Bio

Phil Snider is an award-winning writer, speaker, pastor, and teacher whose work focuses on the intersections of religion and postmodernism in relationship to community practices and traditions. His books include Toward a Hopeful Future (winner of the 2011 Mayflower Award for best book in church and society), The Hyphenateds, and the forthcoming Preaching After God: Derrida, Caputo, and the Language of Postmodern Homiletics (2012). Phil did his undergraduate work at Missouri State University (Springfield, MO), then earned his masters degree at Phillips Theological Seminary (Tulsa, OK) and doctorate at Chicago Theological Seminary (at the University of Chicago). He also holds a certificate in pastoral care and counseling from Forest Institute of Professional Psychology. Phil’s vocational heart is with the friends and participants of Brentwood Christian Church in Springfield, MO, who he has worked closely with since 2003. Phil has served in various leadership capacities in the Springfield community, including: President of the Drury University Board of the School of Religion; member of the Council of Churches of the Ozarks’ Civility task force, member of the Parents as Teachers Community Advisory board, representative leader to the Springfield Interfaith Alliance, member of the Missouri State University Advisory Committee for the Vice-President of Diversity and Inclusion, founding member of the Center for Diversity and Reconciliation at Brentwood Christian Church, and past president of the Springfield Ministerial Alliance. In addition to being a guest lecturer for the Missouri State University religious studies department and an adjunct instructor for religious studies courses at Drury University’s College of Graduate and Continuing Studies, he regularly speaks at a variety of church-related conferences and events across the United States.