Thomas Bullene Woodward
Encyclopedia
Thomas Bullene Woodward is an Episcopal priest in the Diocese of the Rio Grande, Santa Fe, New Mexico
, where he lives with his wife Ann. Woodward was a steering committee member of "The Episcopal Majority", an organization within the Episcopal Church created to counter the attacks upon the church from various self-styled "orthodox" groups. In 2006, Woodward was appointed to the Executive Council’s Committee on the Status of Women and then elected as Secretary..
Woodward served The Episcopal Church over 2 decades as university chaplain at several campuses, including the University of Kansas, the University of Rochester, the University of North Carolina and the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He served as rector of Christ Church, Warrensburg and of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Salinas, California
, which was John Steinbeck
's parish church. While serving in Salinas, he was awarded The Ben Heller Award for Courage and Leadership in Service to the Farmworker Community and The Bishop's Cross from the Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real.
He has written two books for Seabury Press, "Turning Things Upside Down" and "To Celebrate", and more recently "The Undermining of the Episcopal Church," published by The Episcopal Majority. His articles have appeared in Modern Liturgy, The Witness Magazine, Red Rubber Noses and The Times on-line edition. His "The Parables of Jesus from the Inside," first published by The Sewanee Theological Review, is currently being expanded into a book. In the past two years, three of his fifteen minute plays have been produced by The Santa Fe Playhouse in their annual Benchwarmer series.
Tom and his wife, Ann, have six children—Thomas B. Woodward, Jr., Jennifer R. Gibson, Joy P. Woodward, Charles Harding, Thomas F. Cunningham and David C. Cunningham as well as five grandchildren.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest city in the state and is the seat of . Santa Fe had a population of 67,947 in the 2010 census...
, where he lives with his wife Ann. Woodward was a steering committee member of "The Episcopal Majority", an organization within the Episcopal Church created to counter the attacks upon the church from various self-styled "orthodox" groups. In 2006, Woodward was appointed to the Executive Council’s Committee on the Status of Women and then elected as Secretary..
Woodward served The Episcopal Church over 2 decades as university chaplain at several campuses, including the University of Kansas, the University of Rochester, the University of North Carolina and the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He served as rector of Christ Church, Warrensburg and of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Salinas, California
Salinas, California
Salinas is the county seat and the largest municipality of Monterey County, California. Salinas is located east-southeast of the mouth of the Salinas River, at an elevation of about 52 feet above sea level. The population was 150,441 at the 2010 census...
, which was John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. was an American writer. He is widely known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden and the novella Of Mice and Men...
's parish church. While serving in Salinas, he was awarded The Ben Heller Award for Courage and Leadership in Service to the Farmworker Community and The Bishop's Cross from the Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real.
He has written two books for Seabury Press, "Turning Things Upside Down" and "To Celebrate", and more recently "The Undermining of the Episcopal Church," published by The Episcopal Majority. His articles have appeared in Modern Liturgy, The Witness Magazine, Red Rubber Noses and The Times on-line edition. His "The Parables of Jesus from the Inside," first published by The Sewanee Theological Review, is currently being expanded into a book. In the past two years, three of his fifteen minute plays have been produced by The Santa Fe Playhouse in their annual Benchwarmer series.
Tom and his wife, Ann, have six children—Thomas B. Woodward, Jr., Jennifer R. Gibson, Joy P. Woodward, Charles Harding, Thomas F. Cunningham and David C. Cunningham as well as five grandchildren.
Publications
- ...To celebrate;: ...explorations and discoveries in Christian learning for families in the home...children in the church school...the congregation in the family service, Thomas Bullene Woodward, Seabury Press, 1973, ISBN 0816457050
- Turning things upside-down: A theological workbook, Thomas B. Woodward, Seabury Press, 1975, ISBN 0816402795
- So, What's with Eliot, The Richest Man in Santa Fe and Body and Soul, three one act plays produced at The Santa Fe Playhouse.