer and Martin E. Marty. Also presented at the Bibfeldt Section of the American
Academy of Religion, 1989.
"For Freedom Christ Has Set You Free: The Interpretation and Authority of Scripture in Contemporary
Theologies of Liberation," in The Bible's Authority in Today's Church, ed. Frederick Houk
Borsch (Trinity Press International, 1993). Originally a contracted paper for the House of
Bishops of the Episcopal Church, June 1992.
"Resistance and the Transformation of Human Experience," in A New Vision for the Americas, ed. David
Batstone (Fortress, 1993).
"By Whose Authority? The Status of Scripture in Contemporary Feminist Theologies," in The Anglican
Theological Review, 1993. Originally presented at the Annual Meeting of the Conference of
Anglican Theologians, meeting in special session with the Theology Committee of the House of
Bishops of the Episcopal Church, September 1991.
"The Dispersal of Moral Authority," in The Crisis of Moral Authority in the Episcopal Church, ed.
Timothy F. Sedgwick and Philip Turner (Morehouse-Barlow, 1992).
Occasional pieces in Living Water and The Chronicle (publications of the Diocese of Rochester), The
Bexley Cross and Seabury Crossroads
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND HONORS
Fellow, The Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, New Jersey
Fellow, The College of Preachers, Washington, D.C.
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American Academy of Religion
Society of Anglican and Lutheran Theologians (formerly Conference of Anglican Theologians).
President, 1998.
CHURCH STATUS
Ordained deacon and priest in the Episcopal Church
Canonically resident in the Diocese of Chicago
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