The Rev. Dr. Michael Woolf (he/him) holds a Doctor of Theology (ThD) degree from Harvard Divinity School. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, with a BA in Religious Studies in 2011 and completed his Master of Divinity degree in May 2014. Michael is also an ordained American Baptist Churches USA pastor currently serving as the Senior Minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston in Evanston, IL, a progressive congregation with a commitment to social justice and interfaith dialogue. Michael's dissertation, "Sanctuary and Subjectivity: Rethinking Practical Theological Categories in Light of the Sanctuary Movement of the 1980s," situates the Sanctuary Movement of the 1980s as an object of practical theological inquiry. In paying attention to the narratives of recipients of sanctuary, Michael proposes a reorientation of the discipline using Judith Butler's theory of subjectivation. He has served as the Editor-in-Chief of Cult/ure: The Graduate Journal of Harvard Divinity School and the Director of Publishing at the Journal of Inter-Religious Studies. His work has been published at the Intermountain West Journal of Religious Studies, Glossolalia, and Cult/ure. He has also written for several popular publications.