Angela Gorrell
PHD
Biography
Rev. Angela Gorrell, Ph.D., researches and teaches courses on ministry in a new media landscape, joy, meaning-making, Christian education and formation, and the interconnected nature of mental and spiritual health. She is Assistant Professor of Practical Theology at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary and an ordained pastor in the Mennonite Church USA with fourteen years of ministry experience. Dr. Gorrell did her postdoctoral research work as an associate research scholar at the Yale Center for Faith and Culture at Yale University with Miroslav Volf working on the Theology of Joy and the Good Life project. Her first book, Always On: practicing faith in a new media landscape was published in May 2019 and her second book The Gravity of Joy: A Story of Being Lost and Found will be released in March