Overview
Fred Edie grew up on the Isle of Hope just east of Savannah, Ga. He holds a B.A. degree from Furman University, an M.Div. from Vanderbilt University, and a Ph.D. from Emory University. Edie is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church and has served congregations on both coasts in youth and educational ministries. At Duke, Edie teaches courses in Christian Education, youth ministry, and practical theology. His research interests include exploring the relationships between Christian Worship and Christian identity, leading faith-forming ministries, and educating for "New Creation" in a time of ecological crisis.
Edie’s recent book, written with Mark Lamport, is Nurturing Faith: A Practical Theology for Educating Christians. It explores perennial and new challenges to educational ministry in light of theological convictions for God's saving work in the world.
Edie is married and a parent to two young adults. He professes something of an addiction to cycling.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Recent Publications
Making Joyful Noises: Christian Youth and Young Adults Reflect on Joy and Worship
Journal Article Liturgy · January 1, 2021 Full text CiteA Review of "Engraved Upon the Heart: Children, the Cognitively Challenged and Liturgy's Influence on Faith Formation."
Journal Article Religious Education · January 2017 Full text CiteLiturgical language and the formation of reflectively embodied imagination as exemplified in the doxological poetry of Ephrem the Syrian
Journal Article International Journal of Christianity and Education · November 1, 2016 Christian Catechumens of antiquity participated bodily in a variety of deeply evocative ritual symbolic practices. At the Syrian church where Ephrem served as a deacon, they would also have spoken or sung poetic verse juxtaposing images from the biblical s ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Nurturing children through worship and prayer
Public ServiceFaculty Member · Awarded by Lilly Endowment, Inc. · 2024 - 2029Adolescents Worship the Triune God
Institutional SupportPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Yale University · 2017 - 2018View All Grants