Verna J. Dozier (1917–2006)

Author of The Dream of God

5 Works 338 Members 2 Reviews

About the Author

During her career Verna Dozier single-handedly revived the study of the Bible and renewed the church's understanding of the ministry of all believers. She is known all over the country and overseas for her Bible teaching, conferences, preaching, and work with lay groups in the church to strengthen show more their sense of calling. She is also the author of The Authority of the Laity, The Calling of the Laity, and Equipping the Saints: A Method of Bible Study. show less

Includes the names: Verna Dozier, Verna Dozier, Verna J. Dozier

Works by Verna J. Dozier

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The Dream of God (1991) 204 copies, 1 review

Sisters and Brothers: Reclaiming a Biblical Idea of Community (1993) 47 copies, 1 review

The Authority of the Laity (1983) 34 copies

Equipping the Saints: A Method of Self-Directed Bible Study for Lay Groups (Al 51) (1985) 28 copies

The Calling of the laity : Verna Dozier's anthology (1988) 25 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Dozier, Verna Josephine
Birthdate: 1917-10-19
Date of death: 2006-09-01
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Places of residence: Washington, D.C., USA
Education: Howard University (BA - 1937)
Occupations: public school teacher
theologian
lecturer (VTS)
Organizations: Episcopal Church
Virginia Theological Seminary
Board of Examining Chaplains (Episcopal Church)
Church Deployment Board (Episcopal Church)
Awards and honors: Honorary Doctorates
Vida Scudder Award (1997)

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The Dream of God: A Call to Return (Seabury Classics) by Verna J. Dozier

The primary premise in this nonfiction book is that the institutional church has emphasized the worship of Jesus at the expense of his call to serve others in a heralding of the kingdom of God on earth. This message brought to mind Marcus Borg's concept of a pre-Easter Jesus and post-Easter Christ. The weight of her message belies the shortness of the book. There is much to think about in its 114 pages.

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