Event hosts can draw on this Short Bio when preparing an introduction for a speaking engagement. Don’t use it all, just whatever you think your audience will find interesting.
Short Bio:
Frederica Mathewes-Green is a wide-ranging author whose work has been published in such diverse publications as The Washington Post, Smithsonian, First Things, The Wall Street Journal, Christian History, The Review of Faith and International Affairs, Books & Culture, and Human Life Review. She has been a columnist for the Religion News Service, Beliefnet.com, World Magazine and Christianity Today; published eleven books and over 800 essays; and received an honorary Doctor of Letters from King University.
She has also spoken widely at conferences, churches, seminaries, and universities, including Yale, Harvard, Princeton, and St. Vladimir’s Seminary. She has been interviewed in venues like PrimeTime Live, The 700 Club, PBS, Time, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and podcasts hosted by Jonathan Pageau, Martin Shaw, and Rachel Held Evans. She was a regular commentator for National Public Radio (NPR), a podcaster for Ancient Faith Radio, a consultant for VeggieTales, and an Easter egg in the movie El Tonto por Cristo.
She lives with her husband, the Rev. Gregory Mathewes-Green, in Johnson City, Tennessee. Their three children are grown and married, and they have fifteen grandchildren.
Books
If you would like to include a book signing, please contact the publishers at the 800 numbers below, and say that the order is “in conjunction with an author visit.” You will get a discount, and can set whatever price you like, and can return unsold books for a refund. You keep all profits. Please have someone sit at the table with me to handle payments.
Two Views of the Cross: Orthodoxy and the West (Felicity Press, 2022; Amazon)
Welcome to the Orthodox Church: An Introduction to Eastern Christianity
(Paraclete Press, 2015; 800-451-5006)
The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God
(Paraclete Press, 2009; 800-451-5006)
The Lost Gospel of Mary: The Mother of Jesus in Three Ancient Texts
(Paraclete Press, 2007; 800-451-5006)
First Fruits of Prayer: A Forty-Day Journey through the Canon of St. Andrew
(Paraclete Press, 2005; 800-451-5006)
The Open Door: Entering the Sanctuary of Icons and Prayer
(Paraclete Press, 2003; 800-451-5006)
Gender: Men, Women, Sex, Feminism
(Ancient Faith Publishing, 2002; 800-967-7377)
The Illumined Heart: The Ancient Christian Path of Transformation
(Paraclete Press, 2001; 800‑451‑5006)
A Companion Guide to ‘The Illumined Heart’ (with Robert Gibson)
(Paraclete Press, 2006; 800-451-5006)
At the Corner of East and Now: A Modern Life in Ancient Christian Orthodoxy
(Ancient Faith Publishing, 2009; 800-967-7377)
Facing East: A Pilgrim’s Journey into the Mysteries of Orthodoxy
(HarperOne, 1997; 800-242-7737)
Awards
Doctor of Letters (honorary), King University, 2019
Best American Spiritual Writing, 2007, Houghton Mifflin
Best Christian Writing 2006, Jossey-Bass
Best Regular Column: Culture, the Arts, and Leisure, Catholic Press Association, 2004
Best Christian Writing 2004, Jossey-Bass
Best Christian Writing 2002, HarperSanFrancisco
Books for a Better Life finalist, 2000
Best Christian Writing 2000, HarperSanFrancisco
Best Spiritual Writing 1998, HarperSanFrancisco
Christian Women Role Models (1998), Ecumenical Coalition on Women and Society
Published in
Smithsonian, National Review, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, MSNBC website, Utne Reader, Policy Review, The World & I, Parenting, Books & Culture, The Congressional Record, The Christian Century, Christianity Today, First Things, Crisis, National Catholic Reporter, National Catholic Register, Catholic Digest, Sojourners, re:generation quarterly, others
Media Appearances
TV
PrimeTime Live (ABC), Religion & Ethics Newsweekly (PBS), CNN, C-SPAN, MSNBC, NBC News, ABC News, Fox News, The 700 Club, the Hallmark Channel, others
Radio
National Public Radio, Monitor, Pacifica, Voice of America, Family News in Focus, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Diane Rehm, Come Receive the Light, Ancient Faith Radio, Marlin Maddoux, D. James Kennedy, Armstrong Williams, Janet Parshall, Dick Staub, Jody Bottum, others
New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Time, US News & World Report, Newsweek, Chicago Tribune, Brill’s Content, The New Republic, USA Today, Self, National Journal, National Review, Congressional Quarterly, Christian Science Monitor, Boston Herald, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, others
Speaking engagements
Colleges
Yale, Yale Divinity, Harvard, Princeton, Wellesley, Johns Hopkins, Cornell, Georgetown, Brown, Oxford, William & Mary, Middlebury, Reed, George Washington, Univ Penn, Fordham, Virginia Tech, Columbia, Grinnell, Calvin, Baylor, Westmont, Asbury Seminary, Grove City, Biola, Coalition of Christian Colleges and Universities, Veritas Forum events, others
Organizations
Washington National Cathedral, Los Angeles Times Book Festival, Smithsonian Institution, Aspen Institute, Chautauqua Institution, American Academy of Religion, Focus on the Family, Pro-Life Assoc of Gays and Lesbians, Milton Center Writers’ Workshop, Ivy League Coalition for Life, Family Research Council, Cornerstone Festival, Orlando Museum of Art, Rock for Life, Thomas Merton Foundation, National Right to Life Committee, CareNet, Christian Legal Society, Heartbeat, Evangelical Press Association, Inst for Religion and Democracy, Call To Renewal, Acton Institute, others
Other work
Teacher, St. Athanasios Academy of Orthodox Theology
National Public Radio, commentator (“All Things Considered”, “Morning Edition”)
Christianity Today, movie reviews
National Review, movie reviews and consumer reports
Ancient Faith Radio, weekly podcast
Our Sunday Visitor, movie reviews
Today’s Christian, “Everyday Theology” column
Los Angeles Times, book reviews
Christianity Today, columnist
Big Idea, Inc. (“Veggie Tales”), consultant
Odyssey [now Hallmark] Television Network, commentator (“News Odyssey”)
Religion News Service, columnist
The Christian Millennial History Project, contributing author
World magazine, national correspondent, columnist
Feminists for Life of America, vice-president for communications, editor Sisterlife journal