CLGS

Senior Director, Academic Research and Resources

Jay Emerson Johnson, a theologian and Episcopal priest, has worked for the Center since 2003 in various capacities. He is currently the CLGS Senior Director, Academic Research & Resources and also teaches courses at Pacific School of Religion and the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, both member schools of the Graduate Theological Union. From 2001 to 2007, Jay served as the co-chair of the Gay Men's Issues in Religion Group of the American Academy of Religion. He has also served as a parish priest in the Episcopal Dioceses of Chicago and California and is currently a clergy associate at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Berkeley. Jay has published articles on theology and sexuality and his first book, Dancing with God: Anglican Christianity and the Practice of Hope, was published in 2005. His current research and writing interests involve the intersections of queer theory and Christian traditions. Jay is a popular retreat leader and facilitator of adult education programs, both in the San Francisco Bay Area and around the country.