Russell Pregeant

Russell Pregeant is a retired professor of religion and an ordained minister in the United Methodist Church. He taught at Curry College in Milton, Massachusetts for many years, where he also served as Chaplain. In addition, he was frequently Visiting Professor in New Testament at Andover Newton Theological School. Prior to his teaching career, he was Associate Pastor at Rayne Memorial United Methodist Church in New Orleans. His main fields of interest are New Testament theology and ethics, religion and politics, and process theology. A native of south Louisiana, he enjoys cooking Cajun and Creole dishes such as gumbo, crawfish or shrimp etouffee, jambalaya, and fish courtbouillon. As a boy, he became enamored with jazz by listening on the radio late at night to the New Orleans Jazz Club, and he likes to compare theological thinking, biblical interpretation, preaching, and the process of passing on religious tradition to the improvisation involved in both jazz and cooking. He now resides in Clayton, Georgia, with his wife, who is also an ordained minister the the UMC.