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Elizabeth Newman

Elizabeth Newman currently serves as adjunct professor of theology at Duke Divinity School and teaches in The Baptist House of Studies, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia. Among her books are Divine Abundance: Leisure, the Basis of Academic Culture (2018) and Living the Liturgy, Enlarging the Baptist Vision (2024). She is Co-Chair of the Baptist-Catholic International Dialogue (Phase III) and was the Baptist World Alliance Fraternal Delegate to the Catholic Synod on Synodality.

Articles by Elizabeth Newman

Leisure in an Age of Technology

Leisure is not entertainment, play, or a chance to catch your breath in order to return to work restored.
November 10, 2025