Faces of Wesley: We are happy to welcome Devon Abts, PhD, our new Assistant Director and Visiting Assistant Professor at the Henry R. Luce III Center for the Arts and Religion (LCAR).

A native of Boston, MA, Dr. Abts earned a BA (honors) in English (Gordon College), an MA in Religion (Yale Divinity School), and a PhD in Theology (King’s College London). Prior to arriving at Wesley, Dr. Abts taught select modules for KCL’s joint-MA program with the London National Gallery.

Dr. Abts brings a theologian’s insight to a new artistic expression for Wesley: poetry. “I am fascinated by the way poets compress so much moral and theological insight into the dense textures of their art,” said Dr. Abts. “The process of unpacking a poem can be a spiritual discipline in that it demands a great deal of attentiveness, which in turn enables us to attend more deeply to the world around us, without evasion, self-interest, or fear.”

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Faces of Wesley: We are happy to welcome Devon Abts, PhD, our new Assistant Director and Visiting Assistant Professor at the Henry R. Luce III Center for the Arts and Religion (LCAR).

A native of Boston, MA, Dr. Abts earned a BA (honors) in English (Gordon College), an MA in Religion (Yale Divinity School), and a PhD in Theology (King’s College London). Prior to arriving at Wesley, Dr. Abts taught select modules for KCL’s joint-MA program with the London National Gallery.

Dr. Abts brings a theologian’s insight to a new artistic expression for Wesley: poetry. “I am fascinated by the way poets compress so much moral and theological insight into the dense textures of their art,” said Dr. Abts. “The process of unpacking a poem can be a spiritual discipline in that it demands a great deal of attentiveness, which in turn enables us to attend more deeply to the world around us, without evasion, self-interest, or fear.”

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