Neu Chapel Staff
Tamara K. Gieselman earned a Doctor of Ministry in preaching from Chicago Theological Seminary at the University of Chicago. Her research focused on prophetic preaching and biblical authority, which fashioned her doctoral thesis entitled With Compassion and Gospel for All: Toward a Homiletical Hermeneutic of Inclusion. She earned a Master of Divinity with honors from Vanderbilt Divinity School and a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from the University of Evansville. Gieselman is an ordained elder in The United Methodist Church and spent 17 years in parish ministry before coming to UE. She has served as preaching coach and mentor for the Academy of Preachers and in 2015 co-edited, with her husband, Rev. Mitchell Gieselman, Pentecost on Mockingbird Lane, Volume 6 in the Academy of Preachers’ series published by Chalice Press. She has preached in notable pulpits in the United States and in England. In 2016, the Rev. Dr. the Lord Leslie Griffiths, Superintendent Minister at Wesley’s Chapel in London, England and member of the House of Lords, invited Gieselman to preach in John Wesley’s historic pulpit. Gieselman preached, Prophetic Eyes, at the City Road chapel on June 5, 2016. She has led and participated in a variety of international study tours and education abroad experiences with UE students and adult learners including England, Israel, Rome, and Russia. Her interests focus on preaching, worship, practical theology and interfaith engagement for understanding.|
Believing that religion ought to serve as a bridge rather than a barrier, Gieselman has worked to developed Interfaith Initiatives at UE collaborating with religious communities on campus, in the Evansville community, and internationally. Gieselman has been invited by Religions for Peace USA to serve as a member of the Our Muslim Neighbor Institute, which will focus on Islamophobia in America. Her field work in interfaith initiatives has allowed collaboration with high profile religious leaders such as Imam Dr. Ossama Mohamed Bahloul, Islamic Center of Murfreesboro, TN; Rabbi Rami Shapiro, Middle Tennessee State University, TN; Dr. A.-J. Levine, Vanderbilt Divinity School, TN; Rev. Thich Hang Dat, Ten Thousand Buddhas Summit Monastery, Corydon, IN; Imam Ibrahim Mogra, Leicester, England; Fr. Tim Curtis, Senior Lecturer in Spiritual Studies, University of Northampton, England; Rev. Dr. James Walters, London School of Economics, London, England; The Rev. Dr., the Lord Leslie Griffiths of Pembrey and Burry Port and numerous other interfaith scholars and practitioners who are interested in interfaith dialogue to facilitate greater understanding of "the other."
Gieselman has presented and served on numerous panel discussions such as the Christian-Muslim Forum in London, England, Atheism: The Missing Link in Interfaith; Interfaith Initiatives at a Methodist-Affiliated Institution at the Indiana Annual Conference session for institutions; Exploring Vocation in Worship and the Arts at the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University; and The Ancient Labyrinth on the Modern College Campus for the University of Evansville's Lifelong Learners series. During her tenure at UE, Gieselman has been invited to lecture in the popular Andiron Lecturer Series, offering Talk Religious to Me: Why Sacred, Soul, and Spirituality are No Longer Dirty Words in Higher Education and Heaven as Gated Community: The Homiletical Challenge of Exclusive Theology in 2014 and 2011, respectively. She has received grants and awards from United Methodist Foundation of Indiana, Inc., The Interfaith Pilgrimage Project; the American Guild of Organists, Evansville Chapter, Milton Z. Tinker Organ Project; Evansville Interfaith Partnership, Interfaith Field Work; and in 2016, the Lilly Endowment, Inc.,Youth Theology Institute: Open Table grant.
Believing that religion ought to serve as a bridge rather than a barrier, Gieselman has worked to developed Interfaith Initiatives at UE collaborating with religious communities on campus, in the Evansville community, and internationally. Gieselman has been invited by Religions for Peace USA to serve as a member of the Our Muslim Neighbor Institute, which will focus on Islamophobia in America. Her field work in interfaith initiatives has allowed collaboration with high profile religious leaders such as Imam Dr. Ossama Mohamed Bahloul, Islamic Center of Murfreesboro, TN; Rabbi Rami Shapiro, Middle Tennessee State University, TN; Dr. A.-J. Levine, Vanderbilt Divinity School, TN; Rev. Thich Hang Dat, Ten Thousand Buddhas Summit Monastery, Corydon, IN; Imam Ibrahim Mogra, Leicester, England; Fr. Tim Curtis, Senior Lecturer in Spiritual Studies, University of Northampton, England; Rev. Dr. James Walters, London School of Economics, London, England; The Rev. Dr., the Lord Leslie Griffiths of Pembrey and Burry Port and numerous other interfaith scholars and practitioners who are interested in interfaith dialogue to facilitate greater understanding of "the other."
Gieselman has presented and served on numerous panel discussions such as the Christian-Muslim Forum in London, England, Atheism: The Missing Link in Interfaith; Interfaith Initiatives at a Methodist-Affiliated Institution at the Indiana Annual Conference session for institutions; Exploring Vocation in Worship and the Arts at the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University; and The Ancient Labyrinth on the Modern College Campus for the University of Evansville's Lifelong Learners series. During her tenure at UE, Gieselman has been invited to lecture in the popular Andiron Lecturer Series, offering Talk Religious to Me: Why Sacred, Soul, and Spirituality are No Longer Dirty Words in Higher Education and Heaven as Gated Community: The Homiletical Challenge of Exclusive Theology in 2014 and 2011, respectively. She has received grants and awards from United Methodist Foundation of Indiana, Inc., The Interfaith Pilgrimage Project; the American Guild of Organists, Evansville Chapter, Milton Z. Tinker Organ Project; Evansville Interfaith Partnership, Interfaith Field Work; and in 2016, the Lilly Endowment, Inc.,Youth Theology Institute: Open Table grant.
Mr. Keith Turner
John Wesley Minister/Assistant Chaplain/Religious Life
Neu Chapel
812-488-2235
kt160@evansville.edu
Keith Turner serves as the John Wesley Minister and assistant chaplain, and assistant program director for the Lilly funded summer youth theology institute, Open Table.
Turner brings to the Office of Religious Life a breadth and depth of experience in preaching and ministry. As a student, he has served churches in the Lutheran, Presbyterian, and Episcopal traditions, and he is currently working toward ordination in The United Methodist Church. Turner also brings with him a wealth of experience as a pianist, organist, and church musician.
He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Bible and Theology from Asbury University and his Master of Divinity degree from Asbury Theological Seminary. While at Asbury Theological Seminary, Turner was inducted into the International Society of Theta Phi, an academic honors society for exemplary scholarship and academic achievement. He is also a member of the Wesleyan Theological Society.
Turner brings to the Office of Religious Life a breadth and depth of experience in preaching and ministry. As a student, he has served churches in the Lutheran, Presbyterian, and Episcopal traditions, and he is currently working toward ordination in The United Methodist Church. Turner also brings with him a wealth of experience as a pianist, organist, and church musician.
He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Bible and Theology from Asbury University and his Master of Divinity degree from Asbury Theological Seminary. While at Asbury Theological Seminary, Turner was inducted into the International Society of Theta Phi, an academic honors society for exemplary scholarship and academic achievement. He is also a member of the Wesleyan Theological Society.
Office Phone:
812-488-2235
Office Location:
Neu Chapel
