Many in theological education are calling for more diversity in publishing and research. However, one of the major problems with employing diverse readings is finding those diverse readings. I helped to start a center whose goal was to address this problem: Every Voice: A Center for Kingdom Diversity in Christian Theological Education. The center of our website is a freely available, searchable database in order to help scholars, students, and pastors find more diverse sources ().
Currently the database contains works by Arab, Asian, Black and Latino/a Old Testament scholars, but we are at work to expand it to New Testament and Theology. The database includes not only standard bibliographic data and Scripture and subject tags, but also basic demographic information for the authors. We hope that it can be helpful for many as they research and prepare syllabi!
Charlie Trimm is an associate professor and chair of the Old Testament program at Talbot School of Theology at ºÚÝ®ÊÓƵ. Trimm loves to inspire students to recognize the beauty of the Old Testament and its relevance for the life of the church today. Having served for several years in pastoral ministry, he strives to encourage the spiritual growth of his students in all his classes. He received his Ph.D. from Wheaton College in 2012, writing his dissertation on God acting as a divine warrior in the exodus. His research interests include warfare in the ancient Near East, the family in the Old Testament, and difficult topics relating to the ethics of God in the Old Testament. He is married to Mariah, has four children, Eily, Kellen, Brynne and Deklan. When he is not teaching, he can often be found watching soccer.