Rev. Dr. Jaime Clark-Soles is Professor of New Testament, Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor, and founding Director of the Baptist House of Studies at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. 

Her particular areas of scholarly expertise and publication include:

• The Johannine Literature (the Gospel of John; 1, 2, and 3 John; and Revelation)
• Psychedelics and Christianity
• Evil, Suffering, Death, and Afterlife
• Disability Studies and the Bible
• Women in the Bible
• Immersion trips to Israel, Palestine, Greece, and Turkey

She is the author of numerous books and essays. Her three most recent books include 1 Corinthians: Searching the Depths of God (2021), Women in the Bible (2020), and Reading John for Dear Life: A Spiritual Walk with the Fourth Gospel (2016). She is currently writing two books: Psychedelics and Soul Care: What Christians Need to Know (under contract with Eerdmans) and The Agony, the Ecstasy, and the Ordinary: Experiencing God in the New Testament. 

Dr. Clark-Soles has served on the Journal of Biblical Literature editorial board and currently serves on the Journal of Disability and Religion editorial board. Her essay “Disability and the Johannine Literature” appears in Disability and the Bible: A Commentary. Dr. Clark-Soles has served on the steering committees of the “Johannine Literature,” “John, Jesus, and History,” and “Ethics and Biblical Interpretation” sections of the Society of Biblical Literature. 

Dr. Clark-Soles enjoys speaking widely and writing for both academic and popular audiences. She has contributed articles to preaching resources both in print and online (including Feasting on the Word and  Feasting on the Gospels and has served on the board of the Center for Preaching Excellence. She is currently writing “Preaching 1 Corinthians” for The Oxford Handbook of Homiletics. 

As an ordained American Baptist minister, she has served in both congregational and hospice settings. She is a Navy brat and enjoys travel and triathlons. For more information, visit her website at jaimeclarksoles.com.

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