Jobe, Sarah | Scholars@Duke

Sarah Jobe
Student

Sarah Jobe teaches, studies, and ministers at the intersection of prisons, Practical Theology, and Biblical Studies. She is particularly interested in the theologies that emerge from within incarcerated life and the theologies that support mass incarceration from the outside. Utilizing Christian theology, black feminist theory, collaborative ethnography, biblical studies, clinical psychology, trauma theory, gender studies, and queer theory, Jobe seeks bodied forms of thinking that have the power to fuel just and liberating practices.

Current Research Interests

Jobe is currently running a nation-wide study of current and former prison chaplains entitled "Theologies and Practices of Current and Former Prison Chaplains." IRB Protocol Number: 2021-0093.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Student, Divinity School, Duke University

Contact Information

sarah.jobe@duke.edu

Recognition
Awards & Honors
- Doctoral Scholarship for Theological Studies. Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina. 2019
- “2018 Best of the Church Press Award” Honorable Mention in Biblical Interpretation for “Blessed Jael” in Christian Century . The Associated Church Press. 2018
Research
Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants
- Louisville Institute Dissertation Fellowship awarded by Louisville Institute 2022 - 2023
- P.E.O. Scholars Award awarded by P.E.O. 2021 - 2022
- Graduate Fellowship awarded by Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University 2020 - 2021
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Books
  - Jobe, Sarah. Creating with God The Holy Confusing Blessedness of Being Pregnant. Paraclete Press, 2011.
- Academic Articles
  - Jobe, Sarah C. “Rethinking Responsibility: Moral Injury from War to Prison.” Political Theology 23, no. 4 (May 19, 2022): 335–49. https://doi.org/10.1080/1462317x.2022.2064095.
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  - Jobe, Sarah, Nathaniel Grimes, Vincent Lloyd, Jason S. Sexton, Kathryn Getek Soltis, and Mary Beth Yount. “Ten Tips to De-Carcerate Your Theology, Ethics, or Religion Classroom.” Political Theology 23, no. 4 (May 19, 2022): 397–405. https://doi.org/10.1080/1462317x.2022.2079238.
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  - Jobe, Sarah C. “The Monstrosity of God Made Flesh.” Journal of Reformed Theology 13, no. 3–4 (December 6, 2019): 238–56. https://doi.org/10.1163/15697312-01303001.
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  - Jobe, Sarah. “Carceral Hermeneutics: Discovering the Bible in Prison and Prison in the Bible.” Religions 10, no. 2 (February 10, 2019): 101–101. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel10020101.
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  - Jobe, Sarah C. “How programs in prisons are challenging the who, where, how, and what of theological education.” Teaching Theology &Amp; Religion 22, no. 1 (January 2019): 16–29. https://doi.org/10.1111/teth.12466.
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- Book Sections
  - Jobe, Sarah. “Jeremiah's Non-Burial Refrain.” In The Oxford Handbook of Jeremiah, edited by Louis Stuhlman and Edward Silver. Oxford University Press, 2021.
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  - Jobe, Sarah. “Jeremiah's Non-Burial Refrain.” In The Oxford Handbook of Jeremiah, edited by Louis Stuhlman and Edward Silver. Oxford University Press, 2021.
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  - Jobe, S. “"The Silence Behind the Din: Domestic Violence and Homosexuality".” In Talking Taboo American Christian Women Get Frank about Faith, edited by E. Lane and E. Okoro, 2013.
- Other Articles
  - Jobe, Sarah. “Reading Jael's Story in a Women's Prison.” Christian Century (Chicago, Ill. : 1902). Christian Century Foundation, n.d.
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  - Jobe, Sarah. “Jesus' First Week Home from Prison.” Sojourners Magazine, n.d.
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  - Jobe, Sarah. “Why was the Apostle Paul in Prison so Often: Perhaps for the Same Reasons People are Today.” Christian Century (Chicago, Ill. : 1902). Christian Century Foundation, n.d.
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  - Jobe, Sarah. “The Body of Christ Continues to Gather in Prisons.” Sojourners Magazine, n.d.
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Artistic Works & Non-Print Media
- Audio Recordings
  - Conviction: Songs of Faith From Women in Prison. Performing artist. 2021
- Exhibits
  - Stitching Stories: A Prison Awareness Quilt. Curator. 2021
Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses
Teaching Activities
- In 2009, Jobe served as the Founding Director of Project TURN, a partnership program between Duke Divinity School and the North Carolina Department of Public Safety that offers graduate level, seminary-style courses on site at local NC prisons. She has continued to facilitate Duke courses at North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women since that time. She also serves as the Co-Director for Duke Divinity School's Prison Studies Program.
Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
Service to the Profession
Service to Duke
- Co-Director. Prison Studies Program. Duke Divinity School. 2020 2020
Clinical Activities
- Jobe serves part-time as a Clinical Chaplain at North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women through Interfaith Prison Ministry for Women. To learn more visit: www.ipmforwomen.org. Within this context, Jobe has developed a curriculum to treat Moral Injury in incarcerated women, adapting insights form Veterans Affairs for a prison setting. She is in the early stages of evaluating this curriculum toward the end of validating what appear to be positive impacts in those who participate in the course.

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Awards & Honors

Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants

Selected Publications

Books

Academic Articles

Book Sections

Other Articles

Artistic Works & Non-Print Media

Audio Recordings

Exhibits

Recent Courses

Teaching Activities

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship

Service to the Profession

Service to Duke

Clinical Activities