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The Author
Fractured Dance
Michael A. King,
Telford, Pennsylvania, is pastor, Spring Mount (Pa.)
Mennonite Church (1997-); publisher, Pandora Press U.S.;
and founding editor, DreamSeeker Magazine. He has
been pastor in a variety of congregations in diverse
settings.
In addition to his most
recent book, Fractured Dance: Gadamer and a Mennonite
Conflict over Homosexuality (Pandora Press U.S., 2002),
King is author of Trackless Wastes and Stars to Steer
By: Christian Identity in a Homeless Age (Herald
Press, 1990), of many articles published in a wide
variety of magazines and journals, including The
Christian Century and Christian Ministry, and
of “Kingsview” columns in Christian Living
(1989-1997) and DreamSeeker Magazine (2001-). He
is co-author, with Ronald J. Sider, of Preaching about
Life in a Threatening World (Westminster, 1997) and
co-editor, with David B. Greiser, of Anabaptist
Preaching: A Conversation Between Pulpit, Pew, and Bible
(Cascadia, 2003).
King holds a Ph.D.
(1998) in rhetoric and communication from Temple
University, Philadelphia; an M.Div. (1982) from Eastern
Baptist Theological Seminary, Philadelphia; and a B.A.
(1976) in Bible and philosophy from Eastern Mennonite
University (EMU), Harrisonburg, Virginia. He is a member
of the Franconia Conference (Mennonite Church USA) Faith
and Life Advisory Council, chair of Haverim, an EMU
alumni group supporting the EMU Bible and Religion
Department, and a member of the Eastern Mennonite
Seminary Preaching Institute steering committee.
The oldest of nine
children, King was born in 1954 in Sellersville,
Pennsylvania, but soon taken to Cuba by his missionary
parents, Aaron and Betty King. He lived in Cuba until age
five, then in Mexico until college years. King is married
to Joan Kenerson King, of Olean, New York, a family
therapist and registered nurse who serves as consultant
in various areas of public health policy. Michael and
Joan have individually and jointly served as speakers and
resource persons in many settings. They are parents of
Kristy (b. 1981), Katie (1984), Rachael (1988) and share
homemaking.
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