Jennifer W. Davidson, MDiv, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Theology & Worship at American Baptist Seminary of the West. She serves as Core Doctoral Faculty in the Religion and Practice Department and Theology and Ethics Department. In addition to teaching, she is a retreat leader who brings a deep and abiding interest in lived spirituality- seeking to cultivate attentiveness to God's presence in everyday life. It is out of this spirituality that she lives out her commitments to liberative contemplative education, engaged scholarship, and advocacy.