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Christian Studies

Dr. Barbara Pemberton

  • Associate Professor of Christian Missions

pembertonb@obu.edu
(870) 245-5541

 

Education

  • Ph.D. – Baylor University in World Religions
  • M.A. – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Theology/Philosophy of Religion
  • B.A. – University of Mississippi in Comparative Religion

I have been at OBU since spring ’02.  I spend Christmas & summer breaks in Saudi Arabia studying Islam.  During the months of school I travel to churches and other groups to speak on other religions, primarily Islam.  I love sponsoring groups on campus, especially our Pruet Sisterhood – which consists of all our young women at Pruet either majoring or minoring in Christian Studies (around 100, I think!).  My husband and I are members of Second Baptist, Arkadelphia.

 

Professional organizations

  • American Academy of Religion
  • Society of Biblical Literature
  • National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion
  • Evangelical Theological Society

 

Publication
“Islam and the Bible” in the Apologetics Study Bible, Broadman-Holman Publishing, 2007

 

Awards

  • Lavell Cole Most Inspirational Professor Award (02-03)
  • Lavell Cole Most Inspirational Professor Award (07-08)