Elizabeth C. Parsons
Elizabeth C. Parsons is an educator, writer/editor, and engaged citizen. Descended from a long line of Christian educators, she specializes in practical aspects of global development, religion and cultural values; cross-cultural and interfaith relations; and civic engagement. She obtained the M.Div. degree from Harvard Divinity School and a Ph.D. degree in theology and development from the University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
She is the author of What Price for Privatization? Cultural Encounter with Development Policy on the Zambian Copperbelt and editor of The Greatest Work in the World: Education as a Mission of Early Twentieth Century Churches of Christ: Letters of Lloyd Cline Sears and Pattie Hathaway Armstrong.
Elizabeth and her husband, Lin Parsons, live in Portland where they are active in the Episcopal Church and their community.
