Education
B.A. Muskingum College
M. Div. Princeton Theological Seminary
Th. M. Princeton Theological Seminary
Ph. D. Princeton Theological Seminary
Biography
Kathleen D. (Kadi) Billman is dean and vice president of academic affairs and professor
of pastoral theology at the Lutheran School of Theology
at Chicago. Joining the seminary faculty in 1992, Billman
was named dean in 1999, the first woman to serve in that
position.
Billman grew up in a farming village in Ohio. She attended Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio, where she earned the bachelor of arts degree in 1972. She entered Princeton Theological Seminary in 1973. Deeply interested in urban ministry, after completing her masters of divinity degree at Princeton Theological Seminary, Billman served as the pastor of an urban congregation in Trenton, New Jersey, where she had formerly served as Director of Neighborhood Ministry during her seminary studies. After eight years of full-time ministry as a pastor, Billman returned to Princeton to complete the masters of theology and doctor of philosophy degrees, while serving in a part-time pastoral ministry in another urban, multicultural congregation in Trenton.
The author of several scholarly articles and book reviews,
her "Pastoral Care as an Art of Community" appeared
in The Arts of Ministry: Feminist-Womanist Approaches
(ed. Christie Cozad Neuger, John Knox Press, 1996). In 1999,
her book, Rachel's Cry: Prayer of Lament and Rebirth
of Hope, co-authored with Daniel L. Migliore, was published
by United Church Press. She has been active since its inception in the Chief Academic Officers Society (CAOS) of the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada and is currently co-editing a book entitled, C(H)AOS Theory—A Handbook for Chief Academic Officers: Contexts, Commitments, Competencies, and Choices. An article on “Practicing Pastoral Care as a Theologian of the Cross” is forthcoming.
Areas of Expertise
Topics that Dr. Billman is available to address at
adult forums and other congregational events
Gender Issues in Ministry
Developing Multicultural Awareness
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
Ritual/Worship and Pastoral Care
Grief/lament and Pastoral Care
Published Works
Books
Rachel’s Cry: Prayer of Lament and Rebirth of
Hope, co-authored with Daniel L. Migliore, United Church
Press, 1999.
Articles and Chapters in Books
“A Fruitful Hypothesis, A Breadth of Belonging, and
a Well of Possibility: Celebrating Phil Hefner’s Legacy
to LSTC.” Currents in Theology and Mission
28/3-4, (2001) 429-433.
“Saying Goodbye: Relearning the World.” Currents
in Theology and Mission 42/3 (1997) 194-200.
"Reconciliation: Biblical Reflections on Jeremiah
31:10-20,” in New Theology Review, Vol. 10,
No. 2, May 1997: 25-30.
"Social Location and Power in Ministry,” in
The Caregiver Journal, Vol.13, No. 1, 1997: 20-22.
"Pastoral Care as an Art of Community.” In The
Arts of Ministry: Feminist-Womanist Approaches, ed.
Christie Cozad Neuger. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox
Press, 1996.
"Christian Understandings of Illness.” In Health,
Healing, and Religion: An Inter-religious
Dialogue, ed. Pinit Ratanakul and Kyaw Than. Bangkok:
The Center of Human Resources Development, Mahidol University,
1996.
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