Mindy Makant

Mindy Makant is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, NC, where she teaches courses in theology, social justice, and Youth and Family Ministry. She holds a Th.D. in theology and ethics from Duke University, is the author of The Practice of Story: Suffering and the Possibilities of Redemption (Baylor University Press, 2015) and is currently working on a book on the power of Young Adult fantasy fiction to shape the theological imaginations of both youth and adults. She lives just outside of Hickory, NC with her husband and two (semi-) adult children.