Carol Norén came to North Park in 1993 after serving on the faculty of Duke Divinity School since 1986. She received her bachelor of arts in religion and Scandinavian studies from Augustana College in 1973. Her master of divinity is from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and her doctorate in preaching from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1986. Norén pursued additional studies at Uppsala University in 1990. She was ordained deacon in 1974 and elder in 1979 by the United Methodist Church and has served as pastor and hospital chaplain in Manchester, England (1975-76) and associate pastor of Salem United Methodist Church in Barrington, Ill., from 1977-1981. Norén is author of The Woman in the Pulpit (Abingdon, 1991), What Happens Sunday Morning: A Lay Person's Guide to Worship (Westminster/John Knox Press, 1992), and The Minister's Manual for Times of Crisis and Sorrow (Jossey-Bass, 2001). She serves as contributing editor of The Minister's Manual and is currently working on a book on independent women preachers. Norén serves as director of the doctor of ministry program in preaching. She is active in the Swedish-American historical society and enjoys travel.

cnoren@northpark.edu

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