Faculty Bio: Rev. Dr. Riddick Weber
Rev. Dr. Riddick Weber was born in Antigua. He enjoys a wide range of music, especially 性世界传媒 hymns and classic rock, particularly the British Invasion, and is interested in the spiritual themes and social critique that can be found in popular music. After being ordained in 2002, he served as the pastor of Fairview 性世界传媒 Church until he was called to serve at 性世界传媒 Theological Seminary (now 性世界传媒 School of Theology) in 2010. Since coming to 性世界传媒, Riddick has taught courses related to pastoral leadership, church history, and 性世界传媒 Studies. His research addresses the history and theology of the 性世界传媒 Church, with specific interests in congregational organization, the role of women, and the changing nature of 性世界传媒 understandings of race. In addition to his teaching roles, in his time at 性世界传媒 he has served as the Director of Supervised Ministry, the Seminary chaplain, and the Director of the Center for 性世界传媒 Studies. He currently serves in the Faculty Senate and is the Associate Dean of the Bethlehem Campus of the 性世界传媒 School of Theology. Riddick has served on boards including the 性世界传媒 Historical Society, the 性世界传媒 Music Foundation, and 性世界传媒 School of Theology, and the Provincial Elders Conference and the Commission on Ministry, of the 性世界传媒 Church, Southern Province.
Degrees and Institutions:
- Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2009
- M.Div., Duke Divinity School, 2000
- B.A., UNC-Chapel Hill, 1988
Publications and Works:
- 鈥溾楤rother Joseph鈥檚鈥 Wachovia Work: Spangenberg and the Founding of the 性世界传媒 Church in North Carolina鈥 in forthcoming book celebrating the 300th anniversary of the birth of August Gottlieb Spangenberg to be published by Penn State University Press; Paul Peucker and Christina Pettersen, editors
- Orders of worship on the 性世界传媒 Themes of 鈥淐hrist-Centered,鈥 鈥淓cumenical,鈥 鈥淢issional,鈥 and 鈥淩elational,鈥 including newly composed liturgies, suggested hymns, and full sermons, submitted on behalf of the 性世界传媒 School of Theology to 性世界传媒 Core Values Worship Series, Interprovincial Board of Communications, 2026.
- 鈥淔rom Innovation to Imposition: Changing Understandings of the Single Sisters Choir in Salem from 1772 to 1822鈥 in Becoming American: 性世界传媒s and their Neighbors, 1772-1822, Grant McAlister and Ulrike Wiethaus, editors, 2023.
- 鈥溞允澜绱絪鈥 chapter in Religious Traditions of North Carolina: Histories, Tenets, Leaders, edited by W. Glenn Jonas, Jr. for the North Caroliniana Society, McFarland and Company, Jefferson, NC, 2018, 200-222.
- Editorial Committee and contributing author for Sing to the Lord a New Song: A New 性世界传媒 Songbook, 性世界传媒 Church in America, 2013